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21-06-2023 WASHINGTON: As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a visit to the US, he is expected to meet tech billionaire and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk in an attempt to possibly encourage the owner of the electric car maker firm to pour money into his …

21-06-2023 WASHINGTON: Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has reached a plea agreement with the US Attorney for Delaware, to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes, US media reported on Tuesday. The agreement also includes a provision for probation for Biden for …

20-06-2023 DUBAI/ DOHA: The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have announced the reopening of their embassies after a six-year-long break in ties. The two countries issued statements on Monday saying the Qatari embassy in Abu Dhabi and a Qatari consulate in Dubai as well as an Emirati embassy in Doha …

20-06-2023 BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Monday termed the progress achieved in the US-China talks “very good” as the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concludes his landmark visit to Beijing on a high note. The meeting between the two leaders was the final engagement of a rare trip aimed …

20-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ATHENS/ ISLAMABAD: New tracking data has cast doubt on the Greek coastguard’s version of a migrant shipwreck, where hundreds, including scores of Pakistanis, are feared to have lost their lives, m reported. The media reported that an analysis of the movement of other ships in …

20-06-2023 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: Palestinian Health Ministry said at least three people have embraced martyrdom while dozens other people were injured in the latest incident of violence by Israeli forces in Jenin, with the international community expressing concerns over the full escalation of the conflict. According to the Israeli military, the …

20-06-2023 KATHMANDU: All Hindi films, including “Adipurush”, were banned in the Nepal capital Kathmandu and the tourist town of Pokhara on Monday following a controversy over its dialogues, including the mention of Sita as “India’s daughter”. Police personnel were deployed across 17 halls in Kathmandu to ensure that no Hindi …

20-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has rejected a United States watchdog’s report saying foreign armed groups and domestic security threats have increased in Afghanistan since the group took over the country in a blitzkrieg in August 2021. “We strongly reject SIGAR’s propaganda,” the Taliban’s chief …

19-06-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: On 16 June 2013, a cloudburst in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides that destroyed several villages and towns. Thousands of people were swept away, and many bodies were never recovered. Ten years after the disaster, Ram Karan …

19-06-2023 BAGHDAD: A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has gone on display in Iraq after being returned by Italy following nearly four decades. The artefact is inscribed with complete cuneiform text – a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet. Italian authorities handed it over to Iraq’s President Abdul …