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New Zealand-bound plane turns back to Dubai after 13-hour flight to nowhere
Currently, many strange incidents related to air travel are making the news. Ever since people started travelling again, all kinds of absurd things have been happening aboard airplanes. Here is such an…
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Fmr PM Manmohan Singh conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK
London: Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was recently conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London for his contribution to economic and political life. The Honour, announced…
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India condoles loss of lives in deadly Peshawar mosque blast
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India extended condolences to the families of the victims of the deadly terror attack that shook Peshawar in Pakistan on Monday. So far, the toll of…
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US plans to end COVID emergency declarations in May
Los Angeles: The Biden administration has announced it plans to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. The COVID-19 national emergency and PHE were declared by the Trump Administration in…
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10 people wounded in Florida mass shooting
Florida: A mass shooting in a Florida city has left 10 people wounded while two in critical condition, the Lakeland Police Department announced on Monday, according to CNN. According to the police,…
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Pakistan’s fate at stake as rupee plunges: Report
Islamabad: Pakistani’s economy has reached rock bottom as the rupee plummeted to 250 against the US dollar and the value of currency depreciated, marking the worst economic crisis since the nation formed,…
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Death toll rises to 90 in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing
Peshawar: The death toll from a powerful suicide bombing at a crowded Peshawar mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 90 on Tuesday after rescue teams retrieved more bodies from the debris, police…
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New Zealand PM to meet Australian counterpart
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next Tuesday for an in-person meeting day trip with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is New Zealand’s closest…
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Joe Biden says ‘no’ to sending fighter jets to Ukraine
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he won’t approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. “No,” Biden said on Monday in response to a question about the possibility of such…
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New Zealand second equal with Finland in latest Corruption Perceptions Index
Auckland: New Zealand is ranked second equal with Finland in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, Denmark is now clearly at the top of the ranking. New Zealand’s score dropped one point to…
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IAMC calls on Musk to stop censorship of BBC documentary on Modi
Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington DC-based nonprofit organization in a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday demanded that he reverse Twitter’s censorship of the BBC documentary…
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3 injured in Brussels metro knife attack
Brussels: Three people were injured in a knife attack on Monday evening in the Brussels-Schuman station, the federal police said. Of the injured, one was hurt seriously, the other two slightly. The…
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Russia warns new US ambassador of consequences of confrontational policy
Moscow: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with new US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy, who presented copies of her credentials. During the conversation with Tracy on the sharply worsened Russia-US…
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331 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM
Tripoli: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 331 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of January 22-28, 2023, 331 migrants were…
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Croatian Prez criticises NATO chief’s visit to S. Korea, Japan
Zagreb: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has criticized the visit to South Korea and Japan by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and condemned the Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine. “I…
