World
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China says Dalai Lama’s successor needs its approval
Beijing: China on Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet…
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US jobless claims drop
Washington: Initial jobless claims in the US fell to 217,000 last week, after rising in the previous two weeks amid a slowing economy, the Labor Department reported. In the week ending November…
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From fisherman to millionaire: A catch of rare fish changes fortunes in Pak
Karachi: A fisherman in Pakistan’s Karachi city became a millionaire overnight after auctioning a haul of rare fish which has many medicinal properties. Haji Baloch, who lives in the impoverished Ibrahim Hyderi…
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Jaishankar discusses Israel-Hamas war, Indo-Pacific issues with Blinken
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held “an open and productive discussion” with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Friday on strengthening strategic New Delhi-Washington ties, the fallout…
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Media outlets deny having prior knowledge of Oct 7 Hamas attack
Washington: After the Israeli government demanded answers from four major news outlets about having prior knowledge of the October 7 Hamas attack, the organisations have denied that they knew of the massive…
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US conducts airstrike in Syria on facility used by Iran’s IRGC
Washington: The United States has conducted a self-defense airstrike in eastern Syria against a facility used by the Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups, the White House said Thursday. The…
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New Zealand: Caretaker government arrangements extended
Auckland: Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon have agreed the Governor General will be advised to extend the current caretaker government arrangements until a new Government is formed. “Under section 6 of the…
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Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine faces legal challenge in UK: Report
London: The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzevria in Europe and licensed as Covishield in India, is facing a legal challenge in the High Court in London, a UK media report said…
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UK to add India to safe states list; no asylum rights for Indian illegal migrants
London: In a key step in delivery of the Illegal Migration Act, the UK government plans to add India and Georgia to a list of safe states to speed up the process…
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Israel-Gaza protests: UK’s Home Secretary Braverman in war of words with police
London: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has launched a war of words with the Metropolitan Police with a tough-talking newspaper article on Thursday that accuses the force of not tackling the “hate…
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Cricket: PCB accepts chief selector Inzamam’s resignation as rift grows
Karachi: The rift between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq intensified with the country’s sport’s governing body accepting the former skipper’s resignation amid a conflict of interest allegation. Even…
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Ivanka Trump testifies in New York fraud trial
Washington, DC: Following an extraordinary eight days of witness testimony, which included Donald Trump and three of his adult children in the civil fraud trial brought by the New York attorney general’s…
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US can’t get tough with China, depends on it for modern way of life: Vivek Ramaswamy
Washington: The US cannot “get tough” with China because it depends on it for a modern way of life, Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has said, asserting that Washington needs to…