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Shanghai to screen 16 million people in 2nd phase of lockdown
Shanghai: Shanghai will launch a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting from Friday amid the second phase of the city’s nine-day lockdown, an official announced on…
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Russia used cluster weapons in Ukraine at least 24 times: UN
Geneva: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that credible reports indicate that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine on at least 24 occasions since…
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China, Pakistan hold talk with Taliban representatives in Beijing
Beijing: The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting with the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime Amir Khan Muttaqi in Beijing on Wednesday on the…
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Chinese shows duplicity towards Muslims in Xinjiang
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s assurance, during the OIC Conference in Islamabad recently that China would look after the interests of Muslim nations, is in total contradiction to events in his…
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US imposes sanctions against Iran ballistic missile programme
Washington: The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based person and his network of companies that Washington accused of facilitating Iran in its effort to get materials for its ballistic missile…
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Lahore man kills pregnant wife for saying ‘Mera Jism, Meri Marzi’
Lahore: A man in Lahore has been arrested after allegedly strangling his pregnant wife to death for using the Aurat March slogan, ‘Mera Jism, Meri Marzi’ (my body, my choice), Friday Times…
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Peace talks did not offer any breakthrough: Russia
London: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has played down any hopes of a breakthrough in the talks held with Ukraine in Turkey, BBC reported. On Tuesday, Russia said it intended to scale back…
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Musk cites Eminem rap song in latest response to SEC
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal skirmish with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues, with the executive invoking popular rapper Eminem in a filing submitted to a Manhattan federal…
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Study claims UV-LED lights can kill coronaviruses and HIV
Toronto: The same light bulbs used in offices and public spaces can destroy coronaviruses and HIV, claims a research. Researchers at the University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada, killed both viruses using UV-LED lights,…
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Russian pledge to scale back in Ukraine draws skepticism
Kyiv: Russia’s pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine drew skepticism even as the two nations planned to return Wednesday to talks that could produce a framework for ending the…
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Ukraine sets up 3 humanitarian corridors
Kiev: Ukraine established three humanitarian corridors on Wednesday, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram. Two corridors were set up to allow Ukrainian civilians to flee the cities of…
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UN chief calls for end to slavery’s legacy of racism
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, racism. The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans was instrumental in shaping modern conceptions…
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Oman: Seven Pakistani miners killed, four missing after rockslide
Muscat: At least seven Pakistani miners were killed in a tragic mine accident that occurred in the city of Ibri in Oman. Four other workers are missing, Express Tribune reported. The accident…
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Russian Foreign Minister to visit India from March 31 to April 1
New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to New Delhi from March 31 to April 1, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. This visit…
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Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat
San Francisco: In a bizarre incident, thousands of mobile users in the US received spam texts from their own phone numbers, and leading telecom carrier Verizon Wireless now say there are “bad…
