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Czech Parliament approves NATO's northern expansion
The Chamber of Deputies voted nearly unanimously to endorse the accession of the two Nordic countries in an overnight session that ended early Saturday, reports dpa news agency. The Senate voted in favour earlier this month. The last step for ratification in the Czech Republic is the signature of President Milos Zeman.
Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg not to depose in Cambridge Analytica scandal lawsuit
The depositions were set to happen sometime before September 20 where Zuckerberg was to answer questions for up to six hours, while Sandberg could face up to five hours of deposition. The deposition came as part of a lawsuit filed in a California court on behalf of Facebook users impacted by Meta's partnership with Cambridge Analytica.
Donald Trump takes victory lap over heavily redacted affidavit
On Friday, Trump took to TruthSocial, his social media app, to ostensibly rejoice that the document was "heavily redacted" before pointing out that "nothing mentioned on 'nuclear'" and a "total public relations subterfuge by the FBI and DOJ".
Boris Johnson slams Russia's 'cultural vandalism' in Ukraine
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK would fund "cultural protection measures" in Ukraine as well as continuing to donate civil and military aid, reports dpa news agency. Mr Johnson made the comments on Friday in a video message to the Edinburgh International Culture Summit, which is being hosted at the Scottish Parliament or Holyrood.
Zaporizhzhya plant could be on 'brink of disaster': Zelenksy after shut down of reactors
"I want to stress that the situation remains very risky and dangerous," Zelensky said in his Friday night video address. "Any repetition ... will once again bring the power plant to the brink of disaster." Zelensky also reiterated his call for a team of international experts to inspect the plant and for the Russian troops occupying the facility to withdraw.
Resolution of safeguards issues necessary for nuclear deal: Iran Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, in which the two sides also discussed certain regional and international issues and the ongoing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the ministry's website.
Donald Trump's top secret material led to Mar-a-Lago search: FBI
The discovery of those classified documents � including 67 marked as "CONFIDENTIAL," 92 as "SECRET" and 25 as "TOP SECRET" � formed the body of evidence that the Justice Department cited in the FBI's search warrant that was approved by a judge on August 5 � three days before the FBI raid on Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago.
Negative comments attributed to me about Shehbaz Sharif incorrect: Nawaz
"The negative comments attributed to me about PM Shehbaz Sharif are misleading and incorrect," Nawaz said in a late night tweet on Thursday, without elaborating what comments he was referring to, Dawn reported. The former Prime Minister added that he remained hopeful that "sincere and tireless efforts by 'SS' (Shehbaz Sharif) under the most challenging circumstances will bear fruit and he will steer the country out of the mess created by Imran Khan".
Pakistan refuses to end Kashmir obsession, rules out war, focuses on proxy war
After Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister of India in 2014, he made it clear that talks and terror cannot go together. If Pakistan is really serious about restoring permanent peace then it should give up its obsession with Kashmir and stop sponsoring terror. Then only it can build a healthy relationship with India. Just talking about peace is not enough.
Pakistan's army top brass hints at tougher approach against TTP
Speaking at the 250th Corps Commanders' Conference, a monthly feature at General Headquarters, Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, according to ISPR, "directed formations to maintain operational readiness and efforts to counter terrorism particularly in KP and Balochistan must continue", Dawn reported.
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