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Myanmar photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike is seen working in these undated photo, he was arrested in late May in Rakhine state while reporting about a cyclone and a court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison on Wednesday his employer said, the longest known prison term handed down to a media…
In this April 21, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan police officers inspect the site of an explosion at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that…
In this undated photo provided by the Ukrainian Parliament Press Office, Rustem Umerov poses for photo in Kyiv, Ukraine. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 Umerov was appointed Ukraine’s new Defense Minister. Photo: Ukrainian Parliament Press Office via AP Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of former lawmaker Rustem Umerov as Defence Minister on September 6, in…
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Air Canada issued an apology to the customers Two passengers on an Air Canada flight were escorted off after they refused to sit in poorly cleaned seats that had been covered in vomit. The women passengers were flying to Vienna via Montreal. A fellow passenger, Susan Benson shared the incident in a now-viral Facebook post….
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images What does the British Prime Minister discuss at the dinner table with his Indian parents-in-law? Is it Indian politics or the challenges of running Britain? Neither. It’s cricket. “The most political we tend to get is in our discussion of cricket. I’ve agreed…
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The local authorities running Britain’s second-largest city, Birmingham, have shifted focus on maintaining vital services as they declared the council effectively bankrupt due to an annual budgetary shortfall of millions of pounds. Birmingham City Council, which is run by the Opposition Labour Party and is the largest local authority in Europe comprising over 100 councillors,…
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The attack hit a market, shops and a pharmacy in Ukraine’s Kostiantynivka Kyiv: A reported Russian attack on a city in eastern Ukraine that killed at least 16 people overshadowed a visit on Wednesday by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to offer Kyiv support for its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
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The video has accumulated more than 186,000 likes and over 3.8 million views Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once again trained with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champions this week, but this time on a speedboat. Mr Zuckerberg, a passionate UFC enthusiast with a diverse martial arts background, joined the competitors on the mat back in July….
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“I am hugely proud of my Indian roots and my connections to India,” Rishi Sunak said. New Delhi: What does the British Prime Minister discuss at the dinner table with his Indian parents-in-law? Is it Indian politics or the challenges of running Britain? Neither. It’s cricket. “The most political we tend to get is in…
The updated Covid jab will be an important tool for protection, Moderna said (Representational) Washington: Moderna said Wednesday its updated fall Covid booster, which is pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration, performed well against the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant. Human trial data showed the shot produced an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against…
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