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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss neck and neck after first TV debate clash
London: There was no clear winner between former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday after the UK’s prime ministerial candidates went head-to-head in their first television debate as…
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$7K rollable screen, top tech gadgets connect Joe Biden to the world
San Francisco: US President Joe Biden is connected to the world at his White House desk via a Zoom rig with a rollable touchscreen worth $7,280 which is about six-feet tall and…
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Bangladesh requests loan from IMF; economists say reforms in financial sector needed
Dhaka: Bangladesh has formally requested for a USD 4.5 billion loan from the Washington-based multilateral lender IMF to combat the ongoing financial crisis in the country, according to a media report. The…
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Over 14,000 kids drown in Bangladesh every year: WHO, Unicef
Dhaka: Drowning has become the second leading cause of death among children under the age of five in Bangladesh and the country reports over 14,000 such fatalities every year, the World Health…
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Zelensky appoints new commander of special operations forces
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree to appoint a new commander of the Special Operations Forces (SOF), a branch of the Armed Forces. According to the decree, published on…
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Lankan crisis: Ex-president Rajapaksa is not hiding, says Cabinet spokesman
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not in hiding and is expected to return to the country from Singapore, Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said on Tuesday. Rajapaksa, 73, fled Sri Lanka…
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Taliban urges Hindus, Sikhs to return; says security issues solved
After the deadly attacks on gurudwaras over the last two years, the Taliban has urged the Hindu and Sikh communities to return. According to a release from the Director General of the…
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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…