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Activists swarm street in London in protest against land grab in Pakistan’s Sindh

LONDON: The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a protest opposite Downing Street, London on June 6 against large-scale land grabbing…

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800 arrested worldwide in huge crime sting: Europol

THE HAGUE: Police arrested 800 people in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones used by criminals that were secretly…

5 years ago

WTO panel considers easing protections on Covid-19 vaccines

GENEVA: Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property…

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One in 10 Europeans has bought a fake product: Study

MADRID: One in every 10 Europeans has been duped into buying counterfeit products, mostly coming from Asia, a study by…

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German police raids tied to welfare fraud, illegal gambling

BERLIN : Around 600 investigators searched 31 buildings in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and police arrested a…

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French President Emmanuel Macron slapped during crowd stop

NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped across the face on Tuesday by a bystander during a visit to…

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Two arrested after French President Macron slapped during crowd walkabout

PARIS: Two people were arrested after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man during a walkabout session with…

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Paul Givan to become Northern Ireland’s new leader

LONDON: Lawmaker Paul Givan is to become the new first minister of Northern Ireland, replacing Arlene Foster, who had been…

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Belarus strongman toughens protest laws

MOSCOW: Belarusian strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday signed legislation toughening protest laws, raising the stakes of a crackdown following…

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Genocide conviction upheld against former Bosnian Serb military chief Mladic

THE HAGUE: United Nations war crimes judges on Tuesday upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb…

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