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Blinken urges Russia to ‘de-escalate’ on Ukraine

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Stockholm, Dec 2 (AFP/APP):US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged Russia to “de-escalate” on Ukraine and use “diplomacy”, reiterating his threat of “serious consequences” if Russia resorts to “aggression”. “We have deep concerns about Russia’s plans for renewed aggression against Ukraine,” Blinken told […]

Meghan Markle urges tabloid shake-up after second privacy victory

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

London, Dec 2 (AFP/APP):Meghan Markle on Thursday won a second court victory against a British newspaper group, as judges threw out the publisher’s appeal against a ruling that it breached her privacy. The Duchess of Sussex said she hoped the ruling would embolden others to […]

Baby found dead in migrant boat off Spain’s Canaries

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Madrid, Dec 2 (AFP/APP):A baby was found dead in one of five migrant boats intercepted off Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic with nearly 300 people on board, officials said Thursday. Migrant arrivals on the Canaries have surged since late 2019 after increased patrols along […]

U.N. pushes cash handouts to avert mass poverty in Afghanistan

Posted on December 2, 2021 by News Desk

Kabul – December 1 (Online): The United Nations said on Wednesday that a program to pay $300 million a year in cash to Afghan families with children, elderly or people with disabilities is the best way to target increasing poverty. In what the U.N. Development […]

Lebanon Christian politician says vote delay would lead to country’s ‘slow death’

Posted on December 2, 2021 by News Desk

Beirut – December 1 (Online): One of Lebanon’s main Christian politicians accused foe Hezbollah and its allies of working to postpone a parliamentary election set for March over fears of electoral losses, warning such a move would condemn Lebanon to a “slow death”. Western donors […]

Russia says some U.S. embassy staff must leave in January

Posted on December 2, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow – December 1 (Online): Russia’s foreign ministry has ordered U.S. embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to leave Russia by Jan. 31, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday. The move comes after Russia’s ambassador to the United […]

Baby, toddler among four dead in Barcelona squat fire

Posted on December 1, 2021 by News Desk

Barcelona, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):A four-month-old baby and his three-year-old brother died with their parents on Tuesday when a fire ripped through an abandoned bank where the family was squatting in Barcelona, in a blaze denounced as “horrific” by the Spanish city’s mayor. Chief firefighter Angel […]

Honduras ruling party accepts election defeat

Posted on December 1, 2021 by News Desk

Tegucigalpa, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):Honduras’s ruling rightwing National Party (PN) on Tuesday accepted defeat as partial election results showed leftist Xiomara Castro with a commanding lead over her rivals for the presidency. With just over 52 percent of votes counted, former first lady Castro led with […]

Germany gives first verdict to call out IS ‘genocide’ against Yazidis

Posted on December 1, 2021 by News Desk

Frankfurt, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):A German court on Tuesday issued the first ruling worldwide to recognise crimes against the Yazidi community as genocide, in a verdict hailed by activists as a “historic” win for the minority. The court in Frankfurt sentenced an Iraqi man to life […]

Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

TOKYO, Nov. 30 (Xinhua/APP):Japan confirmed the first case infected with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 in the country, the Japanese government said Tuesday. The infected person is a man in his 30s arriving from Namibia, who tested positive for the COVID-19 at Narita airport […]

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Blinken urges Russia to ‘de-escalate’ on Ukraine

Meghan Markle urges tabloid shake-up after second privacy victory

Baby found dead in migrant boat off Spain’s Canaries

U.N. pushes cash handouts to avert mass poverty in Afghanistan

Lebanon Christian politician says vote delay would lead to country’s ‘slow death’

Russia says some U.S. embassy staff must leave in January

Baby, toddler among four dead in Barcelona squat fire

Honduras ruling party accepts election defeat

Germany gives first verdict to call out IS ‘genocide’ against Yazidis

Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

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