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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.
Zelensky accuses Russia of 'barbarism' over Odesa port attack
Under Friday's deal signed in Istanbul, Russia agreed not to target Ukrainian ports while grain shipments were in transit, the BBC reported. But just hours after the agreement was signed, two Kalibr missiles hit the Odesa port, according to the Ukrainian military's southern command centre.
Pakistan on brink of Sri Lanka-like crisis: Imran
Expressing his views and concerns, the PTI chairman tweeted: "I can say with certainty after my interaction with our nation and their response to my call for �Haqeeqi Azadi' that the people of Pakistan had enough and will not allow these mafias to continue their loot and plunder.
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