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Pakistan arch rivals PML-N, PTI agree for indirect talks
The impasse between the two warring parties was broken by Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq, who held meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PTI chief Imran Khan on April 15 and reported a "positive response" from both sides for holding talks on the issue of elections, Dawn news reported.
Melbourne overtakes Sydney as Australia's biggest city
With populations rapidly growing on Melbourne's fringe, the city limits have been expanded to include the area of Melton, the BBC reported on Monday. The latest government figures, from June 2021, put Melbourne's population at 4,875,400 -- 18,700 more than Sydney.
Japan hosts G7 foreign ministers' meeting amid protests
The top diplomats, including Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are expected to discuss issues such as the Ukraine crisis and nuclear disarmament over the next two days, Xinhua news agency reported.
Despite zero-carbon ambitions, G7 fails to set date for ending coal power use
The ministers on Sunday underlined G7's commitment to "accelerating the clean energy transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050" in a 36-page statement released after the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment held from Saturday to Sunday.
Four killed in shooting at US birthday party
The shooting occurred at a birthday party in the city of Dadeville in eastern Alabama, the BBC reported. The shooting occurred at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio at a 16th birthday party and most of the victims were teenagers, it said. "This morning, I grieve with the people of Dadeville and my fellow Alabamians. Violent crime has NO place in our state, and we are staying closely updated by law enforcement as details emerge", Governor Kay Ivey said in a tweet.
China likely to establish air superiority very rapidly in any attack on Taiwan, US leaks say
The documents also said Taiwan feared moving its aircraft to shelters could take up to a week, leaving them vulnerable to missile strikes, and that China's use of civilian ships for military purposes was hampering US intelligence's ability to predict an invasion, The Guardian reported.
Nepal appoints new Foreign Minister, says PM's India visit soon
Saud, who is considered close with former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Chandra Poudel. After assuming the office, he said that homework for the India visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' will now begin.
Afghan and Pakistani Taliban 'collaborated' on recent attacks targeting Pak law enforcement
The officer revealed that 51 Afghan militants were killed in targeted intelligence-based operations carried out by the military, police and the Counter-Terrorism Department over the last three months. "Even in the attack on the police station in Karachi, two of the terrorists involved were Afghan citizens," he disclosed.
Top US generals see a war over Taiwan as an inevitability
General Mike Minihan, who heads the Air Mobility Command, wrote in an internal memo that he believes Chinese President Xi Jinping could invade Taiwan in 2024 as both the US and Taiwan will be distracted by their respective presidential elections. And the US will, he did not say explicitly in reports on the leaked memo, be drawn into the conflict.
With Xi Jinping at the helm, China positions itself as global powerbroker
In the last few months, President Xi Jinping has met Russia's Vladimir Putin; hosted several world leaders, including Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who arrived this week; sent a top envoy to court Europe; and presented a 12-point solution to the Ukraine war, BBC reported.
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