World
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China: Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitals cancel New Year holiday
Beijing: As COVID-19 cases in China continue to rise, hospitals in many cities have started working overtime during New Year’s day to fight against the epidemic, Global Times reported. All employees of…
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Covid: US announces testing for passengers from China and Hong Kong
Washington: Amid a record increase in COVID-19 infections in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the US would require a negative COVID-19 test from all travellers arriving in…
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Musk trolls Andrew Tate with pizza tweet
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk trolled influencer Andrew Tate with his pizza tweet after praising climate activist Greta Thunberg by calling her “cool” for her recent spat with Tate. Tate has…
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US finally bids farewell to 3G technology
San Francisco: It is curtains for 3G mobile services in the US, with the last telecommunication provider Verizon winding the old network on its customers’ devices. AT&T turned off its 3G service…
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At least nine killed in New Year stampede in Uganda
Kampala: At least nine people were killed and several others injured in a New Year stampede in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, police said on Sunday. According to the police, the incident involved several…
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Alibaba Founder Jack Ma resurfaces, cites ‘difficult’ year to rural teachers
Hong Kong: Alibaba Group Founder Jack Ma, who has gone into hiding after regulatory crackdown in China amid the massive Covid surge in the country, resurfaced in a short video on the…
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Tesla told workers not to discuss pay, working conditions: US labour board
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has been accused of violating labour laws in the US, allegedly directing employees not to talk about pay and working conditions. In a complaint, the National Labor…
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The Market: 2022 in retrospect and looking at the year ahead
Calendar year 2022 has come to an end and one sentence that could possibly best describe it would be – it was a tough one. The year had plenty for it and…
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Twitter employees bring their own toilet paper as Musk fires janitors
San Francisco: Call it crazy but Elon Musk’s huge cost-cutting measures have forced some Twitter employees to bring their own toilet paper because there are no janitors to replace supplies at the…
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UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, warns PM Rishi Sunak in New Year message
London: Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British Prime Minister on Saturday as he warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the…
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7 killed in restaurant explosion in Turkey
Ankara: At least seven people were killed and five others injured in an explosion at a restaurant in Turkey’s western province of Aydin, the provincial governor said. Initial findings show the blast…
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Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate detained for a month in Romania
Bucharest: A Romania court ordered a month-long detention of divisive social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother in connection with human trafficking and rape case. Tate, his brother Tristan and two…
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Pakistan has a lot to learn from China: Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan should learn from China about economic and technological development, says Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal. To ensure economic development, the country should have a peaceful environment, he said, adding that “we…