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Bollywood actress Rhea arrested by India’s narcotics agency
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by India’s federal narcotics agency on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the organisation said. Chakraborty is being investigated by federal agencies in connection with death of her boyfriend, Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput,
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Thailand approves employment plans for new graduates
BANGKOK: Thailand’s cabinet has approved plans to create 260,000 jobs for new graduates in one of the latest measures to cushion the COVID-19 economic impact. Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan o-cha on Tuesday said one of the plans will involve the
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Hyderabadi man arrested for overstaying in Malaysia, father seeks help from Govt
Hyderabad: A man in Hyderabad is seeking help from the Indian government after his son was arrested for overstaying at Malaysian Airport, while he was returning India under Vande Bharath Mission. “My son Mohammed Chand Pasha resident of Hyderabad was
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Number of self-employed tumbles amid coronavirus in South Korea
SEOUL: The number of self-employed people in South Korea has fallen at a far faster pace in 2020 than last year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 5.548 million self-employed people as
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Thailand: Two activists released after spending five days in jail
BANGKOK: Two Thai activists, who were arrested for breaching their bails last month, were released on Monday after police told the court that they had no grounds to detain them. Human rights lawyer, Anon Nampa, 35, and student activist Panupong Jadnok,
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World’s loneliest elephant quit Islamabad zoo for new life in Cambodia
An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case said on Saturday. Dubbed
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Prime Minister: Australians can get free coronavirus vaccine early 2021
MOSCOW: A coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to people in Australia as early as at the start of next year, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “Australians will gain free access to a COVID-19 vaccine in
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Trump urges Saudi King to promote regional reconciliation in Middle East
MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump has called on King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to negotiate with the other Gulf countries with the goal of overcoming the regional rift on the heels of the US-brokered landmark agreement between the
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Survivor: Cargo ship carrying 43 crew and thousands of cattle sinks off Japan
KAGOSHIMA: The rescued male Filipino crew member of a Panamanian-registered freighter distressed off Japan has said that the ship sank after capsizing, reported Jiji Press quoting Japan Coast Guard officials Thursday. The coast guard is searching for 42 other non-Japanese crew
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Vietnam’s Deputy PM calls for global unity to overcome COVID-19 crisis
HANOI: International and regional cooperation are more important than ever before for the world to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said on Thursday when attending a virtual conference of the Group of
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