Mon 11 April 2022: Shehbaz Sharif — the 70-year-old brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the leader of opposition PML-N — has been elected unopposed as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, succeeding Imran Khan, who was removed by a no-trust vote on Saturday. Ahead of the election of the new Prime Minister, […]
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Mon 11 April 2022: Russia on Monday said it destroyed an S-300 air defense system, delivered to Ukraine by a European country, near the central city of Dnipro the day before. “On Sunday, April 10, on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk, high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed an S-300 air defense system hidden […]
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Mon 11 April 2022: The Kremlin has warned against Sweden and Finland possibly joining the NATO transatlantic security alliance. “We have repeatedly said that the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation and its further expansion will not bring stability to the European continent,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. His […]
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Members of the Syrian civil defence known as the White Helmets use a dummy to demonstrate their rescue skills during a video shoot for an instructive film intended for Ukrainian rescuers, in the war-ravaged Syrian town of Ariha – Omar HAJ KADOUR ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 11 April 2022: In a bombed-out building in northwest Syria, rescue workers […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: Following Imran Khan’s ouster in a no-confidence vote, Pakistan’s parliament will elect a new prime minister on Monday. Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is the allied opposition’s joint candidate. The 70-year-old played a key role in the opposition’s attempt to destabilize Khan’s government. He previously […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: Elon Musk, the largest stakeholder in Twitter Inc, has proposed a number of reforms to the social media giant’s Blue premium subscription plan. Musk revealed how the billionaire business magnate could transform Twitter, from prohibiting advertising to lowering its price. It comes just days after he revealed he has a 9.2% […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: The first round of a presidential election in France began at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) on Sunday (April 10). It will end at 1800 GMT, when the first exit poll results will be released. There are a total of twelve presidential candidates. Two far-right candidates, a communist, a hard-left veteran, and […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: After a surge in cases in Shanghai caused the American consulate to let some workers leave the city, China blasted the US for making “groundless accusations” regarding its Covid-19 policy. Since March, over 100,000 cases in Shanghai’s 25 million residents have been locked down in phases, causing food shortages and conflicts […]
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The hand of a corpse buried along with other bodies is seen in a mass grave in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine Sunday, April 3, 2022. Photo: Rodrigo Abd ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 10 April 2022: A Ukrainian official said a mass grave containing dozens of bodies of civilians has been found in the village […]
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Sat 09 April 2022: The opposition’s no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeded an hour past midnight on Sunday, with 174 members in the 342-strong house voting in favour of the motion. PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq, who was chairing the session, announced the result. Minutes before voting began, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser resigned from […]
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