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Canada imposes sanctions on Rajapaksa brothers

Colombo: The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on ex-Sri Lanka Presidents — Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa — over human rights violations during the 26-year long war against Tamil minorities. “Canada is…
Pakistan’s Election Commission issues arrest warrants for Imran Khan, his aides in contempt case

Islamabad: Pakistan’s top election body on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in a contempt case. The case is based…

Former UFC fighter Kevin Lee converts to Islam

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Kevin Lee, announced his conversion to Islam, expressing his great satisfaction in life as a Muslim. 30-year-old Kevin Lee converted to Islam in 2021 and did…
Ukraine’s 2022 defence expenditure accounted for 32.5% of GDP

Kiev: Ukraine’s defence spending in 2022 accounted for 32.5 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product amid the ongoing war with Russia, a top official said here. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of…
Saudi Arabia boosts investments in Pakistan to USD 10 billion

Islamabad: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has directed authorities to study augmenting the Gulf Kingdom’s investments in Pakistan to reach USD 10 billion and increasing its deposit to the cash-strapped country’s…
Indian American space expert named NASA’s new chief technologist

Washington: An Indian American aerospace industry expert has been appointed as NASA’s new chief technologist to serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programmes at the space…
Russia’s rocket specialist becomes 4th key defence official to die in 3 weeks

London: Russia’s leading rocket specialist Pavel Kamnev has died, becoming the fourth key defence official to perish in less than three weeks, a media outlet reported. Kamnev, 85, was the scientific director…

Twitter grants ‘severance agreements’ to ex-employees

Twitter has finally given severance agreements on Saturday, to ex-workers who exited their service in November. The severance agreement covers a notice period to the end of next year to avoid disputes…
Pakistan secures over $ 10.5 bn in flood pledges

Islamabad: Pakistan has managed to secure over $ 10.5 billion in flood pledges which would be materialised in three phases — short-term for up to one year, medium-term for up to three…
UK’s Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure after suffering “anomaly”

London: An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an “anomaly” as it neared its goal. “We appear to have…
Skyrocketing prices making flour inaccessible in Pakistan

Islamabad: Skyrocketing wheat flour prices have kept the food staple inaccessible for many in Pakistan as varied rates of grain and its by-products in provinces continue to encourage its black-marketing. People are…
7 million people laid off in Pakistan textile industry

Islamabad: About seven million people in textile and textile-related industries in Pakistan have been laid off due to dwindling exports and the governments failure to end the economic crisis, associations claimed. Representatives…
7.5-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

Jakarta: A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia’s Maluku province on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 12.47 a.m. with its epicentre…
Biden declares emergency in California as winter storms continue

Washington: US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country. According to a statement released by the White…
Italian PM reaffirms commitment to EU recovery plan

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the challenges of economic growth and European migration policy here. Meloni reaffirmed Italy’s commitment to the European…