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India asks UN panel to condemn Pakistan's attempts to disrupt disarmament efforts
"This Committee should not only categorically reject Pakistan's nefarious and vicious designs but collectively condemn Pakistan for its repeated efforts to politicise its work and hijack its mandate," an Indian delegate said on Monday at the UN General Assembly's (UNGA) First Committee, which deals with disarmament.
Only 44% S.Koreans think unification with Pyongyang necessary
According to the poll of 1,200 adults by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at Seoul National University, 44.6 per cent replied that unification is necessary, recording the lowest percentage since the survey began in 2007, reports Yonhap News Agency. The proportion of those who replied that unification was unnecessary stood at 29.4 per cent, it showed.
Jayapal emerges as powerful Congressional leader forcing Biden leftward
In Congress, where the Democratic Party holds a slim majority, she shot down a plan carefully crafted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get moderates' support by sequentially getting voted in the House of Representatives Biden's $1 trillion plan for the nation's infrastructure and then another plan for over $2 trillion for wide-ranging social and climate change programmes.
European Medicines Agency approves Covid booster doses for adults
The EMA said in a statement on Monday that data for the vaccine had shown a rise in antibody levels when a booster shot is administered approximately six months after the second dose in people aged 18 to 55, reports Xinhua news agency. It recommended that the booster doses "may be considered at least six months after the second dose for people aged 18 years and older".
Two Koreas hold daily liaison, military calls after restoring communication lines
On Monday, the two Koreas reopened the cross-border communication lines following a near two-month suspension, Yonhap news agency reported. The move came hours after the North's state media announced that the lines would be back in normal operation as of 9 a.m. on the day. The resumption of daily calls came 55 days after the North began refusing to answer South Korea's calls in protest of an annual combined military exercise between the South and the US.
Pak businessman, media moguls, military leaders in Pandora Papers
The exposé was unveiled on Sunday and some of the names already reported include prominent figures from the PTI-led government including Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and Senator Faisal Vawda. The report by The News identified more former military leaders and their family members named in the Pandora Papers.
Opposition targets Imran after 700 Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers
A huge tranche of leaked data on offshore companies that is larger in size and scope than the Panama Papers hit the global headlines on Sunday night, laying bare the financial secrets of the global rich and powerful, including Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet members, financiers, retired generals, media owners and businessmen.
Biden slams Republicans for blocking Democrats' efforts to raise debt limit
"Not only are Republicans refusing to do their job, they're threatening to use the power -- their power to prevent us from doing our job: saving the economy from a catastrophic event," Biden said in a speech at the White House State Dining Room. "I think, quite frankly, it's hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful," Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.
Pakistan's latest headache - rising unemployment: Why has CPEC failed to generate mass scale jobs?
For Khan, the data will cause embarrassment as he has repeatedly said that the $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would push socio-economic development leading to mass scale job generation.
Fumio Kishida elected new Japanese PM to succeed Suga
As the ruling coalition led by the LDP controls both chambers, 64-year-old Kishida secured a majority of votes of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors during a special Parliament session called to elect a new Prime Minister, reports Xinhua news agency.
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