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Chinese astronauts conduct first spacewalk outside new space station
Liu Boming was first to exit the space station's Tianhe ("Harmony of the Heavens") core module, followed by Tang Hongbo about three hours later. They worked for six-hour and 46-minute extravehicular activity (EVA) to install tools needed to support future activities at the space station, Space.com reported.
Russia thwarts planned IS terrorist plots
As a result of the measures taken, six criminals were neutralised while attempting to put up armed resistance, and two were arrested, the FSB said in a statement on Monday. On June 29, a Russian citizen was detained for plotting attacks on citizens with the use of firearms and cold weapons in Moscow, and his accomplice residing in the southwestern Astrakhan Region was eliminated, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel says Pfizer vax effectiveness down to 64%
The new figure refers to the period between June 6 and July 3, and it is significantly lower than the effective rate of 94.3 per cent in protection against infection, measured between May 2 and June 5, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying on Monday. It noted that the decline was observed along with the spread of the Delta Covid-19 variant in Israel.
Most Covid restrictions set to end in England on July 19: UK PM Boris Johnson
Face masks and distancing rules will no longer be legally required in England from July 19, Johnson told a news conference at Downing Street. The rule of six inside private homes will also be removed and work-from-home guidance will be scrapped, said the Prime Minister. The British government is only responsible for coronavirus restrictions in England.
Possibility of Pak internal groups targeting Hafiz Saeed can't be ruled out
There have also been serious differences among the various militant group leaders in Pakistan in the past. For instance serious differences had emerged between Lakhvi, the Kashmir operations head of the LeT, and Saeed some time ago, which led to Lakhvi relocating his boys to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The blast to target Saeed being a result of such rivalries cannot be ruled out.
Pakistan finding it hard to conceal contacts with Israel
The report said despite the bluff, it was and is easy to deduce that the November 2020 visitor was Bukhari. He has a British passport and, unusually, is close to both of Pakistan's centres of power: the civilian head, Imran Khan and the military leadership (nominated to coordinate with Chinese officials on the strategic China-Pakistan Economic Corridor).
As Taliban begins to implement its code of conduct, civilians pick up gun
Under the new rules, the men have been asked to grow beards and the women have been forbidden to leave home. The Taliban also has set dowry rules for girls. The fears had been swirling for months after it became clear that US and NATO troops would be vacating Afghanistan after a stay of two decades—in the aftermath of the devastating attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York on 11 September 2001.
No longer backdoor contacts with India to resume bilateral talks: Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf
Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf said New Delhi failed to take any confidence-building measures, mainly the reversal of its August 2019 move on Jammu and Kashmir. While giving an interview to a private channel in Pakistan, Yusuf said “it’s over now”. However, he did admit that it was India that approached Pakistan to continue resumption talks.
25 killed in fresh Myanmar clashes
On July 2, Myanmar troops encircled the Satpyarkyin village, west of the Tabayin township in Sagaing province. Civilian resistance fighters of the People's Defense Force (PDF) defended the village against nearly 200 troops supported by artillery. The resistance finally died down on Sunday when PDF fighters ran out of bullets on their hunting rifles and arrows for their bows.
Pakistan blames RAW for blast outside Hafiz Saeed’s home in Lahore
National Security Advisor (NSA) for Pakistan Dr Moeed Yousuf alleged that the new flying drone attacks in Jammu were a ‘deflection tactic’ by Indian authorities to mask the deeds of RAW in Lahore. He also said that Pakistan has gathered enough evidence to figure out that the Indian agency is behind that Lahore bomb attack.
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