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Donald Trump is seeking a comeback as the Republican candidate in this year’s election (File) New York: The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs ordered a delay Friday in proceedings that had been scheduled to get underway on March 25. “Trial on…
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The Kremlin says the election, which began on Friday, is a proper democratic process Moscow: The head of an independent vote-monitoring group that Russia has labelled a “foreign agent” says the presidential election that began on Friday and is widely expected to re-elect Vladimir Putin is the least transparent the country has seen. Stanislav Andreichuk,…
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The UN body has previously documented a few cases of ill-treatment by Ukrainian forces of Russian detainees . File. | Photo Credit: AP A United Nations commission of inquiry on Ukraine said on March 15 that it had gathered more evidence that Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war, documenting rape threats and the use…
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Palestinians walk over the ruins of Al-Farouq Mosque on March 15, 2024, destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP Hamas has proposed a new six-week truce in Gaza and an exchange of several dozen Israeli hostages for…
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Around 390,000 of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people are Catholic. File. | Photo Credit: AFP The Catholic Church in Hong Kong said on March 15 that confessions by devotees to priests would remain confidential under the city’s upcoming national security law. Hong Kong is fast-tracking a homegrown national security law, following the one Beijing imposed…
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A concept model of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)‘s fighter jet is displayed at the DSEI Japan defense show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan on March 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s ruling coalition agreed on March 15 to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets being developed with…
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Some EU members close to Israel, such as Germany and Austria, had said they were ready to approve sanctions on violent settlers after more had been imposed on Hamas | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union is close to agreeing sanctions on Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank after Hungary signalled an end…
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The PM said his partnership with the people is “at the threshold of completing a decade” New Delhi: In an open letter to all citizens on the eve of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has listed some of the historic decisions taken by his government, including the abrogation of…
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On radio during an England women’s cricket match some time back, Alex Hartley’s co-commentator told her that one of her records was going to be broken. “Normally I am in the record books for things like the most expensive bowling figures,” she said. The commentators’ box broke into hearty laughter. Hartley has indeed made her…
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“But, India is in many ways in the driver’s seat of the Quad,” he said (File) New Delhi: US envoy Eric Garcetti on Friday said the Quad is really a reflection of the “shared interests” of having a peaceful, democratic, just, open and accountable Indo-Pacific while underlining that its member country India is in many…
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