Sat 13 July 2024: A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer. Khan, 71, and his wife, Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years, days before Pakistan’s election in February. At the time, […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Meta has announced it is lifting the restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as he campaigns to regain the White House. The social media company had suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely after his comments supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and spreading misinformation about the election […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court has handed a major legal victory to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, declaring it eligible for a share of reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies. The judgement, announced on Friday by a 13-member bench in an 8-5 ruling, dealt […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Kenya’s police chief, Inspector General Japhet Koome, has resigned following criticism of the police’s handling of recent antigovernment protests in which dozens of demonstrators were killed. President William Ruto accepted Koome’s resignation, the presidency announced on Friday. Deputy Inspector-General Douglas Kanja has been appointed as the acting police chief with immediate […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Rescuers in Nepal have paused their search for 51 missing passengers after a landslide pushed their buses into a swollen river, authorities reported. Initially, officials believed 62 people were missing after the incident in Chitwan district, 86 km (53 miles) west of Kathmandu, but revised the number to 51 after gathering […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Local miners in the Central African Republic face eviction and violence as the Russian group takes over gold and diamond mines. Beloko, Central African Republic – When Sadock arrived in the northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) town of Koki in November 2022, he thought he had finally found a safe place to […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: The world’s population is projected to grow by over 2 billion people in the coming decades, reaching a peak of around 10.3 billion in the 2080s, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. The “World Population Prospects 2024” report, issued on World Population Day, anticipates a subsequent decline to […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Most Democrats want US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race following his first debate in late June, according to a poll released Thursday. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found 56% of Democrats indicated that Biden should “step aside and let someone else run” in November; 42% said Biden […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that the BRICS economic bloc might establish its own parliament in the future. Speaking at the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg, Putin emphasized that regular meetings of BRICS lawmakers would facilitate the formation of such a parliament. “BRICS does not yet have […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: Russian state-owned company Rostec has developed armored panels to protect its energy infrastructure from possible drone attacks, the company announced on Thursday. The armored panels were successfully tested against possible damage caused by drone attacks and shelling, Rostec said in a statement. The panels, each weighing 30 kilograms (66 pounds), […]
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