09-05-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation amid the island nation’s worst economic crisis since independence that has led to widespread protests, a government official said. Rajapaksa’s spokesman Rohan Weliwita said the 76-year-old sent his letter of resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya …
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09-05-2022 By SJA Jafri (This news contains text, images and graphics with offensive language.) LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA/ KARACHI: The letter came to the home of Brenda Sheridan, a Loudoun County, Virginia school board member, addressed to one of her adult children. It threatened to kill them both unless she left …
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09-05-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Emirate’s (Taliban) announcement of new rules regarding women’s covering or hijab triggered reactions at an international level. The Taliban announced new rules regarding women’s covering or hijab on Saturday, saying it will be implemented in two steps, encouragement and punishment and specified the …
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09-05-2022 JEDDAH/ RIYADH: Saudi authorities resumed demolition of buildings in at least twelve districts of Jeddah, leaving hundreds of families homeless and without a place to live. On Saturday, the Committee for the Undeveloped Neighborhoods in Jeddah issued letters to residents of the Bani Malik, al-Wurud, al-Mosharafa, University, al-Rehab, al-Aziziyah, …
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09-05-2022 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: Food insecurity amid the swift rise in food and housing prices in the United States has become a major issue for many Americans. The US citizens as well as the food banks responsible for feeding impoverished Americans are being affected by the soaring food prices and …
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08-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries became the first Indian company to cross $100 billion in annual revenues after the oil-to-telecoms giant reported strong quarterly results across its energy, telecoms and retail businesses. The conglomerate reported a net profit of 162.03 billion rupees …
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08-05-2022 KYIV: At least 60 people are missing and feared dead in the debris of a burned-out school after a Russian air raid in eastern Ukraine. The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said on Sunday that two people were confirmed dead after Russian forces dropped a bomb on …
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08-05-2022 BEIJING: The streets of Beijing’s business district were deserted on Thursday as the government called for people to return to work remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by coronavirus curbs. Chinese authorities have stuck to their zero-COVID policy of lockdowns and mass testing …
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08-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the country’s women to cover their faces in public, one of the harshest restrictions imposed on them since the Taliban seized power last year and an escalation of growing restrictions on women that is drawing a …
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08-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months is unprecedented, but worse, perhaps far worse, is on the horizon as climate change continues apace, top climate scientists told media. Even without additional global warming, South Asia is, …
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