16-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ KARACHI/ NEW DELHI: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding the most important event on its political calendar. On Sunday, some 2,300 delegates from across China will gather at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People for a week-long congress to …
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16-10-2022 MOSCOW: Gunmen have opened fire at a Russian military training ground near Ukraine, killing at least 11 people and wounding 15 others, according to Russia’s Defence Ministry. The ministry said the “terrorist” attack took place on Saturday in the southwestern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine. It said the two …
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15-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ TORONTO: Frustrated over Interpol’s denial of India’s request to issue Red Notice against pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Hindutva followers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly called for the assassination of Khalistani leader. On Twitter, several high-profile accounts linked …
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15-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: United States President Joe Biden has alleged that Pakistan’s nuclear program lacks “cohesion” while he was speaking about the aggressive attitude of Russia and China. The remark came during the US president’s address at a democratic congressional campaign committee …
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15-10-2022 MOSCOW: Since February’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have suffered setback after setback on the battlefield, leaving President Vladimir Putin fewer choices if Russia wants to extract itself from what increasingly looks like defeat. Every major Russian setback triggers heated global discussion on whether Putin will resort to using …
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15-10-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States will send Ukraine an additional $725m package of weapons and other military assistance, the White House has said, as Washington added to a flurry of aid announcements from European allies this week amid Russia’s renewed missile attacks on Kyiv and other targets. US Secretary of …
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15-10-2022 LONDON: Crowds can attend London’s New Year fireworks on December 31 for the first time since 2019, the mayor announced Friday, after Covid-19 restricted the spectacle to television for two years. More than 100,000 people will be able to watch the annual display in the British capital on the …
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15-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Narottam Mishra, Home Minister for India’s Madhya Pradesh, has asked Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan to avoid acting in ads that “hurt religious sentiments” after the actor’s recent ad commercial sparked outrage. The ad was for a bank where Khan and a co-actress Kiara Advani act …
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14-10-2022 RALEIGH-CAROLINA: Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, triggering a massive manhunt that shut down part of city for hours and resulted in the arrest of a juvenile suspect, officials said. Two people were wounded: a police …
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14-10-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Thousands of people across Australia’s southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Large parts of Victoria State, southern New South …
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