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Taiwan: India calls for avoiding unilateral actions to change status quo
New Delhi: India on Friday said it was concerned over the developments around Taiwan and called for avoiding “unilateral actions” to change the status quo in the region, days after China held…
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Pakistan, Turkiye sign trade preferential agreement to further bolster bilateral ties
Islamabad: Pakistan and its close ally Turkiye on Friday inked a preferential trade agreement aimed at opening up market access worth USD 7.5 billion for Pakistani goods, a deal hailed by Islamabad…
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Trump premises searched for papers related to nuclear weapons: Reports
Washington: FBI agents were looking for documents relating to nuclear weapons, among others, in the unprecedented search they conducted of the premises of former US President Donald Trump earlier this week in…
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Security concerns bring China closer to Taliban
Islamabad: The severe isolation of Afghanistan since the Taliban captured the country’s capital a year ago has provided China an opportunity to become a major player in the country, the media reported.…
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling, making talc-based baby powder
London: Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling and making talc-based baby powder globally, two years after it ended sales in the US and Canada, the media reported. The healthcare firm has…
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Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death
Lahore: A 62-year-old man belonging to the Ahmadi community was stabbed to death by a religious fanatic for refusing to praise a controversial cleric in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, the latest…
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Afghan women raise concern over Taliban’s new rule to limit entry in “ladies park”
Kabul: Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a…
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Over 140 humanitarian aid workers killed in 2021: United Nations
Geneva: More than 140 aid workers were killed over the course of 2021, the Geneva-based UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. The figure for aid workers…
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Japan braces for more rain as typhoon Meari approaches
Tokyo: Japan’s weather agency said on Friday that more rain was expected in the prefectures of Aomori and Akita as typhoon Meari, the eighth of this season, was approaching the country. According…
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US weekly unemployment claims hit new high
Washington: Initial jobless claims in the US last week rose to 262,000, hitting a new high since November 2021, the US Labour Department reported. In the week ending August 6, the number…
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US Justice dept asks court to unseal search warrant for Mar-a-Lago raid
Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement…
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Armed man attempting to breach FBI office killed after standoff
Washington: An armed man who tried to breach a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field office in the US city of Cincinnati was shot dead by law enforcement after a standoff. The…
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McDonald’s to reopen some branches in Ukraine
Kiev: American fast food giant McDonald’s wants to reopen some of its restaurants in Ukraine, despite the ongoing Russian war against Kiev. “After lengthy consultations and discussions, we have a phased plan to…
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India expresses concern over shelling near Ukraine’s nuclear plant
United Nations: India has expressed concern over reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and called for mutual restraint to ensure that the…
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EU nations aide France to battle raging forest fires
Paris: Firefighters and aircraft from several European Union (EU) countries are engaged to tackle a raging forest fire in France, the European Commission announced. Firefighters from Germany, Poland, Austria and Romania are to…
