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Pak may face protests, instability amid high food, fuel prices: IMF
Islamabad: As Pakistan’s inflation, which just hit a 47-year-high in August at over 27 per cent, is on an upward curve, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned against protests and instability…
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Saturday
Colombo: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former President who fled the country after anti-government protesters stormed his official residence on July 13, will return to the crisis-hit island nation on Saturday. Following months…
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Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi of vote fraud, adds jail time
Bangkok: A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years’ imprisonment with labour after finding her guilty of election fraud, adding more jail time to…
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Student killed in US high school stabbing
Washington: One student was killed and another was injured during a stabbing incident at a high school in the US state of North Carolina, police said. A spokesperson for the Jacksonville Police…
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173 London cops under inquiry for alleged domestic abuse
London: A total of 173 serving officers of London’s Metropolitan Police are under different stages of investigation for alleged domestic abuse, the media reported. Of them, “152 are subject to live criminal…
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Fears of fuel leak after two vessels collide near Gibraltar
Madrid: Emergency services are working around the clock to prevent an environmental disaster of a fuel leak in the port of Gibraltar following a collision between two vessels, the port authority said.…
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UN Security Council urges parties in Libya to preserve calm
United Nations: The UN Security Council has called on all parties in Libya to preserve the prevailing calm on the ground, and to refrain from violence or other actions that could escalate…
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Ex-cop gets record 10-yr sentence over US Capitol riots
New York: A federal jury in New York has sentenced a former police officer to a record 10-year prison term for assaulting law enforcement officials during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots,…
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Over 21 million under Covid lockdown in Chinese city
Beijing: More than 21 million people are under a Covid lockdown in Chengdu after a fresh outbreak was detected in the Chinese city, the media reported. On Thursday, Chengdu, the capital of…
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Chinese police crack down on dissidents ahead of party Congress
Beijing: The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China has announced that it will hold its 20th National Congress on October 16 amid a mounting wave of censorship and curbs on the…
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Trump may have stashed classified docs in children’s homes, Trump Towers: Ex-attorney
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump is likely to have stashed copies of classified documents, seized in FBI raids from his Mar-a-Lago residence, in multiple locations across the country in an apparent…
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Typhoon Hinnamnor re-approaches Japan’s Okinawa
Tokyo: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in the country’s western and eastern regions, the weather agency…
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China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang
Beijing: China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released over its protest and that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western…
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Pakistan using narco-terrorism in its proxy war against India
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): In order to target youths and channelling finance for Pakistan-backed terror activities, Islamabad is using narco-terrorism as a new weapon in its proxy war against India in…
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Asian Development Bank grants USD 3 million to support Pakistan’s flood response
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): Amid widespread floods across, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a USD 3 million grant to support Pakistan’s emergency relief efforts. The grant, financed from…
