Police from Belgium and Germany raided the offices of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels on Tuesday morning. The EPP is the largest party at the European level and its group holds the biggest number of seats in the European Parliament. Its headquarters is located in Rue du Commerce, in the European quarter […]
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings (VORB.O) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday after the satellite launch company failed to secure the long-term funding needed to help it recover from a January rocket failure. The Long Beach, California-based company lodged the filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware seeking a sale […]
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KHYBER: While relatives and well wishers of slain Diyal Singh mourned his targeted killing, many of them said they now felt more insecure than before. Herjeet Singh, a young imitation jewellery dealer in Peshawar’s Karkhano market told Dawn that his entire community was ‘heart broken’ and terrorised by the killing of Diyal Singh whom he […]
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Jammu, April 04: The agriculture and allied sectors in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are poised for significant growth and boost with launch of a slew of technological advancements and extension programs, government said on Tuesday. These interventions, incentivized through various schemes and projects, have already led to improvements in quality and quantity […]
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NEW DELHI/BEIJING — India rejected on Tuesday the renaming by China of places in what India regards as its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of its territory. China and India fought a war along parts of their poorly demarcated 3,800-kilometer frontier in 1962 and clashes in mountainous regions in recent […]
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BAKHMUT: The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group says he has raised a Russian flag over Bakhmut’s city hall in Ukraine. In a night-time video, Yevgeny Prigozhin said Bakhmut was now Russian “in a legal sense”. However he admitted Ukrainian forces were still concentrated in western districts. Ukraine has insisted its army still holds Bakhmut […]
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ISLAMABAD: In what has been billed as a verdict that buried the so-called doctrine of necessity, the Supreme Court declared the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to delay the vote in Punjab until October 8 as never to have existed and against the Constitution by reviving the election schedule. Restoring the election […]
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Finland joined the NATO military alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. With the handing over of documents, the Nordic nation officially entered the world’s biggest security alliance, doubling its border with Russia. Finland’s membership represents a major change in Europe’s […]
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The president bishop of the Anglican Church of Pakistan has condemned the recent spate of targeted killings of members of minority communities, and called on the government to take immediate action to protect their citizens. In a press statement, Bishop Dr Azad Marshall expressed deep concern over the rising incidents of violence against minority groups, […]
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The Czech and Slovak prime ministers have urged the EU to exert “targeted pressure” on the Kremlin by sticking to sanctions imposed after Russia had invaded Ukraine last year. “It is important for the EU and its partners to continue targeted pressure on the Russian Federation and thoroughly implement the sanctions,” the premiers said in […]
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