24-02-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ KARACHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) says one woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest data, with too few countries in the world managing to substantially reduce maternal death rates since 2016. The report, Trends in Maternal Mortality, showed that while …
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24-02-2023 Bureau Report BRISBANE/ MELBOURNE: Within days of the Indian foreign minister’s high-profile visit to Australia, a video is making rounds on social media with the “Khalistan” Flag raised at Indian Consulate in Brisbane. In the video, G-20 foreign ministers have been urged to visit New Delhi’s “Widow Colony” inhibited …
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24-02-2023 ABUJA: The 18 presidential candidates of Nigeria’s general election have signed a second peace accord in the capital, Abuja, in a bid to prevent unrest surrounding the February 25 polls. The pact is to ensure “the conduct of free, fair, credible, transparent and verifiable elections cognizant of the need …
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24-02-2023 MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has said the delayed Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year, in comments made on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled missile dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts was first announced by …
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23-02-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: Last week, a video of a controversial religious guru, who is serving long jail sentences for rape and murder, went viral in India. It showed Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, out of prison on parole and cutting …
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23-02-2023 PARIS/ SAINT-JEAN-LUZ: A high school student has stabbed a Spanish teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. French government spokesperson Olivier Véran confirmed Wednesday’s attack and said the perpetrator was 16 years old. Police attended Saint-Thomas d’Aquin School with the local prosecutor, where the …
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23-02-2023 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s administration has unveiled a plan that would make it harder for migrants to claim asylum once COVID border controls lift in May. It would require adult asylum seekers to use an app to book a meeting with US officials or first claim asylum in …
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23-02-2023 NEW YORK: A daughter of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X says she is suing New York City Police Department and other agencies for his 1965 murder. Ilyasah Shabazz says US officials fraudulently concealed evidence that they “conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate” her father. She …
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23-02-2023 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: US President Joe Biden has rallied NATO allies in Poland, proclaiming “unwavering” support for Kyiv as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announces suspension of Moscow’s role in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington. Fresh from his surprise visit to Ukraine, Biden used Tuesday’s trip to garner support …
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23-02-2023 LONDON: Shamima Begum, the British national who travelled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has lost her latest legal attempt to regain citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission, a tribunal …
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