03-07-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ TRIPOLI: A senior United Nations official for Libya has condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the economic turmoil and the political deadlock in the country. Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital, …
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02-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies GUWAHATI/ NEW DELHI: The search for survivors buried under a landslide in India’s northeast entered its third day Saturday with 25 bodies pulled from the rubble and nearly 40 people still missing. Security forces and disaster relief teams raced against the clock to find any …
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02-07-2022 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: Whatsapp is working on a new feature in its Beta version which will allow users to hide their online status on Android, iOS, and Desktop, reported WABetaInfo. WABetaInfo reported that many users have been requesting an update where they would be able to hide their online …
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02-07-2022 Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistani-origin Khizr Khan who came into the spotlight after challenging ex-US president Donald Trump’s knowledge of the American constitution will receive the highest US civil award from President Joe Biden. The US president named 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is presented …
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02-07-2022 WASHINGTON: New images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showed a mysterious rocket crashed into the far side of the moon, leaving behind it a double crater. NASA shared in a press release that the collision caused two overlapping impact sites. One crater measures 59 feet and another 52.5 …
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01-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING /NEW DELHI: China opposed the Indian plan of holding a G20 meeting in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and called on the member of the grouping to focus on economic recovery and avoid politicizing the issue. “China’s position on Kashmir is consistent and clear …
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01-07-2022 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Joe Biden’s administration the green light to end the so-called Remain in Mexico policy instituted by Donald Trump as part of his hardline approach to immigration. Under the policy, some non-Mexicans who entered the United States illegally across the southern …
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01-07-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a ninth consecutive record in June, official data showed Friday, rising to 54.6% a day after the IMF asked the bankrupt nation to rein in galloping prices and corruption. It was the first time the increase in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) crossed …
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30-06-2022 PARIS: A French court has handed a life sentence to Salah Abdeslam the main accused of 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred. Salah Abdeslam was found guilty on …
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30-06-2022 GLASGOW: Glasgow on Wednesday said it would return seven Indian cultural artefacts looted during British colonial rule, calling it a first for a UK museum service. Six of the items were stolen from northern India in the 1800s, and a seventh was illegally purchased after being stolen from its …
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