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Kanchha Sherpa in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop Mount Everest | Photo Credit: AP The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that the world’s highest peak is too…
Pakistan has dismissed the U.S. suggestion to probe discrepancies in the February 8 general elections, asserting that it will not succumb to external dictates. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch in her weekly press address on March 1 categorically said that “no country could give directions” to Pakistan, an independent and sovereign nation. “We believe…
The scientists are uncertain about the driving factors behind this behaviour. A lone killer whale was captured on film hunting and killing a great white shark off the coast of South Africa. The extraordinary footage has left scientists in awe, shedding light on the remarkable predatory skills of killer whales. Shark biologist Dr Alison Towner,…
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Mahmood Khan Achakzai, center, Pakistan’s newly elected lawmaker from Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | Photo Credit: AP The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan’s party on Saturday named the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the…
The woman, whose name hasnt been disclosed, was in her 60s. (Representative pic) A woman in South Korea suffered a cardiac arrest and died on the spot after falling from a bungee jumping platform. According to The Independent, the incident took place on February 26. The woman, whose name hasn’t been disclosed, was in her…
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British PM Rishi Sunak made an impassioned plea to help protect British democracy. (File) London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has issued an impassioned plea for Britain to protect its democracy as he warned that extremist forces were out to tear the country apart and undermine its multi-faith identity. Referencing his own Hindu beliefs, the…
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U.S. Republican presidential hopeful and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally at Norfolk Hall at Suffolk Punch in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has bagged her first senatorial endorsement as her campaign announced that it has raised a whopping…
The Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. President Joe Biden’s wife said on March 1, 2024, that he had been sentenced to over three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. | Photo Credit: AP An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented…
The United States will use military aircraft to drop supplies over Gaza Washington: The US military will start carrying out airdrops of food and supplies into Gaza in the coming days, joining other countries like France, Jordan and Egypt that have done the same. HOW WOULD AN AIRDROP OF AID WORK? The United States will…
The talks at the WTO’s ministerial conference ended with no decision on key issues such as finding a permanent solution to public food stockpile and on curbing fisheries subsidies that lead to over-capacity and over-fishing, sources said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Despite hectic discussions, WTO MC13 ends with no deals on fisheries, agriculture The talks at…
