World
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SBI allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore
Mumbai: A day after a real-time payments system linkage was established between India and Singapore using the UPI platform, State Bank of India on Wednesday announced a partnership with PayNow, the online…
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What is TU 160? The bomber India wants, Russia owns and US is likely to have
In December 2022, a Russian military bomber engineer drove to USA’s southwest border and asked for asylum. In exchange, he said he would provide the US government with Russian military secrets. This…
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Imran Khan’s party kicks off ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ from Lahore
Lahore: Ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday began a mass court arrest movement from Lahore over what it called the violation of fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution…
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EX-ISIS bride loses appeal to regain her British citizenship
London: A Bangladeshi-origin British woman, who fled the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network, on Wednesday lost a legal bid before a specialist tribunal to…
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Pakistan to cut number of missions abroad under austerity measures
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to slash down a number of foreign missions abroad and reduce their offices, staff, and other measures…
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ChatGPT fails to recognize Mira Murati – CTO at OpenAI
ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot is unable to recognize Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of OpenAI, the company that created it. Responding to the query ‘Who is Mira Murati of OpenAI’, it…
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UK strongly backs BBC after IT ‘surveys’ at Delhi, Mumbai offices
The UK government strongly defended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday during a Parliament debate, a week after Income Tax officials spent nearly 59 hours ‘surveying’ BBC offices in Delhi and…
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Putin not interested in negotiating: Ex-US envoy
Washington: A former American envoy to Moscow has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in negotiating before he launched the invasion of Ukraine and “he’s still not interested in…
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US reports 130,000 child Covid-19 cases in past 4 weeks
Los Angeles: Nearly 130,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the past four weeks, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s…
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US, Russia should resume implementation of New START treaty: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the US and Russia to resume the full implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Asked about Guterres’ reaction to Russian…
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UN Security Council condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
United Nations: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which left three peacekeepers from Senegal dead and five others injured. In a press statement…
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EU, NATO, Ukraine to ramp up arms production, procurement
Brussels: Ukraine, the EU and the NATO will jointly launch a mechanism to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine, officials said here after the first meeting of the three sides’ high-level representatives. NATO…
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Putin’s craven lust for land & power will fail: Biden
Warsaw: In a fiery address from Warsaw’s Royal Castle, US President Joe Biden assured to continue supporting Ukraine as it enters a second year of the ongoing war and said Russian President…
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Iraqi president calls for expanding cooperation with Lebanon
Baghdad: Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has emphasised the importance of expanding cooperation between Iraq and Lebanon in various fields. Rashid made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Lebanese caretaker Labour…
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Israeli shekel’s value declines to lowest record against USD in 3 yrs
Jerusalem: The value of Israel’s currency shekel has fell to its lowest record against the US dollar in nearly three years, according to exchange rates issued by Israel’s central bank. The shekel’s…
