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Japan rolls out Covid vaccination for children aged 6 months to 4 years
Tokyo: Japan began Covid-19 vaccination for children aged between six months and four years on Tuesday at a hospital in Tokyo. Japan’s health ministry started to distribute the vaccines to municipalities on…
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S.Korea, US, Japan hold talks amid speculation on N.Korea nuke test
Seoul: Senior diplomats of South Korea, the US and Japan held high-level talks on Wednesday on regional and global security issues amid concerns over the possibility of a North Korean nuclear test.…
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Ukraine needs 4 bn euros to go through winter season: Minister
Kiev: Ukraine needs 4 billion euros (about $3.97 billion) to go through the winter cold season, said Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov. “We need four…
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Suella Braverman named as home secretary in Rishi Sunak reshuffle
London: Rishi Sunak has made the first appointments of his reshuffle by keeping Jeremy Hunt as UK chancellor and appointing Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, after the departure…
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Embassy asks Indians to leave Ukraine immediately
New Delhi: In a fresh advisory, the Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday asked all Indians there to leave the country immediately in view of increasing hostilities. The new advisory came less…
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Qatar inaugurates ‘Safar’ to highlight experiences of Afghan refugees
Doha: The Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani inaugurated on Sunday evening, the Safar (travel) exhibition, which sheds light on the experiences of…
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After Yamagiwa’s resignation, ex-health minister is Japan’s new economy chief
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday appointed former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as economic revitalization minister to replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who resigned over his ties with the controversial religious sect, Unification…
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Rishi Sunak appointed Britain’s Prime Minster by Charles III
London: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday scripted history when he was appointed by King Charles III as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing…
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Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak
London: As Rishi Sunak takes over as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister on Tuesday, there is renewed hope that the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) will get a much-needed impetus after the…
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Myanmar: Military airstrike kills 80 at Kachin ethnic minority concert
Bangkok: Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organisation, members of the group and…
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Rishi Sunak’s rise to PM is Obama moment for British Hindus’, says UK Hindu temple leader
London: Rishi Sunak becoming UK’s Prime Minister is “our Barack Obama moment,” said the leader of a Hindu temple that was set up by the Indian-origin leader’s grandfather. Sunak, 42, on Monday…
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India, Pakistan on cusp of history to share pride as Sunak set to be first non-White British PM
Islamabad: With Rishi Sunak all set to be the first non-White Prime Minister of Britain, arch-rivals India and Pakistan are on the cusp of history to share a pride, though none of them…
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Japan keeps economic view for 4th straight month
Tokyo: The Japanese economy is recovering moderately, the government said in a report on Tuesday, retaining the view for the fourth successive month, owing to demand bouncing back as the downside effects…
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Rishi Sunak, Akshata Murty’s combined fortune double of King Charles III
London: Rishi Sunak, who will on Tuesday become the UKs 57th Prime Minister, is richer than King Charles III and, at 42, younger than every predecessor except William Pitt the Younger, the…
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Andrew Tate converts to Islam, prayer video goes viral
The controversial British-American kickboxer and internet personality Andrew Tate has converted to Islam. On Monday, October 24, Andrew Tate, announced his conversion to Islam, on his official account of Gettr. “This is…
