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Washington, Aug 28 (AFP/APP): Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, relatives told AFP Sunday. The culinary master — who joined the presidential mansion’s staff in 1979 under Jimmy […]

Tripoli, Aug 28 (AFP/APP): Libya’s rival premiers on Sunday traded accusations over deadly clashes in Tripoli — the worst in the capital since a landmark 2020 ceasefire and which sparked fears of a major new conflict. The health ministry said 32 people were killed and […]

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua/APP): China has accelerated the renovation of old urban residential communities in an effort to improve people’s quality of life. Some 44,300 old urban residential community renovation projects saw construction begin in the first seven months of this year, data from the […]

ISTANBUL 27 Aug (Online): Turkiye’s fin¬a¬nce minister on Friday dismissed as “meaningless” con¬cerns among Turkish businesses over a US Trea¬sury warning that they risked being penalised if they maintained commercial ties with Russians under sanctions. Nato-member Turkiye has sought to strike a balance between Moscow […]

NEW DEHLI 27 Aug (Online): Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in on Saturday as India’s Chief Justice for the Supreme Court, though he is only set to hold the post for 74 days before his retirement falls due in November. Under India’s constitution, Supreme Court […]

Brussels, Aug 27 (AFP/APP): Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on an arrangement for free movement between their countries, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced Saturday. Serbia had agreed to abolish its entry-exit document for Kosovo ID holders, and Kosovo had agreed to […]

Islamabad, AUG 27 (Online): As part of the U.S. commitment to provide 77 million doses of U.S. COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan, an additional nine million pediatric and adult doses from the United States—in partnership with COVAX— began arriving on August 26. The United States is […]

LONDON, AUG 27 (Online): Charity Commission UK has been moved for initiation of action against PTI chairman Imran Khan for collecting funds in the name of charity by lying and deceiving the people in UK and using them for political purposes. An application has been […]

Ter Apel, Netherlands, Aug 26 (AFP/APP): Asylum seeker Lawrence resigned himself to another night sleeping outside near an overcrowded Dutch refugee centre, as aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis at the facility where a three-month-old baby recently died. The Ter Apel centre is in […]

Guéret, France, Aug 26 (AFP/APP):A British conman who was the subject of a Netflix documentary is on the run in France after injuring two police officers while fleeing a raid, local officials said Friday. Robert Hendy-Freegard, a 51-year-old former bartender, had been illegally breeding dogs […]