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Qatar inaugurates solar plant as World Cup approaches

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Doha, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Gas-rich Qatar inaugurated Tuesday its first solar power plant stretching across the desert, a vast site planned to provide up to 10 percent of the tiny Gulf nation’s energy supply. The solar farm in al-Kharsaah, west of the capital Doha, is “one […]

ECC approves Rs20.2 bln for SAP, flood-hit farmers

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet here on Monday approved technical supplementary grants (TSGs) of Rs20.2 billion for Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Program (SAP) and flood-effected farmers. The meeting of the cabinet committee was presided virtually over by Federal […]

Scholz extends life of Germany’s remaining nuclear plants

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Berlin, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday ordered all three of Germany’s remaining nuclear power plants to stay operational until mid-April, breaking an impasse that had caused a rift among his coalition partners as an energy crisis looms. Germany initially planned to exit nuclear […]

Death toll in Sudan’s ethnic clashes rises to 13: UN

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Khartoum, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):The death toll from ethnic clashes sparked by “land issues” in the latest unrest in Sudan’s south has climbed to 13, the United Nations said Monday, warning the situation remained “tense”. Fighting broke out Thursday between members of the Hausa people and […]

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