23-11-2021 JEDDAH/ OTTAWA: The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called on Justin Bieber to cancel his upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia next month. The Canadian singer is among the stars set to perform at the kingdom’s first Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah but Hatice Cengiz wrote an …
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23-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Senior executives at Amazon’s business in India have been charged after two men allegedly used the website as part of a marijuana smuggling operation. Last week, police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men for allegedly trafficking 20kg of the drug to …
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23-11-2021 VIENNA/ TEHRAN: The United States must “accept reality” and agree to lift its sanctions on Iran during next week’s nuclear talks in Vienna, according to Tehran’s top negotiator. Representatives of Iran and the other signatories of its 2015 nuclear deal will be in Austria starting November 29 to try …
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23-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Women have been banned from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under new rules imposed by the Taliban government. Female journalists and presenters have also been ordered to wear headscarves on screen, although the guidelines do not say which type of …
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22-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: Underscoring the need for urgent actions to prop up Afghanistan’s banks, the United Nations Monday warned that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system …
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22-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian man declared dead after a road accident shocked his relatives when they found him still breathing despite a night in the freezer of a hospital morgue. Srikesh Kumar was rushed to a clinic in a critical condition after he was hit by a …
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22-11-2021 MILWAUKEE/ WISCONSIN: More than 20 people were injured after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin, police have said. Footage posted on social media shows a red sports utility vehicle driving through a Christmas parade in the town of Waukesha, west of Milwaukee at around 17:00 local time …
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22-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ADDIS ABABA/ KARACHI: The arrest of two prominent professors in Ethiopia’s capital has given new focus to allegations that the authorities are engaged in a ruthless crackdown against Shia Muslims because of ethnic conflicts with Tigrayan civilians, as the country plunges deeper into a …
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22-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s largest conglomerates have been snapping up stakes in high-end, homegrown designer brands to help them scale up and go global. The trend, experts say, points to a luxury retail market on the cusp of maturity. In October, Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), a subsidiary of …
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22-11-2021 TEHRAN/ KARACHI: We reject all fake media stories and disinformation against Iran, its institutions and masses, a senior expert on regional affairs, Massoud Asadollahi told media Asadollahi rejected those stories that the commander of the Iranian military advisers in Syria has been expelled at the request of the UAE, …
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