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Brazil’s Lula unveils final cabinet appointments
Brasilia: Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has unveiled the final 16 appointments to his 37-member cabinet in the lead-up to his inauguration on Sunday. All will be sworn in during…
- India
Indian envoy hands over PM Modi’s message to Prachanda
Kathmandu: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Friday held talks with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and handed over the congratulatory message sent by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Modi…
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Trump, legal team taking victory lap over dying subpoena of Jan 6 House Committee
Washington: US former President Donald Trump, under a litany of legal troubles, loves victory, even when it’s not there, but this time he is taking a victory lap with his legal team…
- Pakistan
People in Pakistan Gwadar city rise up against CPEC
Islamabad: People of Balochistan are rising up in protests across the Pakistan province, threatening a stumbling country, challenging the politicised army and upsetting Chinese dreams of a transnational corridor project. Public anger…
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Biden signs $1.7 trillion government spending bill into law
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill for the federal government that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what…
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Indian-origin pharmacist jailed in UK for drug offences
London: An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying ‘under the counter drugs’ leading to the death of a woman in 2020. Dushyant Patel,…
- Middle East
British-Indian in Dubai to be extradited to Denmark for $1.7 bn tax fraud
Dubai: A British citizen of Indian-origin, accused of money laundering and committing tax fraud to the tune of $1.7 billion, will be extradited to Denmark, a Dubai court ruled. Sanjay Shah, 52,…
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Ukraine comes under massive Russian missile attacks
Kiev: Cities across Ukraine were targeted by the latest wave of Russian missile strikes, deemed to be one of the largest bombardments since the war began on February 24, authorities said. Thursday’s…
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Bangladesh plans to build 6 more metro rail lines in capital by 2030
Dhaka: Bangladeshi Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the country is to construct six more metro rail lines in the capital Dhaka by 2030. He added on Thursday that…
- Pakistan
5 killed in soldier-terrorist clash in Pakistan: Military
Islamabad: Five people, including three soldiers and two terrorists, were killed in an exchange of fire in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The intense gun battle took place…
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UN committed to delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan: Envoy
United Nations: The UN and its humanitarian partners are committed to delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan despite the Taliban-run administration’s decision to ban women from working in humanitarian…
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Former Uyghur Muslim preacher confirmed dead in prison in China’s Xinjiang
Washington: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer in prison in February, according to a police…
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6 dead in South Korea expressway tunnel fire
Seoul: Six people were found dead and about 20 others injured on Thursday in a fire that broke out in a tunnel along an expressway in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, South…
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests four TN fishermen
Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested four Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu on charges of allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. The arrested…
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Brazil’s public security force to safeguard Lula’s presidential inauguration
Brasilia: Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security has authorised the deployment of the National Public Security Force to safeguard the presidential inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on January 1,…
