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India charges 19, including 7 Pakistanis, over Kashmir bombing
NEW DELHI: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last year. The bombing on Feb. 14, 2019 killed
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Stranded by coronavirus, foreigners overstaying in S. Korea sharply increase
SEOUL: The number of foreigners overstaying in South Korea increased 10 percent on-year in May, as travelers and migrants were stranded by strict border controls around the world due to the novel coronavirus, data showed Wednesday. The number of foreigners
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Sonia Gandhi to continue as president of India’s main opposition party
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi, the interim president of India’s main opposition party – the Indian National Congress (INC) – will continue in the post till a new president is elected in the near future, decided the highest decision-making body of the party on
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Japan’s food service industry struggles to survive amid COVID-19 outbreak
TOKYO: As Japan sees a resurgence in the number of COVID-19 cases, restaurants and bars are struggling to find ways to survive and recover from the impact of the outbreak with customers again decreasing recently, reported Xinhua news agency. According
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Peruvian anti-drug agents seize 182 kg of cocaine in Amazonian region
LIMA: Peruvian security forces seized a shipment of 182 kg of cocaine in the Amazonian region of Valle de los Rios Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro (collectively known as Vraem), authorities reported on Sunday. According to reports from the National Police
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All commercial banks are strong
BANGKOK: The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has confirmed that all commercial banks in the country are financially strong, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. In response to an economist’s warning that Thai commercial banks were suffering from economic problems, BoT’s deputy
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An Italian’s love affair with Malaysian cuisine – thanks to his wife
KUALA LUMPUR: The proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating. And so it proved for Italian Francesco De Leonardis as the first taste of nasi campur (mixed rice) at a buffet on his akad nikah (solemnisation) ceremony in London 14 years ago kicked started
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Sushant Singh Rajput case: Flatmate Siddharth Pithani to be named as a co-conspirator, says family’s lawyer
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on the jurisdiction matter of Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Meanwhile, the case is getting more and more complicated as new pieces of evidence are emerging with each passing days. Now,
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WHO chief warns against vaccine nationalism
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the world needs to prevent vaccine nationalism so as to guarantee the equitable access and fair allocation of COVID-19 vaccines, reported Xinhua news agency. Speaking at
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Strong earthquake in Samar, Philippines
KUALA LUMPUR: An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Samar, Philippines at 8.03 am today. According to a statement from the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the quake occurred at 51 kilometres west of Calbayog City, Philippines, with a depth of 10
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