23-03-2022 WUZHOU/ BEIJING: Rescuers in China scoured heavily forested slopes on Tuesday with hopes fading of finding any survivors from the 132 people aboard a China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed a day earlier in the mountains of southern Guangxi. Parts of the Boeing 737-800 were strewn across mountain slopes …
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23-03-2022 LONDON: A British woman, Kelly Healey, 33, became England’s youngest grandmother at the age of 30, when her 14-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby boy, Daily Mail reported. As per the publication, Healey’s daughter, Skye Salter became a mother in 2018. However, the matter came to light just …
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22-03-2022 NEW DELHI: When Ishrat Jahan walked out of a prison in the Indian capital last week, she was hugged by her sister and they burst into tears as relatives gathered around to welcome her back home after more than two years of imprisonment. “I missed my family a lot. …
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22-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: The Biden administration has transferred a significant number of Patriot antimissile interceptors to Saudi Arabia to use against Shia Muslims particularly those Shia rebel groups of Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq those may attack on …
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22-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command, talking to reporters on Friday raised concerns regarding Daesh’s presence and activity in Afghanistan. He said Daesh (ISIS/ ISIL) has a few thousand fighters in Afghanistan, and they have carried out some …
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22-03-2022 PARIS/ MOSCOW: The European Space Agency has confirmed that it’s indefinitely suspending its ExoMars rover mission with partner Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation. The ESA had previously said that the mission was “very unlikely” because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The decision to suspend cooperation with Roscosmos was taken …
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22-03-2022 ISTANBUL/ MOSCOW/ KYIV: Turkey has said Russia and Ukraine made progress on their negotiations to halt the war and the two sides were “close to an agreement”. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24 with President Vladimir Putin calling his country’s actions a “special operation” meant to demilitarize Ukraine …
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21-03-2022 BEIJING: A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday, aviation authorities said, with state media reporting it led to a fire on a mountain and the number of casualties unknown. The Boeing 737 flight from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou …
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21-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and …
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21-03-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has urged his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to take a tougher line on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a joint statement after talks in New Delhi fell short of condemning Moscow’s actions. Unlike fellow members of the Quad alliance Japan, …
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