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Uganda registers 16.9% increase in road accidents in 2022: Report
Kampala: Uganda registered a 16.9 per cent increase in road accidents in 2022, a new police report said here. According to the Annual Crime Report 2022, the country registered 20,394 cases of…
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Cyclone Freddy leaves 4 dead, 11,000 displaced in Madagascar: UN
United Nations: Tropical Cyclone Freddy slamming into Madagascar’s eastern coast has claimed the lives of at least four people and displaced 11,000 others from their homes, a UN spokesman said. Government preliminary…
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UN chief warns against escalation of Ukraine war
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that an escalation of the war in Ukraine is “a clear and present danger”. “Over the past year, not only have we seen suffering…
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Sweden, Finland, Norway vow to strengthen defence cooperation
Stockholm: The leaders of Sweden, Finland and Norway vowed to strengthen defence cooperation in the face of common security challenges. Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Norway’s Prime…
- Middle East
Tunisian president sacks 3rd minister in 2 months
Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied has decided to end the duties of Minister of Employment and Training Nasreddine Nsibi, according to a statement issued by the Presidency. This is already the third…
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‘IS Bride’ loses appeal over loss of British citizenship
London: Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a teenager to join the Islamic State (IS), lost her appeal against the British government’s decision to remove her citizenship. Begum and two other east…
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UN chief asks for political track to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on regional and international players to help restore a political track to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Our ultimate goals remain unchanged: end the occupation,…
- Business
SBI allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore
Mumbai: A day after a real-time payments system linkage was established between India and Singapore using the UPI platform, State Bank of India on Wednesday announced a partnership with PayNow, the online…
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EX-ISIS bride loses appeal to regain her British citizenship
London: A Bangladeshi-origin British woman, who fled the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network, on Wednesday lost a legal bid before a specialist tribunal to…
- Pakistan
Pakistan to cut number of missions abroad under austerity measures
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to slash down a number of foreign missions abroad and reduce their offices, staff, and other measures…
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Putin not interested in negotiating: Ex-US envoy
Washington: A former American envoy to Moscow has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in negotiating before he launched the invasion of Ukraine and “he’s still not interested in…
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US reports 130,000 child Covid-19 cases in past 4 weeks
Los Angeles: Nearly 130,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the past four weeks, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s…
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US, Russia should resume implementation of New START treaty: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the US and Russia to resume the full implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Asked about Guterres’ reaction to Russian…
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UN Security Council condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
United Nations: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which left three peacekeepers from Senegal dead and five others injured. In a press statement…
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EU, NATO, Ukraine to ramp up arms production, procurement
Brussels: Ukraine, the EU and the NATO will jointly launch a mechanism to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine, officials said here after the first meeting of the three sides’ high-level representatives. NATO…
