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Pakistan Finance Minister seeks divine intervention to rescue sinking economy
Islamabad: As the Pakistan government struggles to arrest the worsening economic crisis, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar sought to allay concerns by invoking divine favor, saying that the country was the only country…
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Biden ‘outraged’ on African American man’s death due to US police brutality
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he is outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating of African American youth Tyre Nichols in Memphis city of…
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US, India to hold diplomatic consultations: State Dept
New York: The US diplomat in charge of political affairs is visiting India for consultations with the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi, according to the State Department. During her visit, Under…
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Germany faces biggest teacher shortage in 50 yrs: Association
Berlin: Germany’s education system is facing the “biggest shortage of teachers in 50 years” as a result of education policy failures, the country’s teachers’ association said. The problem is largely “self-made,” association…
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UK mulls allowing foreign students to work for longer hours
London: International students, including Indians, in the UK, are likely to be allowed to work for longer hours and take up more part-time jobs to plug labor shortages in various sectors across…
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Turkey condemns burning of Quran in Denmark
Ankara: Turkey condemned the burning of the Quran by a far-right politician near a mosque in Denmark on Friday. “We condemn in the strongest terms that the hate crime committed in Sweden…
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Moscow orders Latvian ambassador to leave Russia within 2 weeks
Moscow: The Latvian ambassador to Russia, Maris Riekstins, should leave Russia within two weeks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Latvian Charge d’Affaires Dace Rutka was summoned to the Ministry in protest over…
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US reports 100 paediatric flu deaths this season
Los Angeles: The US has reported a total of 91 pediatric flu deaths so far this season, according to the latest data released on Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control…
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Protests in US after footage releases of Black man being beaten by police
Washington: Protests erupted across the US after the release of a footage which showed five former police officers in Memphis brutally beating an African-American man who died three days later after the…
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Denmark: Paludan burns copies of Quran, insults Prophet Muhammad
The leader of the Danish far-right Hard Line party, Rasmus Paludan, on Friday burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of a mosque and Turkish embassy in the Denmark capital,…
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US Prez Joe Biden appoints Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday appointed his long-term aide Jeff Zients, a former Obama administration official who ran his massive Covid-19 response operation, as the new White House Chief of…
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ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women’s T20 World Cup
Dubai: In a significant first for world cricket, the ICC on Friday named an all-female panel of match officials, including the Indian trio of GS Lakshmi, Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan, for…
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Turkish inflation forecast to sharply decline in 2023, 2024: Central bank
Ankara: Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, Sahap Kavcioglu announced the country’s year-end annual inflation for 2023 and 2024 is forecast to drop to 22.3 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively. “Inflation…
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State Bank of Pakistan’s forex reserves fall by $923 mn
Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by $923 million last week. During the week ending on January 20, the total foreign exchange reserves of…
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Iraq PM’s visit to France aims at enhancing partnership
Baghdad: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani’s visit to France was aimed at enhancing the bilateral partnership, securing French support for Iraq’s reconstruction and restoring non-stop flights between…
