PHILADELPHIA: A shooting between rival groups left three people wounded on Tuesday (10th April, 2024) at an Eid-ul-Fitr fest held here. “We are very, very fortunate today that we did not have more individuals shot and anyone killed,” Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told reporters. “In mid-afternoon as around 1,000 people were in the park celebrating […]
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CAMBRIDGE: Agatha Christie’s 1930s typewriter and the manuscript of her final Hercule Poirot novel, which was kept for decades in a bank vault, were displayed on Saturday in a new exhibition delving into the “dark stuff” at the heart of crime fiction. The cover of the faded and fragile manuscript has the book’s title “Curtain” […]
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ISLAMABAD: A total of five women cricketers have been recalled to the white-ball squads as the National Women’s Selection Committee, led by Saleem Jaffar, announced 16-member ODI and T20I squads against West Indies women’s team on Tuesday. The three ODIs – part of ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 – would be played between 18 April and […]
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LAHORE: The five-member selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced a 17-member national T20 squad including five non-travelling reserves for a five-match T20I home series against New Zealand from April 18 to April 27 in Rawalpindi and Lahore. Opening the press conference on behalf of other selection committee members including Mohammad […]
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BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday (9th April, 2024) stressed that China and Russia have set an example of friendly interaction and win-win cooperation between major countries as well as neighbors. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a joint […]
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DAMASCUS: Foreign Minister of Iran inaugurated his country’s new diplomatic post here on Monday (8th April, 2024) a week after a deadly strike blamed on Israel destroyed the former premises. Tehran, a key Damascus ally, has vowed to avenge last Monday’s air strike on the Iranian embassy’s consular section that killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
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MAKKAH (Al-Safa Palace): Regional and global developments of mutual interest, including the state of affairs in Gaza were discussed in a meeting between PM Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince/PM Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud here on Sunday (7th April, 2024) during the former’s three-day KSA visit. Emphasis was placed on the Kingdom’s […]
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UNITED NATIONS: With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of Israeli attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has said. That’s the assessment following a WHO-led multi-agency mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza on 5 […]
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PESHAWAR: Pakistan captain Babar Azam described the pre-season camp in Kakul as highly successful, stating that it played a crucial role in preparing the players for the upcoming cricket season. He emphasized that the camp helped strengthen unity and understanding among the team members through strategically planned team bonding exercises and drills. Babar Azam was […]
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TEHRAN: An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned on Sunday (7th April, 2024) that Israeli embassies are “no longer safe” after a strike in Syria which Tehran blamed on Israel killed seven Revolutionary Guards members. “The embassies of the Zionist regime are no longer safe,” Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was […]
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