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‘Russia suspends, not withdraws from grain export deal with Ukraine’
Moscow: Russia has not withdrawn from the grain export deal with Ukraine but has suspended it, the Defence Ministry in Moscow announced. Russia has halted traffic along the security corridor in the…
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Elon Musk, sole director of Twitter, to become CEO now
San Francisco: Chief Twit Elon Musk has dissolved Twitter’s board of directors after his takeover of the company, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Monday. Musk, according…
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Braverman calls migrant crisis an ‘invasion’, faces heat
London: Indian-origin Suella Braverman, already under fire over her re-appointment as the UK Home Secretary, has sparked off another outrage by comparing migrant crisis in the country to “invasion”. Braverman, who was…
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UN chief highlights cities’ role in promoting global sustainable development
United Nations: Accounting for a majority of global carbon emissions, cities play critical roles in building a sustainable world for all, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Guterres underscored the point in a…
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Russia welcome back into grain export deal: UN official
United Nations: The UN looks forward to welcoming Russia back in the fulfilment of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which Moscow has halted following an attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet,…
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Criminal trial against Trump Organisation on tax fraud starts in New York
New York :The jury in the criminal trial against the Trump Organisation started to hear opening statements on a 15-year tax fraud scheme from the plaintiff and the defendant in the Supreme…
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Iran sanctions 10 US officials, 4 institutions for ‘inciting violence, interference’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced that Tehran has imposed sanctions against 10 US individuals and four institutions for violating human rights, interfering in Iran’s internal affairs, and inciting violence and riots…
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1 dead after shooting at high school in Canada
Ottawa: One person was dead and another was in hospital after a shooting at a high school’s front yard in Toronto, the largest city of Canada, police said. The shooting happened just…
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Russia launches massive missile strikes across Ukraine
Kiev: Russia on Monday launched massive missile strikes across Ukraine, including the capital Kiev, causing power and water outages, according to officials in the war-torn country. At least two blasts were reported…
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S.Korea, US kick off combined air drills after 5 yrs
Seoul: South Korea and the US have kicked off their first large-scale joint air drills in nearly five years, with more than 240 aircraft mobilised, including their advanced stealth jets, as the…
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Imran sees revolution coming in Pak through ballot or bloodshed
Islamabad: As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) march enters its fourth day, party chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that after seeing the “revolution” happening in the country, the only question…
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Indian from Gujarat shot dead in Uganda, cop detained
Kampala: Kuntaj Patel, a 24 year-old Indian businessman from Gujarat, has been allegedly shot dead by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, local media reports said. Police constable Elioda Gumizamu,…
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Pakistan, UAE conduct naval drill in Arabian Sea
Karachi: Pakistan Navy demonstrated firepower in the Arabian Sea amid the bilateral naval exercise ‘NASL AL BAHR-IV’ conducted jointly with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Karachi. The exercise comprised advanced-level naval…
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India vs Pakistan over UK PM Rishi Sunak’s ancestry
Rishi Sunak’s appointment as the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of the UK has created echoes across the globe. His appointment is a flashpoint for his Indian roots and congratulatory messages poured in…
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Putin expresses condolences to families of Morbi bridge collapse victims
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives in a bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi city. The more than a century-old…
