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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong tests positive for COVID-19
Singapore: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after recent visits to South Africa and Kenya. “I tested positive for COVID-19 for the first…
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Fumio Kishida’s suspected attacker to undergo mental evaluation
Tokyo: A man suspected of throwing an explosive device towards Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, informed sources said on Monday. The Wakayama Summary Court in…
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Amid PM Modi’s Sydney visit, BBC docu to be screened at Australian Parliament
BBC documentary, India: The Modi Question, which was released in January this year, will be screened at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. Interestingly, the two-part documentary series, which faced plenty of…
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Muslim activists storm Birmingham cinema screening ‘The Kerala Story’
Birmingham: Muslim activists in Birmingham stormed a screening of the controversial Bollywood film ‘The Kerala Story’, which has sparked a row in India amid claims that it destroys ‘religious harmony’, media reports…
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UK city of Coventry gets first turban-wearing Lord Mayor
London: A local British Sikh councillor based in Coventry has made history for the central England city by becoming its first turban-wearing Lord Mayor. Jaswant Singh Birdi, who was born in Punjab…
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Epstein threatened Bill Gates over his affair with Russian bridge player: Report
San Francisco: Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once threatened Bill Gates via an email over the Microsoft cofounder’s affair with a Russian bridge player, the media reported. According to The Wall…
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5.6-magnitude quake jolts Northern California
Los Angeles: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck off the Northern California coast, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). In its report, the USGS said the quake on…
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It’s time to reform the Security Council: UN Secretary-General Guterres
United Nations: The UN Security Council reflects the power relations of 1945 and there is a growing need to redistribute power with the realities of contemporary times, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said…
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Bakhmut falls to Russian forces with Wagner Group’s assistance
Moscow: Russia said that its forces had taken full control of the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, while the Ukrainian side said the situation there was “critical”. Yevgeny…
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‘Over my dead body’: Musk tells investor on paying Twitter office rent
San Francisco: Elon Musk apparently told a Twitter investor during a 4 a.m. call that he would pay the company’s office rent “over my dead body”. According to a new lawsuit filed…
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UK Opposition calls for freeze of Indian rice tycoon’s donation to Conservative Party
London: Britain’s Opposition Labour Party is calling for a freeze on the money donated by an Indian rice tycoon to the governing Conservative Party while he is under investigation by the Enforcement…
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Two pilots killed in Afghan air force chopper crash
Kabul: Two pilots died after a military helicopter of the Afghan Air Force crashed in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province on Sunday, Afghan Defence Ministry has confirmed. “An MD-530 model chopper of the…
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Saudi reduces Haj quota for UK, Muslims may face 10-year wait
With just over weeks to go for annual Haj, the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has reduced the number of Haj quota allocated to United Kingdom (UK) muslim from…
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Ukraine’s security is our security: British PM lends support at G7
Hiroshima: Emphasising his country’s support to war-torn Ukraine, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that Kiev should not only win the war against Russia, but achieve lasting and just peace.…
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Muslim world against West sanctions on Russia: Russian deputy PM
Moscow: Islamic countries do not support the West’s sanctions on Russia, and the agreements signed at this week’s Kazan economic forum prove this, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said, local media…
