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Pakistan seeks emergency $3bn Saudi cash injection
Islamabad: Pakistan has requested Saudi Arabia to urgently provide $3 billion in cash after its foreign exchange reserves fell to a critically low level, as the new army chief was also expected…
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Musk briefly loses world’s richest man’s title to Bernard Arnault
San Francisco: Twitter owner Elon Musk briefly lost his position as the world’s richest man to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH on Wednesday. According…
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Punjab-origin Rachna Singh becomes first South Asian minister in Canada
Chandigarh: Punjab-origin Rachna Singh, a postgraduate in psychology from Panjab University here, has created a history of sorts after she was sworn in as Minister of Education and Child Care of British…
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Indian-origin investor livid after losing $2 million in FTX crash
New York: An Indian-origin entrepreneur, who lost $2 million after FTX went kaput last month, is taking legal action against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, according to a report. Delhi-born Evan Singh Luthra,…
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Bank of Canada hikes policy interest rate by 50 basis points
Ottawa: The Bank of Canada has increased its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 4.25 per cent. The bank’s governing council will be considering whether the policy interest rate needs…
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Biden attends gun violence vigil
Washington: Just a week before the 10th anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and six teachers, US President Joe Biden attended a national…
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Russian, UAE presidents discuss bilateral cooperation over phone
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone conversation to discuss the strengthening of cooperation between the two…
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Lebanon’s cholera outbreak under control: Health Minister
Beirut: Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad has said that the cholera outbreak in Lebanon is under control given the limited number of confirmed daily cases, the National News Agency reported. In…
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Bombs, firearms recovered from Bangladesh Nationalist Party office
Dhaka: A huge number of bombs and firearms have been recovered from the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)’s central office at Naya Paltan area in the capital Dhaka, and three persons, including…
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1 killed in BNP-police clash at Naya Paltan, BNP leaders held
Dhaka: A man was killed and nearly 100 people were injured reportedly during a clash between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists and the police at Naya Paltan area in capital city Dhaka…
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Musk briefly loses world’s richest man’s title to Bernard Arnault
San Francisco: Twitter owner Elon Musk briefly lost his position as the world’s richest man to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH on Wednesday. According…
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Nearly 300 shops gutted after massive fire in Pakistan’s Islamabad
Islamabad: A massive fire broke out Wednesday at a popular Sunday Bazaar in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, burning nearly 300 shops and stalls. The blaze started near Gate No 7 of the Bazaar…
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500,000 Australians infected with Covid, predicts expert
Canberra: A leading infectious diseases expert on Wednesday predicted that up to 500,000 Australians are currently infected with Covid-19. Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases physician and microbiologist from Australian National University (ANU)…
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Pak to become sixth largest economy in the world by 2075: Goldman Sachs
Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) A research paper published by Goldman Sachs projected Pakistan to be the sixth largest economy in the world by 2075 given that “appropriate policies and institutions” are in…
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Hawaii activates National Guard as lava flow nears critical highway
Honolulu: The world’s largest active volcano, the Mauna Loa in Hawaii, has prompted the US National Guard to help as residents and tourists flock to witness the rare scene. Since its eruption…
