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USA: 31-yr-old woman who birthed 13-yr-old’s baby to not be jailed

A 31-year-old woman from the US state of Colorado who confessed to having sexual relations with a 13-year-old last year will not go to jail. The Fountain Police Department charged Andrea Serrano…
China hikes defence budget

Beijing: China on Sunday hiked its defence budget by 7.2 per cent, marginally higher than last year, to 1.55 trillion yuan (about USD 224 billion), marking the eighth consecutive year of increase…

Pakistan PM Shehbaz to attend UN conference on LDCs in Qatar

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Qatar on a two-day visit beginning on Sunday to participate in the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the Foreign…
Andrew Tate’s manager confirms lung cancer rumors; know here

The controversial British-American kickboxer and internet personality Andrew Tate, who has been detained in Romania since December, is said to be battling lung cancer. However, Andrew Tate, has so far not confirmed…
‘Controversial banners’: Permission to ‘Aurat march’ in Pak’s Lahore denied

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Lahore on Saturday denied permission to hold the ‘Aurat rally’ due to ‘security concerns’ and ‘controversial’ placards, and banners promoting women’s rights. The permission was denied also…
Scientist behind Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine strangled to death with belt

Moscow: Andrey Botikov, one of the scientists who helped to create the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, was strangled to death with a belt at his apartment here and police have arrested…
UN rights chief warns of increasing violence in Palestine, Israel

Geneva: Increasing violence against both Israelis and Palestinians has had tragic consequences on the innocent people, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk said. Speaking at the 52nd session…

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US

Washington: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US, according to the latest estimates by the Centers for Disease…
Social media reunites Sikh family separated at the time of Partition

Lahore: Seventy-five years after they separated during the Partition in 1947, the families of two Sikh brothers met at the Kartarpur Corridor, singing songs and showering flowers on each other in an…
Allowing Russia’s impunity in attacking Ukraine sends a message to potential aggressors: Blinken

New Delhi: Allowing Russia to wage war against Ukraine with impunity would be a message to “would be aggressors” everywhere that they may be able to get away with it too, US…
China slams Quad meeting held in New Delhi; opposes ‘exclusionary blocs’

Beijing: China on Friday renewed its criticism of the Quad grouping comprising the US, India, Australia and Japan, saying that state-to-state cooperation should be consistent with the trend of peace and development,…
Syrian pilgrim dies after reaching Makkah on bicycle from Germany

Riyadh: A heart-wrenching story, Syrian pilgrim who travelled from Germany to Makkah Al-Mukarramah on a bicycle to perform the Umrah pilgrimage died after reaching Makkah, while he was in the Ihram clothes,…
Philippino mother gives birth to 3 children, 3 years apart, on same date

“They say once luck, twice chance and three times pattern,” said Fleming Ian. And for a woman in the Philippines, this quote couldn’t be more true in life. Pamn Hazel Cabanero, an…
Mahzooz draw: 40-yr-old Filipino in UAE becomes millionaire overnight

Abu Dhabi: A 40-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE) based expat from the Philippines won the grand prize of 10 million Dirhams (Rs 22,46,37,576) at the recent Super Saturday Draws by Mahzooz. The…
Cap reached for H-2B visas for second half of FY 2023

New York: The US has received a sufficient number of applications to meet the congressionally-mandated H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year 2023, the country’s federal agency for immigration services…