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HMC fielded 333 candidates for 160 seats in LG election

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HYDERABAD, Jul 08 (APP):The three mainstream parties which are considered front runners in the upcoming local government elections of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) have together fielded 333 candidates for the 160 seats of chairmen and vice chairmen in as many union committees of the HMC. […]

Golf: Scottish Open scores

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London, July 8 (AFP/APP):Leading second-round scores in the DP World (European) Tour Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club, North Berwick on Thursday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 71): 133 – Cameron Tringale (USA) 61-72 136 – Gary Woodland (USA) 64-72, Doug Ghim (USA) 67-69 […]

UN Security Council at impasse over cross-border Syria aid

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United Nations, United States, July 8 (AFP/APP): Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus’s backing. Western powers then voted down a competing resolution put forward by Moscow that proposed extending […]

World leaders condemn Abe assassination

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Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): World leaders condemned Friday’s assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and paid tribute to the 67-year-old, who was his country’s longest-serving leader. Here are some key comments: – United States – US President Joe Biden, who said he was […]

Syria’s Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war

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Damascus, July 8 (AFP/APP):Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Friday visited the former rebel bastion of Aleppo, including its historic Old City, for the first time since war broke out 11 years ago. The visit to Syria’s second city and previously the economic capital is highly […]

Global shock as former Japan PM Abe assassinated

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Kashihara, Japan, July 8 (AFP/APP):World leaders recoiled in horror after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead Friday during a campaign speech — an especially shocking assassination given the country’s strict gun laws and low rates of violent crime. The gunman — an […]

James Caan: Hollywood celebrities remember legendary Godfather star

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HOLLYWOOD 08 July (Online): James Caan: Hollywood celebrities remember legendary Godfather star. Al Pacino, Adam Sandler and other Hollywood celebrities recently paid their tributes to the iconic actor James Caan on social media. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Caan’s rep revealed that The Godfather’s star […]

JAKARTA: G20 Foreign Ministers meeting begins in Indonesia

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JAKARTA 08 July (Online): The G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting has begun in Indonesian city Bali on Friday. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are also attending the meeting. A senior US official Retno Marsudi said that it is […]

Mehwish Hayat feels ‘Ms. Marvel’ makes Muslims feel seen

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LAHORE 08 July (Online): Superstars Mehwish Hayat and Fawad Khan have officially entered Ms Marvel’s universe as Kamala Khan’s great grandparents. With a coming-of-age story like this, Hayat is particularly excited about her “immortal” role redefining how Pakistanis are often (mis)shown on mainstream media. The […]

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