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Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation today
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as the prime minister on Monday, political sources said, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger…
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US announces new sanctions, G7 to phase out Russian oil imports
Washington: The US on Sunday announced new sanctions on Russia, targeting management consultancies and accounting services and media outlets funded directly or indirectly by the state. Also, among the new curbs, were…
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Justin Trudeau makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
Kyiv: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. He is scheduled to meet Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to show Canada’s support for the…
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Social media platforms fail to control anti-Muslim posts: Report
On March 15, 2019, a 28-year-old gunman named Brenton Harrison Tarrant, stormed into two mosques – Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre – situated in New Zealand and started firing indiscriminately…
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Vax to curb Covid spread should now be top priority: UK scientist
London: While existing Covid-19 vaccines have largely helped prevent deaths, scientists must now train their focus on developing a jab that stops transmission of the virus, according to leading scientist at Oxford.…
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Russia will destroy NATO countries in half an hour in case of nuclear war: Roscosmos chief
Moscow: The chief of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that Russia would destroy NATO countries in the event of a nuclear war in half an hour, so he urged them…
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Japan’s nuke water dumping to endanger marine life: Activist
Seoul: Japan’s plan to dump radioactive waste water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean will endanger marine life and contaminate the waters, a South Korean green…
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Islamic State claims rockets fired from Afghanistan into Tajikistan
Kabul: The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed it fired a number of rockets from Afghanistan into the territory of neighbouring Tajikistan, according to an Afghan media reports. The Afghan Islamic Press…
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New Zealand reports 1st Omicron BA.5 variant
Wellington: New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.5 variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. A person who has travelled from South Africa…
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Kadyrov claims Chechnya rebels control Popasna, Ukraine denies
On Sunday, Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Russia’s Chechen Republic, declared his troops had gained control of most of the eastern Ukrainian city of Popasna, but Ukrainian officials stated a struggle for…
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Ukraine: Dozens feared dead in Russian strike on school in Luhansk
Zaporizhzhia: The governor of Luhansk region, one of two that make up the Donbas, said a Russian strike destroyed a school in the village of Bilogorivka where 90 people were seeking safety…
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Parag Agrawal’s wife Vineeta linked with Musk’s Twitter takeover
New Delhi: Vineeta Agarwala, the wife of Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, is now making headlines amid Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal. Her role as general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) —…
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John Lee elected as new Hong Kong Chief Executive
Hong Kong: John Lee, a former security chief, was elected on Sunday as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The announcement was made after voting for the sixth-term Chief Executive ended,…
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Turkey plans to return one million Syrian refugees
Ankara: Turkey is making plans to send one million Syrian refugees home as public hostility to their presence in the country is escalating. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey is building…
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It’s my right to disagree with Imran Khan’s policies as PM: Afridi
Karachi: Reacting to the criticism on social media for extending felicitation to newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi said that it is his right to disagree with…
