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‘Iran to gradually eliminate dollar in trade with Russia’
Tehran: Iran’s chief banker said the US dollar will be gradually eliminated from Iranian-Russian economic transactions, the country’s official news agency has reported. The trade volume between Iran and Russia stood at…
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Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms
Washington: President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a…
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China says ‘progress’ made over ‘early return’ of stranded Indian students
Beijing: China said on Thursday that “progress” has been made in facilitating the return of thousands of Indian students stranded back home due to Beijing’s COVID visa bans and efforts were on…
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Medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike
New Delhi: Medical students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, will hold a five-day hunger strike from Saturday over their demand of admission in Indian medical colleges as a one-time measure, according…
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Guantanamo Bay: Yemeni national cleared for release after 20 years
A Yemeni national who was held in US custody without charge at Guantanamo Bay detention centre for 20 years has been cleared for release but will remain imprisoned until he is transferred out of…
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Myanmar reports 7,835 dengue fever cases, 31 deaths in H1
Yangon: Myanmar recorded 7,835 cases of dengue fever and 31 deaths in the first half of 2022, the state media reported on Thursday. Most of the dengue fever cases were detected in…
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‘Azadi’ march cases: Court extends Imran’s interim bail till July 30
Islamabad: A district and sessions court on Thursday extended the interim bail of former Prime Minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan till July 30 in 11 cases related to the party’s “Azadi…
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Queen Elizabeth II bestows Kuwait ambassador with Knight’s Medal
The Queen of Britain, Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday, awarded Kuwait’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Khaled Al Duwaisan the Knight’s Medal of St. Michael and St. George, which was established by…
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Train travel to get costlier in Sri Lanka from tomorrow
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Railways has announced to increase its ticket fares from midnight tomorrow (Friday). The gazette notification on this revision was sent to print, Daily Mirror reported Railways General Manager…
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president
Colombo: Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its unprecedented economic crisis and…
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China deploys tanks to prevent people from withdrawing money from crisis-hit banks
Zhengzhou: In a grim reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, armoured tanks were seen deployed on the streets of China amidst large-scale protests by people demanding the release of their savings…
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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss emerge as final two candidates in the fray
London: Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss emerged as the final two candidates in the Tory leadership race after Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of…
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Twitter can also be made liable for fraudulent disclosure on bots, thinks Musk
New Delhi: If Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal team can prove that Twitter has misled its users from revealing the actual number of bots or spam accounts on its platform, than the…
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Current booster shots effective against vaccine evading Omicron: Study
New York: Although Omicron sub-variants have evolved to evade antibody responses from the primary Covid vaccine series, a new laboratory study suggests existing booster doses may elicit sufficient immune protection against severe…
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60% Americans believe NASA’s Webb telescope is a good investment
New York: Three out of five Americans believe that the James Webb telescope is a somewhat or very good investment, according to a new YouGov poll. The $10 billion Webb telescope, is…
