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Sri Lanka: One dead, 12 hurt as police fire at anti-fuel price hike protesters
Protests erupted around the country on Tuesday after the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) increased fuel prices to record high w.e.f. Monday midnight. In Rambukka, 85 km from Colombo, protesters demanded fuel stored at filling stations at old rates. They later blocked all the roads and railway lines in Rambukka, completely cutting off the access to the city.
Pak PM holds first meeting with Army chief
During the meeting, professional matters, including national security issues, were discussed, said a brief statement issued on Tuesday evening, Express Tribune reported. Earlier in the day, the members of the federal cabinet were administered oaths by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani after the unavailability of President Arif Alvi.
Russia hit over 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery
Russian troops managed to take control of the eastern city of Kreminna after hours of relentless bombing, as gunfights between Putin's men and battling Ukrainian forces continue. "Control over the city of Kreminna is lost, street fights are taking place," Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said, as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has begun the "battle for the Donbas".
Argentina condemns new British military exercise in South Atlantic
Britain is once again carrying out military maneuvers in the area of the Malvinas Islands from April 18-29, involving "British forces stationed in the Malvinas Islands from the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the illegitimate defense forces of the islands, along with Royal Navy and Royal Air Force troops, as part of the illegal UK occupation of the Malvinas Islands," the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Covid cases rise in US amid new virus strain
White House Covid advisor Ashish Jha said on Sunday the vaccines are still "holding up" against the virus and the new strain does not cause more severe infection, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Forbes report.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's interesting portfolio
The total value of his two properties in London is over Rs 153 million, while his assets in Pakistan are worth Rs 108.24 million. Other details of Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan include a 553 kanal agricultural plot worth Rs 3.6 million, two properties in Murree worth Rs 16.60 million, investments in the industrial sector worth Rs 720,000, a gifted vehicle worth Rs 20.8 million and money in the bank and cash worth Rs 66.59 million.
West's 'economic blitzkrieg' against Russia fails: Putin
The main negative factor for the Russian economy in recent years has been Western sanctions, which were aimed at "quickly undermining the financial and economic situation in our country, provoking panic in the markets, destroying the banking system, and causing a large-scale shortage of goods in stores," Putin said on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Pak-Afghanistan rift widens with Taliban's refusal to handover TTP militants after air strikes
The Pakistanis are miffed with Kabul as the regime has sheltered terrorists, especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has been mounting raids with impunity across the Durand line, which defines the Pak-Afghan border. Without admitting the controversial air strikes that killed scores of Afghans, the foreign office gave a detailed statement on Sunday about the circumstances that led to the recent incidents.
Pakistani forces stoop to new lows, ask Baloch drivers and traders to walk in scorching desert during Ramzan
Over the last couple of days, social media footage showed many men, traders and drivers, lying in the desert in Chagai due to thirst and fatigue. The incident that happened in the Nokkundi area of Chagai district came to light a few days back during the month of Ramzan.
Cheapest thing available is blood of Baloch people: Ally warns Shehbaz Sharif
The issue was raised by Agha Hassan Baloch of the BNP-M on Monday. Perhaps finding themselves in hot waters after forming the government last week, PML-N parliamentary leader Khawaja Asif suggested early elections in the country which, according to him, was the only way to save the country from bloodshed and a possible civil war.
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