A Greek rail inspector was detained on Friday, a court official said, as authorities investigate last month’s head-on train collision that killed 57 people and shocked the country. Identified as 63-year-old Dimitris Nikolaou, he was on duty at the time of the accident on February 28, when a passenger train and a freight train rammed […]
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With ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ — the world is one family — as the motto for this year’s G20 Summit to be held in India, it is perhaps a good time to remind Southasian governments that they, too, are part of one region. Such a reminder comes loud and clear from a group of over 40 organisations […]
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At least 11 people, including three children, were killed in a stampede at a private charity distribution site for food ration in Karachi’s SITE industrial area on Friday, one of several such incidents in recent weeks as the population struggles with rising inflation in the country. Rescue workers told The Express Tribune that several people, […]
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A prominent member of a California-based white supremacist group has been arrested in Romania and will be extradited to the US. Robert Rundo, 33, co-founder of the Rise Above Movement, was arrested on Friday at a Bucharest gym following a tip-off, Romanian police said. He was accused of violence in 2017 and indicted by a […]
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Four bankers who helped a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin move millions of francs through Swiss bank accounts have been convicted of failing to perform due diligence in financial transactions. The Swiss government found the group guilty of helping Sergei Roldugin, a concert cellist who has been dubbed “Putin’s wallet”. The executives – […]
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ISLAMABAD: The director general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday told a Senate panel that major tax cuts had made all pilots of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to so worried that they wanted to quit the national carrier. Explaining the reason for this to the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation, CAA DG […]
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Activists this week described the March 20 arrest of Kashmiri freelance journalist Irfan Mehraj for association with a Kashmir-based human rights group as another in a series of instances of Indian government punishment of journalists and activists who expose rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir. Mehraj was arrested by India’s National Investigation Agency for his connection […]
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A bill for the accession of Finland to NATO was adopted at the parliament late on March 30, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance. The Turkish parliament approved Finland’s request to join the military alliance with 276 votes in favor. While the Peoples’ […]
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As the holy month of Ramadhan is in progress, shopkeepers and vendors selling dates, fruits, and pickles in Srinagar markets are doing brisk business. Dates, usually preferred to break the day-long fast are available in different varieties in Srinagar markets. One of the shopkeepers selling quality dates said that no doubt they are doing a […]
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The People’s Republic of China is exploiting the weakness of President Vladimir Putin to maximise its geopolitical influence over Russia, leading to a reversal of the power balance between the two long-time allies, Ursula von der Leyen has said in a critical speech. “Far from being put off by the atrocious and illegal invasion of […]
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