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EU's Borrell rejects blanket ban on Russians entering bloc
"We have to be selective, we cannot take a general measure," he said, adding that he was sure there would be a balanced approach from EU foreign ministers due to meet in the coming week. The idea of restricting Russian tourists to the EU has emerged recently after countries witnessed Russians arriving for summer holidays via neighboring EU countries.
SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
According to space.com, a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 54 Starlink spacecraft, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Saturday at 11:41 p.m. EDT (0341 GMT) on August 28. That was about 80 minutes later than initially planned, as SpaceX waited for some bad weather to clear. A little less than nine minutes after launch, the Falcon 9's first stage came down to Earth for a landing on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.
Taliban: Pakistan provides airspace for US drones in Afghanistan
"They [the US aircraft] are using Pakistani airspace to reach us. We demand Pakistan not to use its airspace against us," he told reporters during a televised press conference in Kabul. Yaqoob is the son of late Taliban founder Mullah Omar and considered to be the second most powerful Taliban military leader, dpa news agency reported.
PTI plotting against IMF deal: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif
"I have never seen such self-centred politics; it will be a huge injustice with Pakistan and a big conspiracy against the country," the premier said while referring to PTI on his visit to the flood victims in Sujawl, Sindh province. Prime Minister Sharif said that the federal government had allocated Rs 38 billion in grant to support the flood-affected families with the disbursement of Rs 25,000 to each of them, Geo News reported.
Legal woes mount for Imran Khan as Islamabad HC set to take action
Even as he is involved in a perpetual confrontation with the new Shehbaz Sharif dispensation, a five-judge larger bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been constituted to proceed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) boss Imran Khan for "intimidating a female judge".
My struggle against thieves will continue be it rains or hot weather: Imran Khan
Speaking at a public gathering in Jhelum city, the former prime minister said that he is fighting for the supremacy of law in Pakistan, Geo News reported. "I have struggled for 26 years while remaining within the boundaries of law and Constitution," he said.
US warships transit Taiwan Strait for first time since Nancy Pelosi visit
The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on a "routine" mission through international waters, the US Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement on Sunday. "The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows," dpa news agency reported quoting the statement.
Pakistan appeals for international assistance after floods wreaked havoc
The US, UK, UAE and others have contributed to a monsoon disaster appeal, but much more funds are needed, an interior ministry official told the BBC. More than 1,000 people have died and millions have been displaced since June, Salman Sufi said. He said Pakistan's government was doing everything in its power to help the people.
NATO and Washington both signal intention to increase Arctic presence
"NATO must increase its presence in the Arctic," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper, adding that Moscow was in the process of reopening Soviet-era bases in its Arctic territories and stationing new state-of-the-art weapons such as hypersonic missiles there. China had also showed increasing interest in the region, Stoltenberg said.
Death toll rises to 1,000 as torrential rains wreak havoc in Pakistan
The authority said that 1,527 people were also injured in separate incidents, whereas 949,858 houses were partially or fully destroyed in the calamity, rendering millions of people homeless in the country, which has been facing the serious impact of climate change for the last few years. The killed included 348 children and 207 women.
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