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Hong Kong equities open lower

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Hong Kong, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Hong Kong stocks sank at the open of trade Wednesday morning, in line with a retreat across Asian markets that was fuelled by Wall Street losses as investers fret over the global economic recovery. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.73 percent, […]

Instagram seeks to curb mental harm to teenagers

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San Francisco, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Instagram on Tuesday defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health of young girls, saying it plans to play down posts promoting myths about beautiful bodies. Instagram head of public policy Karina Newton pushed back against […]

Let us buy Covid jabs, pleads Africa

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Geneva, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Africa wants to buy Covid-19 vaccines, rather than keep waiting for donor-funded doses to arrive, the African Union said Tuesday, imploring producers to give the continent a fair shot at market access. The AU also urged manufacturing nations to lift export bans […]

Gunmen snatch migrants from Mexican hotel

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Mexico City, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Gunmen on Tuesday abducted around 20 migrants, mostly Haitians and Venezuelans, from a hotel in central Mexico, authorities said. “A search was immediately launched to find out what happened and to locate the whereabouts of these people,” the prosecutor’s office in […]

Tokyo stocks open lower on profit-taking

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Tokyo, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors sought to lock in profits after recent rallies, with falls on Wall Street also weighing on the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.65 percent, or 200.30 points, at 30,469.80 in early […]

Two injured dacoits held after encounters: SSP Hyderabad

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HYDERABAD, Sep 14 (APP):Newly posted SSP Sajid Amir Sadozai, Hyderabad Police claimed to have arrested two suspected dacoits in injured condition. The separate encounters were held in the limits of A- Section Latifabad and Market Police stations late Monday night and early Tuesday, police spokesman […]

Govt notifies transfer, postings of high ranking officers

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP):The Federal government on Tuesday notified the transfer and posting of high ranking officers. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Arif Anwar Baloch, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently awaiting posting in Establishment Division, is transferred and […]

184 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

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TRIPOLI, Sep 14 (XINHUA/APP):The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 184 illegal migrants were rescued off Libya’s coast and returned to western Libya. “184 persons were returned this evening to the Oil Refinery point in Azzawiya. Among them were 12 […]

Vaccination campaign reaches 80 percent of Cypriots

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Nicosia, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Cyprus’ Covid-19 vaccination rollout has covered 80 per cent of the adult population with one dose, health minister Michael Hadjipantelas said Tuesday. Achieving the four-in-five milestone brings health authorities closer to their ultimate goal of reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus. Scientists […]

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