World
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Liz Truss beats Sunak in TV debate in poll of electoral college
London: Liz Truss, the incumbent caretaker Foreign Secretary in deposed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons government, beat her rival Rishi Sunak, the Indian-origin former Chancellor, according to a survey of ruling Conservative party…
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US: President Biden may retrun to work by weekend
Washington: In a virtual address to reporters, US President Joe Biden, who tested positive for Covid-19 on July 21, said that he is anticipating returning to work in person by the end of…
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Woman shot by police after opening fire at Dallas airport
Houston: A woman opened fire inside a teminal of the Dallas Love Field Airport in the US state of Texas before a responding police officer shot her, authorities said. No one else was…
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Tashkent conference on Afghanistan to begin today
Kabul: An international conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, will now begin on Tuesday after a day’s delay, a spokesman of the Taliban-led government in Kabul has said. The development was confirmed by…
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Pope Francis to apologize for abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in Catholic residential schools
Rome: Pope Francis will be visiting Canada to apologize for Indigenous abuse in Catholic residential schools. He departed from Rome on Sunday for a week-long trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he’s set…
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Russian troops bombard cultural centre in Kharkiv: Ukrainian officials
Kyiv: Russian troops bombarded the Chuhuiv town in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as a result of which two persons sustained injuries while many others were suspected buried under rubble, Ukrainian officials claimed. Several…
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World leaders congratulate India’s new President Murmu
Beijing/Moscow: Several world leaders, including presidents of China, Russia, Sri Lanka and Nepal, have congratulated India’s new president Droupadi Murmu who assumed office on Monday and expressed their desire to work with…
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Chinese astronauts enter lab module in orbit for first time after it docks with space station
Beijing: Three Chinese astronauts aboard the country’s space station, currently under construction, successfully entered the lab module in orbit for the first time on Monday, a day after the space laboratory was…
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Fast-moving wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in California
Los Angeles: Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate after a fast-moving wildfire exploded to over 14,200 acres (57.5 square km) near the Yosemite National Park in California. The wildfire, dubbed the…
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Biden mulls announcing climate emergency: John Kerry
Washington: US Climate Envoy John Kerry said President Joe Biden was considering announcing a climate emergency, a move that would give the latter additional powers to push his renewable energy agenda, which has…
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USA: Two dead, five injured in Los Angeles park shooting
Los Angeles: Two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting at a park in Los Angeles, authorities said. At around 3.45 pm on Sunday, officers received numerous radio calls of…
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The Marburg virus: urgent need to contain this close cousin of Ebola
Lagos: In July 2022 Ghana confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The Conversation Africa’s…
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Protests in Balochistan against ‘fake encounter’ by Pak security forces
Quetta: Protests were held in Turbat and the provincial capital Quetta in Balochistan against the alleged “fake encounter” of Baloch missing persons by the Pakistani security forces in Ziarat, media reports said.…