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Iran, Russia sign deal to build ship for Caspian Sea port
Tehran: Iran and Russia have signed a contract for building a cargo ship for the Caspian Sea port of Solyanka. According to a local media report, the Russian side will manufacture a…
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US House adjourns after Kevin McCarthy loses 6th Speaker vote
Washington: Amid an ongoing historic political stalemate, the US House of Representatives has temporarily adjourned after Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy lost six rounds of voting for the post of Speaker. The House,…
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Sunak pledges to halve inflation, boost economy
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to halve inflation and boost the country’s economy in his first major speech of the new year. In his speech on Wednesday, Sunak made…
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UN assures crisis-hit Sri Lanka with financial, technical support
Colombo: UN Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja has assured Sri Lanka with UN’s financial and technical support as the South…
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Poland buys more battle tanks from US
Warsaw: The Polish government signed a $ 1.4 billion deal to buy 116 battle tanks from the US. The US Department of State in December 2022 approved the sale of the M1A1…
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Ukraine’s budget deficit reaches $24.9 bn in 2022
Kiev: Ukraine’s annual budget deficit reached an estimated 911.1 billion hryvnias (about $24.9 billion) in 2022, the country’s Finance Ministry has said. The revenues of the general fund of Ukraine’s budget reached…
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Sri Lankan election commission ready for local elections
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has said that applications for postal voting from eligible voters for the 2023 local elections would be accepted on January 5-23. Chairman of the Election Commission Nimal…
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Forensic report reveals Imran was hit by ‘fragments, not bullets’
Islamabad: A forensic report has revealed that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was hit by threebullet fragments and a metal piece during an assassination attempt last year when he was leading…
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Perpetrator, facilitators of Islamabad suicide blast identified
Islamabad: A high-level team probing the December 23, 2022 suicide attack targeting a police checkpost in Islamabad that killed a cop and critically injured others, has identified the suicide bomber, while a…
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5.1-magnitude quake hits New Zealand’s North Island
Wellington: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted the Waikato district in the central part of New Zealand’s North Island on Wednesday. The quake occurred at 5.30 a.m. local time, striking…
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Indian-American arrested for ‘intentionally’ plunging car off cliff
New York: An Indian-American man has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse after he intentionally drove a sedan, with his wife and two children inside, off a 250-foot California cliff.…
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British-Indian jailed for attacking son-in-law with meat cleaver
London: An Indian-origin man has been jailed in the UK for more than eight years for attacking his son-in-law with a meat cleaver due to a ‘festering feud’ over a trip to…
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Bulgarian President asks reform party to form a government
Sofia: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has formally asked “We Continue the Change” (PP), the country’s second largest party, to form a government. “You receive this exploratory mandate on the first working day…
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Russia blames New Year missile attack on troops’ phone use
Moscow: Russia has said that a missile attack on New Year’s Day in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk area that killed at least 89 soldiers, took place because the troops were using their mobile…
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5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UNSC
United Nations: Five countries Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland — have began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Their two-year term officially started on January…
