World
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Biden pledges to ‘get inflation under control’
Washington: US President Joe Biden has pledged to “get inflation under control” as American voters were increasingly “pessimistic” about the economy and “doubted his ability” to fix supply chain issues and tackle…
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Turkey, Serbia agree to solve Bosnian crisis through cooperation
Ankara: Turkey and Serbia have agreed to bring together leaders of Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs in a bid to solve the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.“Let’s…
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Tonga volcano relief efforts face challenges: United Nations
United Nations: Relief efforts following the Tonga volcano eruption face the challenge of severed communications, falling ash closing the major airport and strict anti-Covid measures, UN officials said. They said the casualty toll…
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Spaniard recognized as world’s oldest man dies at 112
Madrid: Santiago de la Fuente, a 112-year-old Spanish man, who was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest man in September last year, has died at his home in…
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Facebook killed me, tweets Taslima Nasreen after her profile memorialized
New Delhi: Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday got surprised after Facebook ‘memorialized’ her account on social media. Apparently, Facebook has made her account memorialized believing that she is no more. Taking…
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Indonesian parliament passes law to relocate capital to Nusantara
Jakarta: Indonesian lawmakers passed a law on the relocation of the nation’s capital to the island of Kalimantan, which shares borders with Malaysia and Brunei, from the most populated island of Java. The…
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Elon Musk slams UN, warns about population collapse
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has slammed the United Nations (UN) once again, saying that there are “not enough people” in the world and one should be more worried…
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Indian-origin CEO who fired 900 staffers over Zoom call back at work
San Francisco: Indian-origin Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who was massively trolled for laying off 900 employees over a Zoom meeting call, is back at the helm as employees are reportedly not at…
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Blinken to meet with senior Russian as Ukraine tensions soar
Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the US and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the…
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Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
Moscow: Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, in a deployment further beefing up Russian military assets near Ukraine amid Western…
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Global Covid caseload tops 333.5 million
New Delhi: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 333.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.55 million and vaccinations to over 9.68 billion,…
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COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year: WHO
Geneva: The worst of the coronavirus pandemic deaths, hospitalisations and lockdowns could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly, the head of emergencies at the…
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Spain joins India, Singapore to tame cryptocurrency ads
New Delhi: With an aim to reign in cryptocurrency ads promising wild returns, Spain has now joined countries like Singapore and India, stressing that the advertising of crypto-assets must be clear, balanced,…
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Footballer Nadia Nadim, who fled Afghanistan, is now a doctor
Nadia Nadim, a refugee from Afghanistan, who is now a footballer, has qualified as a doctor. After five years of studying while playing football, 33-year-old Nadia Nadim, a prolific Danish international with…
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SL doesn’t want to get caught between powerful nations: Rajapaksa
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Tuesday that his country does not want to get caught up between powerful nations. He made the remarks while addressing the second session of…
