20-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is on its way to becoming the world’s most populous nation, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. India’s population is estimated at 1,428.6 million, or …
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20-04-2023 NEW YORK: Authorities in the United States have arrested two men on allegations they operated a “secret police station” in New York City on behalf of China. China foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Tuesday disputed the US claims. China maintains a policy of non-interference in other countries and …
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20-04-2023 LONDON: Prince Harry has reportedly persuaded his wife Meghan Markle to end the feud with the royal family. The Duke of Sussex, who is set to attend his father King Charles coronation, seems satisfied as his wife Meghan wants to make amends with the palace, a new report has …
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20-04-2023 DUBAI: On Laylat Al Qadr, observed as the Night of Power during Ramadan, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi sent a perfect gift from space, a video of Mecca and Madinah lit up at night, with the Grand Mosque shining bright. The Najmonaut (Arab astronaut) who is currently on the …
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20-04-2023 PARIS: Even a traditional sing-song with a group of young Parisians is fraught with risk for a president attempting to persuade France to accept an unpopular increase in the pension age. Emmanuel Macron had given a TV address on Tuesday regretting “no consensus could be found” on the reform …
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20-04-2023 NEW YORK: Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay $787.5m (£634m) about half of the $1.6bn initially sought by Dominion. Dominion argued its business …
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20-04-2023 ISLAMABAD/ ABBOTABAD: A court in Pakistan has ordered a Chinese national accused of blasphemy to be remanded into judicial custody for two weeks, police say. The man, identified only as Tian in the official police complaint, denied the accusation levelled by his co-workers during his court appearance in the …
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20-04-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country has completed the development of its first military spy satellite and ordered officials to proceed with a planned launch, according to state media. Kim, who was visiting the country’s National Aerospace Development Administration, said developing reconnaissance capabilities was …
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20-04-2023 PARIS: Pakistani cinema is returning to the French Riviera for a second consecutive year. Canadian Pakistani filmmaker Zarrar Kahn’s debut feature film, In Flames, is set to have its world premiere next month at Quinzaine des Cineastes (Directors’ Fortnight), an independent selection that runs parallel to Festival de Cannes …
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20-04-2023 LONDON: The London Metropolitan Police have been condemned by writers, journalist unions and activists for questioning and detaining a French publisher under the United Kingdom’s Terrorism Act. Ernest Moret, foreign rights manager for popular science fiction author Alain Damasio as well as Editions La Fabrique, was on his way …
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