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Kevin McCarthy Ousted: Joe Biden said that House must elect a new speaker to face new challenges. Washington: President Joe Biden wants the US House of Representatives to swiftly choose a new speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy was axed by his own party, the White House said Tuesday. “Because the urgent challenges facing our nation…
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Italian Prime Minister expressed her “profound condolences” after the incident. (Representational) Venice: At least 21 people, including two children and foreigners, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire. “A tragedy has struck our community this evening”, mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote…
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced the vote on the “motion to vacate,” drawing…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to deepen bilateral ties with the Maldives as he congratulated President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, whose party campaigned for forging close ties with Beijing. Mr. Muizzu, from the People’s National Congress and a close associate of former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen who forged close ties with China during his Presidency…
Maldives’ President-elect of the Maldives’ Mohamed Muizzu (C) of the People’s National Congress (PNC) party delivers a speech during a gathering with supporters following the country’s presidential election, in Male on October 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP The President-elect of the Maldives said he will stick to his campaign promise to remove Indian military…
Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his role as speaker of the US House of Representatives Tuesday. Washington: Kevin McCarthy was axed from his role as speaker of the US House of Representatives Tuesday in a ruthless overthrow by far-right Republican lawmakers furious over his cooperation with Democrats. For the first time in its 234-year history,…
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Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker. (File) Ottawa: Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous speaker quit over unknowingly inviting a former Nazi soldier to parliament….
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Imran Khan was arrested earlier after conviction in the Toshakhana case. Islamabad: A lawyer of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed fear about the safety of the ex-premier and said that he maybe slow-poisoned to death in jail. Naeem Panjutha, who is also Khan’s spokesman on legal affairs, said that Khan was…
The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in New Delhi on September 29. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On September 30, a statement carrying the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announced the closure of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi. The announcement had…
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Police said the suspect was in custody but was too confused to undergo questioning. Bangkok, Thailand: A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets. Witnesses told AFP of chaotic…
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