07-11-2022 WASHINGTON/ PENNSYLVANIA: US President Joe Biden has told voters in Pennsylvania that next week’s midterm election will be a “defining moment” for the country’s democracy, as his predecessor and rival Donald Trump called for a “giant red” Republican wave to defeat the Democrats. The biggest names in politics in …
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06-11-2022 Bureau Report ADELAIDE OVAL/ MELBOURNE: Two matches, two last-ball losses. That’s how Pakistan launched their T20 World Cup campaign. Finalists in 2007, winners in 2009 and perennial contenders for the T20 crown, Pakistan sealed yet another unexpected tournament comeback by beating Bangladesh by five wickets on Sunday and reaching …
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06-11-2022 CAIRO: Each of the 197 signatories to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has its own concerns and interests, which can make reaching any consensus a huge challenge. Here are some of the main stakeholders and negotiating blocs engaged in the UN climate conference (COP27) that starts …
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06-11-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, including Pakistan, according to new data released by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the …
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06-11-2022 WASHINGTON/ PYONGYANG: The United States flew a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of an enormous combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week. At least one B-1B bomber …
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06-11-2022 TEHRAN: Iran for the first time confirmed it sold drones to Russia, but said this happened “months” before the start of the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters after an event in Tehran on Saturday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian addressed claims by Western officials that Iranian drones were supplied …
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06-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KINNAUR: India’s first and oldest voter Shyam Saran Negi died Saturday at the age of 106 in his home in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur. According to the Press Trust of India (PTI), the centenarian was the first person to cast a vote during India’s first general …
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05-11-2022 ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS: US President Joe Biden says that Elon Musk had purchased a social media platform on Twitter that spews lies across the world. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers …
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05-11-2022 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday morning, said South Korean military, adding the missiles flew about 130 kms (80 miles) at an altitude of about 20 kms (12 miles). North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including …
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05-11-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Emergency crews in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales were evacuating people and livestock and sandbagging towns on Saturday ahead of an expected peak in floodwaters, with one river forecast to hit a 70-year high water mark. Australia’s east is in the grip of the …
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