World
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Rishi Sunak passes first Commons test
London: Rishi Sunak on his second day in office as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom passed his first major test in the House of Commons, albeit not with flying colours.…
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‘Xi’s 3rd term will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups’
Beijing: Xi Jinping’s third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups in China, exiled activists warned in recent forums and interviews,…
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Russia reports 7,518 new Covid cases
Moscow: Russia registered 7,518 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,394,360, the official monitoring and response centre said on Wednesday. The centre said the nationwide…
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Who will win the Football World Cup– Ronaldo or Messi? May be none
In less than a month’s time the superpowers of football will step into the stadiums of Qatar to battle it out for one of the most coveted trophies in world sport – namely…
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Watch: Russia runs nuclear drills; launches ballistic missiles
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles in a show of force amid the heightened…
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Russia recruiting Afghan commandos trained by US to fight in Ukraine
London: Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, a media report said. Up to 30,000 members…
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Putin oversees retaliatory nuclear strike drills
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen military drills enacting a retaliatory nuclear strike, a media report said. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu described the aim of the drills as testing “Russia’s strategic…
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Pak govt drops ISI representative from team probing journalist’s killing in Kenya
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Wednesday reconstituted a panel probing the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya by dropping an ISI representative from the team, days after he was shot…
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Nuclear option should not be resorted to by any side: Rajnath to Russia
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that the Ukraine conflict should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and the nuclear option should not be…
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Apple Watch saves doctor’s life who took a hard fall
San Francisco: An Apple Watch has reportedly been credited with saving the life of a doctor, who fell from the side of his house while power washing. According to NBC Chicago, while…
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Indians, Khalistani supporters clash in Canadian city on Diwali night
Ottawa: Police in the Canadian city of Mississauga said that between 400 and 500 people clashed on Diwali night, during which one side waved the Indian Tricolour while some others held Khalistani…
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Canadian city gets first turban-wearing Sikh woman councillor
Toronto: Indo-Canadian healthcare worker Navjit Kaur Brar has become the first turban-wearing Sikh woman to be elected as Brampton City Councillor in the recent Municipal council polls. Brar, a respiratory therapist and…
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NYC mayor urges people to live in Diwali spirit as communities grapple with hate crimes
New York: As communities grapple with hate crimes and darkness, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has urged people to live in the spirit of Lord Ram, Sita and Diwali and be…
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China accused of illegal police stations in Netherlands
Amsterdam :The Chinese government has been accused of establishing at least two undeclared “police stations” in the Netherlands, a media reported. The media report cited evidence that the “overseas service stations”, which…
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Taliban bans hookahs in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic decree, to ban hookahs, which had become a common sight in the war-ton country in recent years, the media reported.…
