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Sri Lanka's Wickremesinghe congratulates India's new President
Extending warm felicitations, Wickremesinghe said in a statement: "Your appointment to this chief responsibility in one of the largest democracies is testimony to the trust and confidence the government and the people have placed in your caliber and political acumen." The Sri Lankan leader also mentioned the friendship and cooperation shared by the two neighbouring nations, as well as the support provided by New Delhi to Colombo in the wake of the ongoing economic crisis in the island nation.
SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit
The satellites were launched on Sunday at 9.38 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the eighth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, and now three Starlink missions, the company stated on its website.
Bajram Begaj takes oath as Albania's new President
In his first address in front of the lawmakers as the President, the 55-year-old declared that he will support and respect both the government and opposition's work, calling for cooperation between political parties instead of conflict, reports Xinhua news agency.
PML-N will begin 'speaking against army' in next few days: Fawad Chaudhry
Chaudhary further alleged that PML-N "feels it has made a big mistake by aligning itself with the establishment against Imran Khan" and now the party's vice-president Maryam Nawaz will "seek to push an anti-establishment narrative", Geo News reported.
Amid international flak, SL President reaffirms right to peaceful protest
SL President gave the assurance to Colombo-based diplomats while detailing the removal of the protesters who had been illegally occupied the Presidential Secretariat. He stated that both Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 14 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, which governs the rights of peaceful assembly, would be upheld by the government.
New 2024 US Presidential hopefuls emerge as young voters distrust Trump, Biden
Speculation is rife in the US media about the presidential hopefuls for the 2024 run as polls suggest that young voters, who constitute a bulk of both the ethnic and White electorate, prefer to have a fresh face in the White House and are done with both Donald Trump and Joe Biden after revelations in the Jan 6 hearings and Democrats' handling of the country's economy with high inflation and unemployment.
Protests in Balochistan against 'fake encounter' by Pak security forces
The families of the victims staged a three-day sit-in protest in front of the Governor's house in Quetta and warned that if the culprits of the Ziarat incident are not brought to justice, the protests will be expanded throughout the province indefinitely, Balochistan Post reported. Hundreds marched in Turbat carrying placards and banners, demanding justice for the victims of the alleged fake encounter. The BNP-Mengal also carried out a protest in Dalbandin, Dera Allah Yaar, Chaghi, Noshki, Turbat and Jafarabad against the Ziarat incident.
UK PM candidates vow crackdown on migration
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Truss, the incumbent Foreign Secretary, said that if she wins the race then she would extend the controversial Rwanda policy, despite it currently being in legal limbo, as well as increase the number of Border Force staff from 9,000 to 10,800. In an effort to deter migrants crossing the Channel to the UK, the British government announced in April that it would send some asylum seekers deemed to have entered the country illegally to Rwanda to claim refuge there.
Baloch struggle for independence is rightful, just: BLF chief
The gold medalist doctor-turned-resistance leader's statement comes as Balochistan is engulfed in anger over murder of at least nine forcibly disappeared persons in, what victim families are calling, a fake encounter by Pakistani security forces, Balochistan Post reported. In a statement, Allah Nizar said that after Baloch nation's burial of bodies of extra-judicially killed missing persons, the world must realise that Baloch's struggle for independence is just, Balochistan Post reported.
China launches space station's first lab module
The new module will function both as a backup of the core module and as a powerful scientific experiment platform, Xinhua reported. Wentian, which literally means 'quest for the heavens', is the first of three modules planned for launch by China -- the core module, Tianhe, and two lab modules, Wentian and Mengtian. The Tianhe module was launched in April 2021, and the Mengtian module is set to be launched in October this year.
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