World
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West Asia Quad: US, UAE, India, Israel to hold first summit next month
Washington: The United States has said that the first summit of the leaders of a new group of four nations — the US, India, Israel, and the UAE — will be held…
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Canadian PM tests positive for Covid for second time
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a tweet on Monday that he has again tested positive for Covid-19. Trudeau said that he would be following public health guidelines and isolating,…
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Guterres calls for end to racism, discrimination
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to eliminate racism and discrimination. “Over the next 100 days and beyond, let us work to safeguard the human rights of all…
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China using COVID-19 app to restrict residents after rural banks run out of cash
Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese province of Henan are suspected to be restricting some residents’ movements using a COVID-19 app, following rare protests, BBC reported. Multiple people say they are being forced…
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Pakistan finance minister warns of default if fuel subsidies not abolished
Islamabad: Pakistan will default if the government does not abolish the subsidies on petroleum products, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said, warning that the cash-strapped country’s economy could be in a similar…
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UN chief: Governments’ inaction on climate is ‘dangerous’
Berlin: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday of a dangerous disconnect between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it. Guterres said…
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Spanish Foreign Minister to visit India tomorrow
New Delhi: Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno will pay his official visit to India on Wednesday, a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs read on Tuesday. During his…
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US NSA, top Chinese diplomat hold ‘candid, substantive’ talks
Washington: US National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan and member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Yang Jiechi held “candid, substantive, and productive” talks and agreed that maintaining unimpeded…
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UK publishes plan to override parts of Brexit deal
London: The UK government has introduced a legislation in Parliament that would override parts of the landmark 2019 Brexit agreement struck with the European Union (EU) when Britain left the common economic…
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Capitol riots inquiry: Trump was detached from reality, says Ex-AG
Washington: At the ongoing inquiry into the January 2021 Capitol Hill riot, former US Attorney General William Barr said he thought that Donald Trump was “detached from reality” following the 2020 presidential…
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SL power supplier head resigns over controversial statements on Modi, Adani
Colombo: The Chairman of Sri Lanka’s state-run electricity supplier, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), resigned on Monday after repeated controversial statements made on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka’s renewable energy project…
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‘US reports about 88,000 weekly child Covid-19 cases’
Los Angeles: About 88,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported across the US in the week ending June 9, according to the latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and…
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Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia to become India’s 2nd biggest oil supplier
New Delhi: Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq as refiners snap up Russian crude available at a deep discount following the war in Ukraine,…
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Russian forces attack Ukrainian thermal power plant
Kiev: Ukrainian authorities have said that Russia forces conducted an artillery attack on the Vuhledar Thermal Power Plant in Donetsk, causing a fire on its premises. Citing the authorities, a local media…
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FAO, World Bank step up response to worsening food security in Afghanistan
Rome: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed an unprecedented $150 million contribution from the World Bank to provide critical livelihood and life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable…
