Published by Reuters By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the changes with nationwide protests on Monday, a year after laws on the liberalisation of the sector were introduced. For 10 months, tens of thousands of farmers have camped […]
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Published by Reuters By Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Nandita Bose and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region “undaunted by coercion” at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China. The two-hour
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Published by Al-Araby The United States on Friday announced two exemptions to its sanctions imposed on Afghanistan in a bid to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Taliban-controlled country. The provisions allow the US government, aid groups and international organizations “to engage in the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan or other activities
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Published by Al-Araby It’s almost certain that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t get to speak at this year’s UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders. The Taliban challenged the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government, which they ousted on August 15, and asked to represent the country at the assembly’s high-level General Debate. It
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Published by The Daily Scrum News Reading Time: < 1 minute President Biden Addresses the General Assembly of the United NationsBy: Rawan Alshehri In his first UN General Assembly as a Commander-in-Chief, President Biden stated his administration’s position regarding many issues facing the world, as he urges the world leaders to unite and work on
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Published by Reuters By Michael Erman and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older, some adults with underlying medical conditions and some adults in high-risk working and institutional settings. The
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Published by Reuters By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico’s frontier with Guatemala to request asylum, even as discontent grows over the treatment meted out to the beleaguered migrants. Up to
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Published by BANG Showbiz English Kash Doll is pregnant. The rapper feels “so overwhelmed with joy” about expecting her first child, and she has thanked God for “blessing” her with a baby. She wrote on Instagram: “The Lord just keep on blessing me! Look it’s a baby in there and today it’s the bmf premiere.
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Published by BANG Showbiz English Julia Roberts has led tributes to ‘Notting Hill’ director Roger Michell, after he died aged 65. The 53-year-old actress – who starred alongside Hugh Grant in the 1999 romantic-comedy – praised the late filmmaker as “such a kind and gentle man”. She told E! News: “He always had a sweet
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Published by Reuters By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) – A potential lurch to the left in Germany’s election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say. If the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), hard-left Linke and environmentalist Greens come to power, the reintroduction of a wealth tax and a
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