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Last month Britain accused Russia of targeting a civilian cargo ship at port in the Black Sea. London: Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea, including by laying them on the approach to Ukrainian ports, the British government said on Wednesday citing intelligence. Russia pulled out of a deal…
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Most common everyday use of quantum dots is probably in “QLED” televisions (Representational) Paris: Quantum dots are tiny crystals that scientists can tune to different colours, giving an extra-vivid pop to next-generation TV screens or illuminating tumours inside bodies so surgeons can hunt them down. Three scientists won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for…
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Shenzhen police are now investigating the incident. A man in China died after he drank a litre of strong liquor in just 10 minutes during a work drinking contest to win a 20,000 yuan (Rs Rs 2,28,506) prize, South China Morning Post. The incident happened in July when the man, identified as Zhang, attended his office’s team-building dinner, where…
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Imran Khan is presently imprisoned at Adiala Jail (File) Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan’s bail plea in the cypher case would be held in an open court but would be in-camera when “sensitive information” is discussed, Dawn News reported on Wednesday. According to the Dawn News, a Pakistan-based…
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Earlier in June, a deep earthquake shook parts of the Philippines (Representational) Manila: An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richer scale jolted the Philippines on Wednesday, the National Center of Seismology (NCS) informed through a post on social media. The earthquake occurred at 16:51:49 IST on Wednesday, at a depth of 160 kilometre. “Earthquake…
Smoke rises from burning tires during a Hindu rally in Nepalgunj, about 400 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal on October 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Despite quickly escalating tensions between Hindus and Muslims, the night passed peacefully after a lockdown was imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal, officials…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s supporters and analysts believe that his party still could win most seats in parliamentary elections, which are expected to be held in the last week of January. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Lawyers for Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday opposed his closed-door trial in a…
And 600,000 have arrived since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in August 2021 and imposed their austere version of Islamic law. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants is “unacceptable”, Taliban authorities said Wednesday, denying allegations by Islamabad its citizens were…
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Strike of union members at Kaiser Permanente began in Virginia and Washington Washington: More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare worker strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels. The walkout at America’s largest non-profit healthcare organization comes during a year in…
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Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, was handed an 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: AP A court in Moscow on Wednesday handed a former state TV journalist an 8…
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