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North Korea fires anti-aircraft missile in latest test

Posted on October 2, 2021 by News Desk

Seoul, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):North Korea has successfully fired a new anti-aircraft missile, state media said Friday as the United Nations Security Council failed to issue a statement after an emergency meeting on a recent flurry of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation. The anti-aircraft missile […]

UN agency for Palestinian refugees needs $800 mn

Posted on October 2, 2021 by News Desk

United Nations, United States, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees announced Friday it was seeking $800 million at a donor conference scheduled for November in Brussels. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that the organization needed […]

Romanov heir to wed in Russia a century after revolution

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Saint Petersburg, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Russia on Friday was to hold its first royal wedding since the 1917 Bolshevik revolution toppled the Romanov monarchy, with royals from across Europe expected at the lavish ceremony. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov, 40, and his Italian fiance Rebecca Virginia […]

Australia to ease 18-month-old border closure ‘within weeks’

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Sydney, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Australia will begin to reopen its borders next month, the country’s prime minister said Friday, 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without permission. Scott Morrison said vaccinated Australians would be able to return home and travel overseas “within weeks” […]

UK butcher shortage fuels fears for Christmas food

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

London, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Visa restrictions could be eased for hundreds of foreign butchers, British media reported on Friday, after industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies. The Times quoted the British Meat Processors Association as saying the sector is short of 15,000 […]

Exiled ex-president Saakashvili says back in Georgia

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Tbilisi, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday he had returned from exile to Georgia, despite a looming arrest and ahead of local elections in the Caucasus country gripped by a protracted political crisis. “I risked my life and freedom to be back,” Saakashvili said […]

UN reports ‘unprecedented’ malnutrition in Tigray

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Addis Ababa, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):The UN warned of “unprecedented” malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, in a report published hours after the government sparked outrage by expelling senior UN officials. The latest situation report from the UN’s humanitarian coordination office, […]

US lawmakers grill Facebook on spiking mental health fears

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):US lawmakers Thursday demanded pledges from Facebook to address escalating worries over its platforms’ impact on teens’ mental health, but a top executive instead offered assurances the sites are already safe. Senators grilled the social media giant’s Antigone Davis in an hours-long […]

UN chief ‘shocked’ after Ethiopia expels seven UN staff: statement

Posted on October 1, 2021 by News Desk

United Nations, United States, Sept 30 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked” Thursday by Ethiopia’s decision to expel seven senior United Nations officials from the African country, which is facing the threat of famine in its war-torn Tigray region. “I was shocked by […]

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, tries to flee start of trial

Posted on October 1, 2021 by News Desk

Itzehoe, Germany, Sept 30 (AFP/APP):A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary was detained on Thursday after trying to flee before the opening of her trial in Germany, in a dramatic start to the proceedings. One of the first women to be prosecuted for Nazi-era crimes […]

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North Korea fires anti-aircraft missile in latest test

UN agency for Palestinian refugees needs $800 mn

Romanov heir to wed in Russia a century after revolution

Australia to ease 18-month-old border closure ‘within weeks’

UK butcher shortage fuels fears for Christmas food

Exiled ex-president Saakashvili says back in Georgia

UN reports ‘unprecedented’ malnutrition in Tigray

US lawmakers grill Facebook on spiking mental health fears

UN chief ‘shocked’ after Ethiopia expels seven UN staff: statement

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, tries to flee start of trial

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