05-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India has reacted sharply to China’s attempts to rename places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and said it “outright rejects” the move. The state has been and will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” foreign ministry spokesperson …
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05-04-2023 TEHRAN: The spokesperson for the Iranian administration said President Ebrahim Raisi has welcomed an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the kingdom. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Ali Bahadori said Raisi has welcomed the invitation extended by the Saudi …
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05-04-2023 SYDNEY: Former Australian Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne has been found guilty of raping a woman in 2018. It is the third time Hayne has faced trial for the same case, with the first ending in a hung jury and the second’s guilty verdict overturned on appeal. The 35-year-old …
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05-04-2023 GEVEVA: About one in six people around the world are affected by infertility during their lifetime, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), which says more work needs to be done to improve access to affordable, high-quality fertility care. The UN’s health agency says about …
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05-04-2023 Barcelona BARCELONA/ MADRID: In the Sau reservoir, teams in small boats are hard at work hauling out fish with nets. The idea is to remove them before they die and rot in the water, making it unusable for human consumption. The water level has dropped so low here – …
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05-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The US military says a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe has been killed in a strike in Syria. Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri died in an undisclosed location on Monday, according to US Central Command. No …
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05-04-2023 BRUSSELS: The Finnish flag is due to be raised at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, as Russia’s western neighbor becomes the 31st member of the Western alliance. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and the US Secretary of State will join NATO ministers for a joining ceremony. Finland’s …
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05-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ BALKH/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban forces have killed six members of the ISIL armed group (ISIS) in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province during an overnight raid, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. The raid comes as the Taliban rulers crack down on the regional affiliate …
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05-04-2023 LONDON: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of peddling extremist far-right lies about Pakistanis after she singled out British Pakistani men over concerns about grooming gangs as she accused authorities of turning a “blind eye” to signs of abuse involving young people. Braverman’s comments, tantamount to racist …
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04-04-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has declared the country’s poll panel’s decision to delay the assembly elections in two provinces as “unconstitutional”. The top court on Tuesday ordered the government to hold snap polls in the most populous province of Punjab on May 14. The court’s verdict …
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