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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused his predecessor Imran Khan of selling gifts received during foreign visits, reported local media. “I can confirm you that Imran Khan took gifts worth Rs 140 million from Toshakhana (state depository) and sold them in Dubai,” ARY News quoted Sharif as saying, who further added that the […]
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Washington: Days after the Joe Biden administration announced an additional USD 800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, Russia warns the United States of “unpredictable consequences” if the country continues to transfer weapons to Ukraine. Washington Post reviewed a diplomatic note that Russia sent the US this week and said that the note warned that […]
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London: Climate-change protesters snarled traffic by blocking four London bridges on Friday, while other activists continued weeks of demonstrations targeting oil terminals across Britain. Cars and red double-decker buses backed up along roads as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists occupied London’s Waterloo, Blackfriars, Lambeth and Westminster bridges, calling for an end to new fossil fuel […]
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New York/London: In a strongest challenge to Elon Musk’s Tesla in the electric vehicle (EV) market, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its long-range ‘Vision EQXX’ concept car that travelled over 1,000 kms on a fully charged battery — longest-ever distance covered by an EV on a single charge to date. According to the automaker, the journey from […]
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New Delhi: Indian citizens, without transit or regular Schengen visas, are unable to fly to the UK through European Union airlines like Lufthansa, KLM and Air France as they are stopped at the origin airports in India itself. As the UK is no longer part of the European Union, it has, post Brexit, made mandatory […]
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San Francisco: Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy has said that the e-commerce giant wants to improve worker safety at its warehouses and fulfilment centres, as the company faces intense scrutiny over employees’ conditions. In his first shareholder letter as the head of Amazon, Jassy, who took over as CEO from founder Jeff Bezos last […]
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Jerusalem: Clashes broke out early Friday between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major holy site in Jerusalem, and medics said at least 20 Palestinians were wounded. It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence. The Islamic endowment that administers the site said Israeli police entered in force shortly after early […]
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Jerusalem: Israel has successfully completed the first tests of a new laser-based system designed to intercept drones, missiles and other aerial threats, Israel’s Defence Ministry has said. In the first-phase tests, the system was able, for the first time, to intercept drones, mortars, rockets, and anti-tank missiles, the Defence Ministry added on Thursday in a […]
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New York: The New York Police have arrested two men in connection with two separate attacks on Sikhs in the city amid rising fears in the community in an area with a prominent gurdwara. A 19-year-old man, Vernon Douglas was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking a 70-year-old man “wearing traditional Sikh articles of faith” […]
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Colombo: Amid the continued economic hardship in the country, Sri Lankan Health Ministry has said there is a shortage of some drugs and equipment in certain government hospitals. A shortage of supply of certain drugs occurred due to the delay in opening Letters of Credit in time including one given by India, Sri Lanka’s Newswire […]
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Washington: Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday offered a “best and final” bid to purchase 100 per cent of microblogging site Twitter for USD 41.39 billion with $54.20 per share in cash. The world’s richest man made the offer in an updated 13D filing on Thursday and follows an announcement by Twitter that […]
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Vancouver: South Asians came together to pay tributes to those who laid down their lives during a peaceful protest against the British occupation of India in 1919, at the annual commemorative event held in Surrey in Canada. Organised by Mehak Punjab Di TV in partnership with Radical Desi, an online magazine that covers alternative politics, […]
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Islamabad: The price of diesel is set to cross Rs 200 per litre for the first time in Pakistan’s history on the back of soaring crude oil prices in the global market and sharp depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar, Express Tribune reported. In the second fortnight of current month starting April 16, […]
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United Nations: Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a UN task force warned Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released the report saying that the war is “supercharging” a crisis in food, energy and […]
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Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 501.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.18 million and vaccinations to over 11.12 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death […]
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Johhanesburg: The death toll due to heavy rains in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province has risen to 253, said a government official. KwaZulu-Natal Member of the Executive Council for Health, Nomagugu Simelane announced the death toll while speaking to the television station ENCA on Wednesday. Simelane was speaking on the sidelines of the visit by President […]
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New York: The man suspect of shooting 10 commuters on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York City, was arrested after a 30-hour manhunt, authorities said. The suspect, Frank James, was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan after police received a tip, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at […]
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Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that it is ready to talk with the protesters, who have occupied the entrance to the President’s Office in Colombo. The protests have entered the fifth day. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that the government is willing to talk with the young protesters, who started a […]
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Los Angeles: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers, the agency has said. The estimated diameter of the largest icy comet nucleus is approximately 80 miles (128 km), making it larger than the state of Rhode Island, NASA said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. The nucleus is […]
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Iowa: President Joe Biden said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted to “genocide, accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington. It’s become clearer and clearer […]
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San Francisco: A Twitter investor has sued Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for failing to disclose his stake in the micro-blogging platform as sought by the US laws. The lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan federal court by Marc Bain Rasella on behalf of “all investors who sold or otherwise disposed of Twitter, Inc. […]
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New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday morning suffered global outage as users reported several issues like receiving error messages while trying to watch videos along with logging problems. YouTube users also reported issues with accessing website elements like the sidebar navigation, switching accounts or the Setting menus, for example. YouTube confirmed the site was experiencing […]
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New York: A manhunt was on for the mystery assailant behind the rush hour mass shooting in the city’s underground transit system that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and at least 13 others with other injuries. Police Commissioner Keetchan Sewell said on Tuesday that terrorism was not being pursued for the moment as the […]
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New York: As the year began, New Yorkers shuddered at a subway crime straight out of urban nightmares the death of a woman shoved onto the tracks by a disturbed stranger. The city’s new mayor vowed to make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system. But commuters Tuesday morning faced an attack that […]