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Rare protest against Xi days before Communist Party meet
Beijing: A rare protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping and his policies swiftly ended in Beijing Thursday, just days before he is set to secure a third term in power at a…
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Onus on India to take steps for meaningful engagement: Shehbaz
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he was “absolutely willing and ready” to engage with India for the sake of regional peace and prosperity, but the onus was on…
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US: Sitharaman holds bilaterals on sidelines of IMF-World Bank meetings
Washington: On the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank meetings, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held back-to-back bilaterals with global finance ministers and heads of the top…
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France to boost military presence in Romania
Bucharest: France will deploy armoured personnel carriers and tanks in central Romania by the end of October to strengthen the NATO battle group stationed there, the Defence Ministry in Bucharest said in…
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Iran confirms uranium enrichment
Tehran: The Iranian nuclear chief has confirmed media reports that Iran has begun enriching uranium with the third cascade of new centrifuges at its Natanz underground facility. All of Iran’s nuclear activities…
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Indian High Commissioner promises to ramp up visa capacity in UK
London: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami took to Twitter on Wednesday to lay out the steps being taken to ramp up capacity and address the difficulty in getting an…
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CPC Congress: Xi Jinping all set to rewind China’s clock back to ‘one leader rule’ of Mao era
Beijing: China’s ruling Communist Party is set to slide back to its founder Mao Zedong’s era soon as President Xi Jinping is set to break the decades-old 10-year term rule to cling…
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Several Facebook users complain losing followers, Mark Zuckerberg too loses millions
New Delhi: Several users of Meta’s Facebook are complaining losing majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over…
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G7 warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Russia uses nuclear weapons on Ukraine
Washington: A day after Russia’s large-scale missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, Group of Seven (G7) nations condemned the attacks and warned that the use of nuclear weapons on Ukraine will have severe…
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Ukraine war has affected Asian economy; risk of fragmentation worrisome: IMF
Washington: The war in Ukraine has affected the Asian economy broadly in terms of trade and financial market uncertainties and inflation, a top IMF official said on Tuesday, warning that going forward…
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Musk denies talking to Putin recently about Ukraine war
San Francisco: Tech tycoon Elon Musk has refuted a claim made by political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer that he recently discussed “the minimum the Russian President would require…
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Moldova tackles power shortage amid supply suspension from Ukraine
Chisinau: Moldova has managed to get all electricity it needs from the Kuchurgan Power Plant located in its breakaway Transnistria region, amid supply suspension from neighbouring Ukraine. Under an agreement between the…
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‘The worst is yet to come’: IMF on global economy
London: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a tough 2023 as it cut growth predictions and forecast economic contraction in a third of the world, media reports said. “The worst is…
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Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving Democratic Party, calls it an ‘elitist cabal of war mongers’
Washington: Former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic Party, denouncing it as an “elitist cabal of war mongers,” while calling upon other “common sense independent-minded Democrats” to exit…
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Experts debate Nirav Modi’s suicide risk in UK High Court
London: The High Court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if…
