Afghan Student Shot at University Begs Taliban to Let Girls Learn

Breshna Musazai endured 19 agonizing months in Qatar, anxiously awaiting resettlement to the United States as a refugee. Forced to flee Afghanistan just two days after the Taliban seized Kabul in 2021, Musazai found herself separ ...

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Friday, 08 March 2024
Trump challenges Biden to debate anytime, anywhere

Both parties are set for a rematch of the 2020 US presidential election Former US president Donald Trump has challenged incumbent American leader Joe Biden to a debate after becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for the upc ...

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Friday, 08 March 2024
1st LD-Writethru: China’s forex reserves rise to 3.2258 trln USD

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China’s forex reserves totaled 3.2258 trillion U.S. dollars as of the end of February, marking an increase of 6.5 billion dollars, or 0.2 percent compared to the end of January, according to data release ...

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Friday, 08 March 2024
Majority in ex-Soviet state oppose joining NATO poll

At the same time, more than half of Moldova’s population supports EU membership, according to the study A majority of Moldovans are against their country joining NATO, but are in favor of EU membership, a poll has revealed. If ...

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Thursday, 07 March 2024
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif’s sons to surrender in three corruption cases

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): Both sons of three-time Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif have approached the accountability court, seeking the suspension of their arrest warrants in three corruption references related to t ...

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Thursday, 07 March 2024
Chicago ‘mansion tax’ to fund homeless services in legal limbo

CHICAGO, Illinois: Last month, a Cook County judge rejected a Chicago ballot measure that would hike a real estate tax on high-end property sales to fund services for homeless people, also known as a "mansion tax." However, backe ...

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Thursday, 07 March 2024
EU fines Apple $2 billion in antitrust case brought by Spotify

BRUSSELS, Belgium: This week, Apple was fined 1.84 billion euros (US$2 billion) by the European Union (EU) for stifling competition from music streaming rivals through restrictions on its App Store. In a first for an EU antitrust ...

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Wednesday, 06 March 2024
February 8 general elections of Pakistan records lowest fairness score sicne 2013: Report

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), in its recent report, in its assessment of the 2024 general elections, indicated that the February 8 general elections ...

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Wednesday, 06 March 2024
British commandos investigated over war crimes in Syria media

Five elite UK special forces soldiers allegedly used excessive force against a suspected militant two years ago A group of UK special forces soldiers are under investigation for allegedly committing war crimes while on duty in Sy ...

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Wednesday, 06 March 2024
China Increases Defense Budget, Adopts Tougher Language for Taiwan

WASHINGTON — China announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget on Tuesday, which has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office, as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan. Since Xi became president in 201 ...

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Wednesday, 06 March 2024
PoK: Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee holds torch-wielding protest against Pakistan administration

Muzaffarabad [PoK], March 5 (ANI): The members of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) on Tuesday held a torch-bearing protest in the Muzaffarabad city of the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) to raise their voices ...

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Tuesday, 05 March 2024
West tried to derail World Youth Festival in Russia Moscow

The event shows many young people reject a Russophobic point of view, the foreign ministry’s spokeswoman has said The collective West has tried to thwart Russia’s World Youth Festival 2024 (WYF), yet the event has proven to be ex ...

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Tuesday, 05 March 2024
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