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. …
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12-04-2022 KYIV: Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address to South Korean lawmakers, as he appealed to the Asian nation for weapons. He explained that Russian forces had slowed down evacuations from the besieged southeastern …
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11-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s parliament has elected Shebaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister after 174 votes were cast in the 342-seat assembly. “Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as prime minister,” said Acting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. The newly elected minister …
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11-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: President Joe Biden will meet virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the White House said, at a time when the United States has made clear it does not want to see an uptick in Russian energy imports by India. …
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11-04-2022 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron leads far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s elections Sunday by a larger than expected margin, with the rivals now set to battle for the presidency in a run-off later this month, projections showed. Macron scored 28.1-29.7 per cent in …
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10-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: Imran Khan’s tumultuous term as Prime Minister of Pakistan has ended, following weeks of high political drama and days of constitutional chaos. The Supreme Court’s landmark verdict late on Thursday restored a parliament that Khan had sought to …
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10-04-2022 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: The Hezbollah resistance movement said the recent heroic Palestinian operation in Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead and several others injured once again brought to the fore the fragility and weakness of the Zionist regime. “Once again, the Palestinian resistance proves its ability to confront …
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10-04-2022 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has added 24 United States officials and people to its blacklist of sanctioned individuals over charges of “terrorism” and violations of human rights of the Iranian people. On Saturday, the Iranian foreign ministry announced it has targeted nine individuals for “their involvement in terrorist acts”. These, …
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10-04-2022 KYIV/ LONDON: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of his staunchest backers, in Kyiv on Saturday, with the British leader using the visit to set out a new financial and military aid package for Ukraine. Johnson is the latest foreign leader to visit Kyiv after Russian …
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10-04-2022 PARK WAY, CALIFORNIA: A man was stuck alone 15 feet below ice when an iPhone feature saved his life, Zee News reported. Tim Blakey, 41, was snowboarding alone on a Swiss mountain when he suddenly fell into a crevice. The crack threw him 15 feet deep onto a snow …
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