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Taliban’s first annual Afghan budget foresees $501 million deficit

KABUL: Afghanistan faces a budget deficit of 44 billion Afghanis ($501 million) this financial year, the country’s Taliban authorities said…

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Brutal heatwave scorches Pakistan; mercury shoots to 51° C in Jacobabad, Sindh

The heatwave across Pakistan is creating a major health crisis with mercury shooting as high as 51 degrees Celsius in…

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Vladimir Putin ‘very ill’! Reports claim Russian President battling ‘blood cancer’

A report in the New York Post claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin is “very ill” and he is suffering from…

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‘My body my choice’: Thousands rally across US for abortion rights

Thousands of activists chanting, banging drums and wielding placards flooded streets across the United States on Saturday in a national…

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Ten killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting at US grocery store

A heavily armed 18-year-old man shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a…

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Ukraine opens first war crimes trial of captured Russian

Journalists packed a small courtroom in Kyiv for the trial of a captured Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian…

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‘Recorded video to be released if something happens to me,’ Imran Khan says in Sialkot jalsa

SIALKOT: PTI Chairman Imran Khan said Saturday he has recorded a video of the characters behind the “conspiracy” against his…

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for COVID-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement on…

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Nigeria president condemns blasphemy killing

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday “strongly condemned” the murder a day earlier of a Christian student who was stoned…

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected UAE president after brother’s death

The UAE’s long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday, official media…

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