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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan accuses Gen Bajwa of playing double game’ against his govt
Islamabad: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has accused former army chief Gen (retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa of playing “double game” against his government and said that he committed a “big mistake”…
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Six coal miners killed in gas explosion in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least six coal miners were killed after getting trapped due to a gas explosion inside a coal mine in Harnai district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials told media. According…
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Protests sparked by draconian lockdowns may thwart China’s plans to become a global superpower
Beijing: The continued demonstrations against harsh lockdowns and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) zero-covid policy in China are probably going to make it more difficult for Xi Jinping to realize his goal…
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China unrest: Apple fasts forwards plans to shift manufacturing to India
New Delhi: Apple is fast forwarding its manufacturing plans in India and Vietnam in the wake of China unrest over zero-Covid policy which has severely disrupted its supply chain, leading to an…
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3 Chinese astronauts return safely after completing six months mission at China’s space station
Beijing: China’s spaceship, the Shenzhou-14, carrying three astronauts who lived in its orbiting space station for six months touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region safely…
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India 8th among countries at highest risk of mass killing: Study
India is ranked eighth among countries that are at the highest risk of mass killing in 2022-23, a United States-based study has said. India has experienced a drop in rank from the…
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Singapore to see new wave of Covid-19 infections: Health minister
Singapore: Singaporeans should expect a new wave of Covid-19 infections with more people travelling and due to the upcoming year-end festivities, the Straits Times website quoted Health Minister Ong Ye Kung as…
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Trust my friend Narendra Modi to bring us together: French Prez Macron
New Delhi: After India took over G20 Presidency, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday tweeted a photo of himself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed confidence that the Indian PM will…
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Japan’s nursery school teachers arrested over abuse of infants
Tokyo: Three female teachers, who previously worked at a nursery school in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, were arrested on Sunday for repeatedly abusing infants in their care, local media reported.…
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Daesh planning to carry out suicide attack in Pakistan
Quetta: The Balochistan police have issued a threat alert for a suicide attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported. In a statement, Quetta’s central police office said it had…
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TN professor loses Rs 23L in online scam promising job in Singapore
Chennai: A Tiruchy-based professor, who was unemployed after returning from Saudi Arabia during Covid-19, lost Rs 23.5 lakh to an online scam. Tiruchy police told IANS that Prem Navas of Tirumurugan Nagar,…
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New Zealand Government to remove entrenchment from Three Waters legislation
Auckland: The Government will fix the Water Services Entities Bill this week by removing the entrenchment clause that was voted on during committee stages, Leader of the House Chris Hipkins announced today.…
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World food prices fall slightly in November: FAO
Rome: Increased stability in grain exports from Russia and Ukraine sent global prices for grains and cereals lower in November, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The broader FAO Food…
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Beijing and Tianjin scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport
Beijing: Several Chinese cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu and Shenzhen on Saturday scrapped the mandatory COVID-19 tests for public transport, as authorities softened their stance on the stringent Zero-COVID policy amid a…
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Musk ‘Twitter Files’ implicates Hyderabad origin lawyer Vijaya Gadde
New Delhi: The ‘Twitter Files’ revealed by Elon Musk has implicated Vijaya Gadde, the Indian-origin former head of legal, policy and trust at the company, in suppressing Hunter Biden’s laptop story on…
