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Renault returns to profit but chip shortage hits output

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Paris, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Renault returned to profit last year but the global shortage of semiconductors will crimp production again in 2022, the French automaker said Friday. The company posted a better-than-expected net profit of 967 million euros ($1.1 billion) after a record eight-billion-euro loss in […]

Putin to oversee Russian ‘strategic’ missile drills

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Moscow, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin will on Saturday oversee military drills involving Russian “strategic forces” which will include ballistic and cruise missile launches, the defence ministry said. News of the drills come as Russia announces the pullback of troops from around Ukraine, a […]

Australia series: PCB to make slow tracks

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ISLAMABAD – February 18 (ONLINE): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to manufacture slow pitches for the coming home series against Australia, it emerged Friday. According to media reports, players have started practicing for the all-eyed Australia series at the National Stadium Karachi. Media reports […]

Ukraine says ‘no intention’ to attack separatists

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Kyiv, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Ukraine’s defence minister said Friday his armed forces do not intend to attack eastern separatists or launch an operation to reclaim the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea by force. Oleksiy Reznikov told parliament that Russia has surrounded Ukraine with 149,000 troops and that […]

Sri Lanka becomes first victim of new ICC law

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MELBOURNE – February 14 (ONLINE): Sri Lanka on Sunday became the first team to be punished as per the new International Cricket Council (ICC) law against slow over-rate. Earlier, team captain and players were fined for maintaining slow over-rate during the match but the law […]

Smith survives terrible head injury

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MELBOURNE – February 14 (ONLINE): Australia’s Steve Smith was ruled of remaining home series against Australia with concussion after landing heavily as he made a spectacular attempt to take a catch. During Sunday’s T20I fixture between Sri Lanka and Australia, the Ausie’s star batsman made […]

Feroz Khan and Alizeh Khan blessed with a baby girl

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Islamabad-February 14 (ONLINE) ‘khuda aur mohabbat’ leading actor Feroze Khan and wife Alizeh Khan have been blessed with a baby girl on Monday. The actor shared the news on his official Instagram handle. “Alhumdullilah, It’s a baby girl!”, wrote Feroze Khan. Feroze Khan named her […]

Japan’s Kirin brewery to withdraw from Myanmar

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Tokyo, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): Japanese drinks giant Kirin said Monday it will withdraw from Myanmar, after a failed bid to disentangle its operations from a joint venture with a junta-owned company after last year’s coup. The brewery is the latest foreign company to pull out […]

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