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15-04-2022 WASHINGTON: Americans paid more for gasoline, food and other essentials last month amid an ongoing wave of record inflation made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to government data released Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 8.5% over the 12 months to March, the biggest jump since …

15-04-2022 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Tensions on the ground in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory are heading towards a large-scale eruption this Ramadan, analysts expect, as residents of the besieged Gaza Strip fear yet another war. “We are moving gradually towards an escalation, the conditions are ripe for an explosion,” Jerusalem-based political …

14-04-2022 MOSCOW: Russia’s Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been “seriously damaged” by an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike. The damage to the Moskva missile cruiser was caused by ammunition detonating “as a result of a fire”, the …

14-04-2022 ABUYOG, PHILIPPINES: The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Megi rose to 117 on Thursday, official figures showed, as more bodies were found in mud-caked villages. Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the …

13-04-2022 LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: The British government has distanced itself from Foreign Office Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith after he tweeted in support of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. British media reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has slapped down Foreign Office Minister Lord Goldsmith after he intervened in Pakistani politics …

13-04-2022 PARIS: France is expelling six Russians suspected of working as spies under diplomatic cover after the French intelligence services uncovered a clandestine operation on its territory, the foreign ministry said on Monday. “Six Russian agents operating under diplomatic cover whose activities were found to be contrary to our national …

13-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the Asian nation’s rights record. “We regularly …

12-04-2022 NEW YORK: Dozens were shot Tuesday morning at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, law enforcement sources said. At least 13 people had been taken to local hospitals by 945am (1345GMT), according to officials at the scene. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street …

12-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Lawlessness, greediness and so-called ultra-modernism characteristics have destroyed Australian youth while criminal insincerity, negligence and biasness almost pushed millions of Aussies into hell although this worst situation and increasing condition will also damage the entire society’s values that will definitely case riots, …

12-04-2022 ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR)/ KABUL:  Bibi Maria fled Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban killed her husband, a supplier for US and NATO troops. That was in 2018, and the mother of four said she felt it was a matter of time before threats against the rest of her family were realized. …