21-04-2022 Bureau Report BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: China has imported Pakistani pine nuts in the first two months of this year touching a historical figure of US $17.67 million, according to General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC). In the first two months of 2022, China imported 1,606.51 …
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20-04-2022 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA/ KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukraine has posted a cache of uncensored satellite images from Google Maps, which shows some of Russia’s many military sites. It claims Google has “opened access to Russia’s military and strategic facilities”, but the tech giant has denied it. The photos have been posted …
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20-04-2022 PARIS: French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Tuesday that Emmanuel Macron was not guaranteed to win the April 24 runoff in the presidential election against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. “The game is not done and dusted,” Castex told France inter radio. “One puts Emmanuel Macron and Marine …
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20-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ SYDNEY: China said on Tuesday it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a move set to heighten the concerns of the United States and allies Australia and New Zealand about growing Chinese influence in a region traditionally under their sway. The …
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19-04-2022 By SJA Jafri LAHORE: A Pakistan court Monday sentenced six men to death and dozens more to jail terms ranging from two years to life for the brutal mob slaying of a Sri Lankan factory manager accused of blasphemy. The vigilante attack in Sialkot last December 3 caused outrage, …
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19-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least six Shia Afghanis including students have been martyred and dozens wounded after two blasts targeted a boys’ school in the Afghan capital’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, a Kabul police spokesman has said. Khalid Zadran told media on Tuesday that two improvised …
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19-04-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkey has launched a new air and ground offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, defence minister Hulusi Akar said. Commando units and Special Forces, backed by unmanned aerial vehicles and attack helicopters involved in Operation Claw-Lock, are targeting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) hideouts in the Metina, Zap …
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19-04-2022 STOCKHOLM: Police in Sweden say they have arrested at least 26 people in the wake of weekend clashes in the cities of Norrkoping and Linkoping against the planned burning of the holy Quran by a far-right group, with at least three injured in police firing in Norrkoping. Eight people …
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19-04-2022 NEW DELHI: A prominent Muslim organization has filed a plea in India’s top court, urging its intervention as properties of mainly Muslims accused of violence are bulldozed by the authorities in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has filed a petition in …
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19-04-2022 VINNYTSIA/ KYIV: Nana Grinstein fled Russia because the Kremlin’s new laws punishing criticism of its so-called “special operation in Ukraine” may land her in jail. Grinstein, a playwright, her husband Viktor, a video editor, and their 14-year-old daughter, Tonya, left behind the hysteria in Russia caused by the war …
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