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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno. File | Photo Credit: AFP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments made on and off air. “My relationship with Andrea…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Vietnam’s second-highest ranking official on October 20 that both countries must not forget the “original intention” of their traditional friendship. China and the United States have been jostling for influence among Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, which in September elevated its…
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Ballot papers are verified at Priory House in Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England, during the count for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, on October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives suffered two crushing defeats in previously safe parliamentary seats on Friday, raising doubts about his party’s ability to win the general…
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Xi assured Kakkar that China will continue to support Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed to upgrade the USD 60 billion CPEC during a meeting with Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar here but sought “effective measures” to ensure security…
A 19-year-old man shot four people Thursday in central Washington state, killing three of them, and then killed himself, police said. Toppenish Police Chief John Clary said in a statement that at about 5 a.m. the man shot and killed a 13-year-old boy, an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman at a house in Toppenish….
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With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel on October 19 and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. Later on October 19, a U.S. official said there had been…
Representational image of security personnel standing guard in front of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi. Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India | Photo Credit: AFP Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India as row over separatist killing grows Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India – fallout from a…
Gaza Hospital Attack: US is still assessing the likely casualty figures after attack on hospital in Gaza. Washington: The US intelligence community has estimated there were likely 100 to 300 people killed in the strike at the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, according to excerpts of a document seen Thursday by AFP — far fewer…
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High Commission of Canada in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: AFP Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India – fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. New Delhi planned to revoke diplomatic immunity for all but 21 of Canada’s diplomats and their families by…
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A US Navy ship in the Red Sea on Thursday shot down missiles and drones, Pentagon said. Washington: A US Navy ship in the Red Sea on Thursday shot down missiles and drones that had been fired by Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen, possibly at Israel, the Pentagon said. Three “land-attack cruise missiles and several…
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