23-12-2023 WASHINGTON: Washington does not see any change in China’s tone on Taiwan, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNBC on Thursday when asked about media reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China. NBC News and other media outlets reported …
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23-12-2023 LONDON: The budget picture for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has deteriorated, official data showed on Thursday, but a smaller debt interest bill thanks to slowing inflation could yet restore some of his limited room for pre-election tax cuts. Public sector net borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, totalled 116.4 billion …
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23-12-2023 WASHINTON: Three Tacoma, Washington, police officers were acquitted on Thursday in the killing of an unarmed Black man who’s dying pleas for air sparked protests in 2020, in a case bearing parallels to the murder of George Floyd in the same year. Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins were …
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23-12-2023 NEW YORK: Oil prices settled lower on Thursday after Angola said it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), raising questions about the producer group’s efforts to support prices by limiting global supplies. Brent crude futures settled down 31 cents at $79.39 a barrel. U.S. West …
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22-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: “He was our pampered brother. He would come home at night and put his head in our mother’s lap … If you look at my mother’s condition, it is as if she is dead.” The death of Younus Baloch’s brother, Balaach …
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22-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report OKLAHOMA CITY/ ISLAMABAD: The judiciary of United States of America (USA) is not more than Pakistani justice system while the judges are exactly equal as Pak judges’ ability, experts told PMI. An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years …
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22-12-2023 BERLIN/ PRAGUE: A gunman killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 25 others at a Prague university on Thursday before he was killed, according to police and Prague emergency services, marking the country’s worst-ever mass shooting. Czech police responded to the shooting at Charles University’s faculty of …
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22-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: Pro-Palestinian protestors have attempted to block an Israeli cargo ship from entering the Yarra River by paddling into its path. A series of videos show about a dozen demonstrators moving alongside the 41,000-tonne freighter under Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge in the early hours of …
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22-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ IMPHAL/ GUWAHATI: More than 80 people killed in ethnic clashes in India’s northeastern Manipur state over the past seven months were laid to rest on Wednesday, officials said, as sporadic violence continued in the region. At least 180 people have died since fierce …
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22-12-2023 CAIRO/ GAZA/ JERUSALEM: The U.S. said “very serious” negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but prospects for a deal remained uncertain as Hamas insisted it would not discuss anything less than a complete end to Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian …
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