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02-05-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KARACHI, PAKISTAN/ HYDERABAD DECCAN, INDIA: An image of a padlocked grave, which went viral on social media last week, was quickly picked by Indian news outlets linking it with the issue of rape and necrophilia in Pakistan without verifying the origins of the image …

02-05-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending his Emergency Relief chief to Sudan amid the “unprecedented” situation there, as the country’s warring factions continue to fight despite saying they would extend a barely respected 72-hour ceasefire that was due to end at midnight on Sunday. “The scale …

02-05-2023 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis has said, declining to give further details. “I am willing to do everything that has to be done. There is a mission in course now but it …

02-05-2023 QUITO: At least 10 people have been killed in an armed attack overnight in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port city and economic hub that is under a state of emergency due to rising drug violence, the public prosecutor’s office and police have reported. Three people were wounded, including a five-year-old …

02-05-2023 BANGKOK: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a leading candidate to become Thailand’s next prime minister, has given birth to a boy just two weeks before Election Day. Paetongtarn, who leads the opposition Pheu Thai Party, announced the birth of Phrithasin Suksawat on Instagram with a photo from the hospital. “Thanks for all …

02-05-2023 KHARTOUM: The current situation of Khartoum; Sudan’s army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, said they would extend a humanitarian ceasefire another 72 hours, but the shaky truce has so far failed to stop the fighting. Both military forces accused the other of ceasefire violations. The agreement …

02-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s Labor government is set to reveal a vast improvement in the budget’s bottom line next week as its coffers bulge with tax windfalls, yet the outlook will be a sober one as fiscal challenges still loom large. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spent …

02-05-2023 HONG KONG SAR: In her apartment in Sham Shui Po, 60-year-old Mrs Chan heats up leftover chicken for her teenage daughter. Their rented apartment is only 23 square metres (248 square feet), and the kitchen is cramped, filled with bags of rice and canned food from the local food …

02-05-2023 ASUNCION: Santiago Pena has won Paraguay’s election, returning the conservative Colorado Party to government after a tightly-contested campaign that had threatened to end its seven-decade hold on power. The 44-year-old economist and former finance minister had 42.7 percent of the vote with more than 99 percent of ballots counted, …

02-05-2023 MANILA: Dozens of flights have been cancelled at the Philippines’s biggest international airport following an unexplained power outage. About 40 domestic Cebu Pacific flights were cancelled on Monday following the power cut at Manila airport’s Terminal 3, the airport said in a statement. “Flight delays are expected due to …