Columbia University progresses post-Gaza protester arrests
Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that it was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan. Student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing...
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Aus police arrest 7 teens for extremism, linked to recent stabbing of bishop
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Pakistan & Iran agree to focus on ways to combat terrorism
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US Senate passes $95.3 bn package for Ukraine, Israel
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Putin wants to get closer to Afghanistan’s current rulers?
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IMF team to visit Pak next month to negotiate new bailout package
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Haitians scramble to survive amidst gang violence
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Scotland Yard chief under pressure over antisemitism row at London protest
22 April 2024 | PTI
Polish voters choose mayors in runoff polls
Polish voters are casting ballots on Sunday to chose mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of the country’s local elections two weeks ago. Mayors will be chosen in a total of 748 places, including in the cities of Krakow, Poznan, Rzeszow...
Live video of man who set himself on fire proves challenging for news organizations
Video cameras stationed outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial caught the gruesome scene Friday of a man who lit himself on fire and the aftermath as authorities tried to rescue him. CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC were all on the air with reporters talking...
Polling ends in 21 national and provincial seats in by-elections in Pakistan
Polling ended on Sunday for 21 national and provincial seats in the by-elections in Pakistan, which took place amidst tight security and suspension of cellular and internet services in some districts of Punjab and Balochistan to maintain law and order. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), voting began at...
2 Japanese navy helicopters crash, 1 dead and 7 missing
Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training in a possible collision, leaving one dead while rescuers on Sunday searched for seven others missing, the defence minister said. The two SH-60K choppers from the Maritime Self-Defence Force were carrying four...
Russia warns Pakistan of banning rice imports over phytosanitary concerns
Russia has warned Pakistan that it would ban rice imports again if Moscow’s phytosanitary concerns are not addressed in future consignments after a quarantine organism was detected in the rice consignment. The warning came after Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) issued a notification regarding violations of international...
Indian-origin mayoral candidate wants to run London like a ‘seasoned CEO’
Tarun Ghulati, the Indian-origin candidate in the race to challenge Sadiq Khan from winning a third term as Mayor of London, has said that the citizens of the UK capital have been let down by all the major political parties and he wants to run London like a “seasoned CEO”...
Vehicle crashes into birthday party; two dead, 15 injured
A young brother and sister died and 15 people were injured, several seriously, when vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a birthday party Saturday at a boat club, a Michigan sheriff said. Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said an 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother died in the...
