Finish it Mr. Powerful: STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan

There are many versions regarding the final words of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto before he was led to the gallows. There is one, favored by his supporters. It narrates that as the noose was tightened, Bhutto was in a defiant mood andtold the highly nervous executioner, […]

Biden shrugs off age concerns, saying ‘I feel good’

Washington, April 26 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday shrugged off voter concerns over his age, saying he feels “good” about seeking a second term to take on the “danger” he believes Donald Trump poses to American democracy. “I feel good, I feel excited […]

Harry Belafonte, pioneering performer and activist, dies at 96

New York, April 25 (AFP/APP):Harry Belafonte, the superstar entertainer who introduced a Caribbean flair to mainstream US music and became well known for his deep personal investment in civil rights, died on Tuesday in Manhattan, his publicist said. He was 96. The barrier-breaking artist-activist died […]

Macron avoids crowds on latest provincial trip

Vendôme, France, April 25 (AFP/APP):President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday steered clear from close contact with the public as he made a new foray into provincial France in the wake of his signing of a hugely unpopular pension reform. A visit Macron made to eastern France […]

Japan firm’s pioneering Moon landing fails

Tokyo, April 25 (AFP/APP):A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said on Tuesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed. Ispace said that it could not establish communication with the unmanned Hakuto-R lunar lander […]

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