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Amid Poll Rigging Allegations, Pak’s Newly Elected Parliament Takes Oath

February 29, 2024 admin

Parliamentarians began arriving at the 336-seat National Assembly in Islamabad. Islamabad: Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan’s new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging. Pakistan’s February 8 poll took place with ex-prime minister Imran Khan jailed and barred from running, and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…

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DNA Test Confirms Dying Construction Worker Was One Of Japan’s Most Wanted Criminals

February 29, 2024 admin

For years, Kirishima had been going under the name Hiroshi Uchida. A DNA test has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who claimed to be one of Japan’s most wanted criminals was telling the truth. According to the BBC, Satoshi Kirishima made his confession on his hospital deathbed last month. “I want to meet my death…

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Gaza Health Ministry says war deaths exceed 30,000 as famine looms

February 29, 2024 admin

February 29, 2024 12:54 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST – Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) Displaced Palestinian children wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hamas-run…

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France to make abortion a constitutional right after senate vote

February 29, 2024 admin

Pro-abortion rights activists hold banner reads ‘abortion is a fundamental right’ during a rally for abortion rights outside La Sorbonne university in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP France’s Senate backed a government move to enshrine the “freedom” to have an abortion in the constitution which will now be voted on at…

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Biden doing everything to improve H1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog: White House

February 29, 2024 admin

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to improve the H1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog and other issues related to the country’s legal immigration system, the White House has said. The…

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US Woman Sent 3-Year-Old Son Away To “Learn To Be A Man”. He Is Now Missing

February 29, 2024 admin

Authorities in Wisconsin, US, are still searching for the little boy. (Representative pic) The mother of a missing 3-year-old boy and her boyfriend have been charged with child neglect, nearly a week after the child was last seen. According to Fox59, authorities in Wisconsin, US, are still searching for the little boy after he was…

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White House Says Doing Everything To Improve H-1B Visa Process, Green Card Backlog

February 29, 2024 admin

The initial registration period for FY2025 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 6 Washington: US President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to improve the H-1B visa process, ‘green card’ backlog and other issues related to the country’s legal immigration system, the White House has said. The H-1B visa is a…

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I2U2 Continues To Be Priority For Biden Administration: White House

February 29, 2024 admin

The I2U2’s first summit was held on July 14, 2022, to establish the group. Washington: The grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the US continues to be a priority for the Biden administration and is not on the back-burner due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the White House has…

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Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

February 29, 2024 admin

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An Illinois state judge on February 28 barred former U.S. President Donald Trump from appearing on Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but she delayed her ruling…

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Rishi Sunak To Police Chiefs

February 29, 2024 admin

UK PM Rishi Sunak held a meeting with police chiefs on Wednesday London: Britain is descending into “mob rule” and police will do more to protect the country’s democracy, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, after the government announced extra funding to keep lawmakers safe. Many British lawmakers have said the abuse directed at…

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