World
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19 killed, 20 injured as truck hits funeral procession in China
Beijing: At least 19 people were killed, and 20 others injured on Sunday when a truck hit a funeral procession in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province, authorities said. A brief report carried by…
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India provides 75 buses to Sri Lanka to support public transport system
Colombo: India has handed 75 passenger buses to Sri Lanka as part of its assistance towards strengthening public transport infrastructure in the cash-strapped country. As part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India…
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Rishi Sunak refuses to say whether he uses private healthcare
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday refused three times to reveal whether he uses private healthcare or not. When asked during an interview with BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme…
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Prince Harry killed 25 people during military service in Afghanistan
In a shocking and controversial move, British Prince Harry revealed that he killed 25 people during his military service in Afghanistan on a helicopter, describing the targets as “chess pieces excluded from…
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US approves first-ever vaccine for honeybees
San Francisco: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the first vaccine for honeybees, which will prevent American foulbrood disease, a fatal bacterial disease that destroys honeybee colonies. According to CNN,…
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China takes down social media accounts of Covid policy critics
London: China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
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Stampedes across Pakistan as flour shortage intensifies
New Delhi: The absolute disarray in the sale of the Pakistan Sindh government’s subsidised flour to the people resulted in the death of a man, a father of seven, in Mirpurkhas district…
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Sacked Twitter workers didn’t get severance as promised, even as Musk fires more
San Francisco: Elon Musk has fired more employees at Twitter from its content moderation team while some of the employees fired in earlier job cut rounds last year did not receive severance…
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Surrey proclaims day in memory of Sikh victim of racist attack
Surrey: On the 25th anniversary of the brutal killing of Nirmal Singh Gill by the white supremacists, one of the fastest growing municipalities of Canada made a proclamation to recognize the incident.…
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British Airways includes jumpsuit, headscarf options for cabin crew
British Airways has unveiled a new uniform for the first time in nearly 20 years, noting that it includes a modern suit, the first of its kind for the airline, an option…
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Canada’s employment rose in Dec 2022
Ottawa: Canada’s employment rose by 104,000 in December 2022 and the unemployment rate declined to 5 per cent, the national statistical agency said. Statistics Canada said the number of employees increased in…
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Indonesia’s Mt. Marapi erupts, ash up to 300 metres
Jakarta: The Marapi volcano in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province erupted for about 45 seconds on Saturday, throwing ash up to 300 meters above its peak, according to the Centre for Volcanology and…
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Citizen app reveals exact location of Billie Eilish’s family home to 178k users
San Francisco: A push notification on the popular crime reporting app called Citizen disclosed the exact location of an alleged break-in at singer-songwriter Billie Eilish’s family home to at least 178,000 people…
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US announces another USD 3 billion military assistance package for Ukraine
Washington: The United States has announced another military assistance package of over USD 3.75 billion for Ukraine to fight the battle against Russian aggression taking the total US military assistance for Ukraine to…
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India may have role in diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine war: US State Dept spokesman
New York: India may be among countries that can have a role in diplomacy to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine even though New Delhi and Washington may not see eye-to-eye on policy issues,…
