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Growing signs of unease between new Pak Army chief Asim Munir and Imran
Imran Khan has started attacking the new army chief who is said to have declined a request for a meeting by Imran Khan. The former Prime Minister had indeed sent a message to the army chief but the request was turned down, Geo News reported. Gen Asim told the businessmen meeting him that PTI chief Imran Khan sent him a message seeking a meeting.
US investors worried about banks with similar profile to SVB
The megabanks recovered on Friday but many of their smaller peers continued to plunge. Several were halted for volatility, The Wall Street Journal reported. Investors are now worried about banks with a similar profile to SVB. Shares of San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, which caters to businesses and wealthy individuals, have fallen about 30 per cent since Wednesday.
US CDC lifts Covid test requirements for travellers from China
The decision took effect for flights departing to the US from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and designated airports at or after 3 p.m. on Friday, Xinhua news agency quoted CDC as saying. This means that air passengers will no longer need to get tested and show a negative Covid-19 test result, or show documentation of recovery from Covid-19, prior to boarding a flight.
Is India a 'friend'? Bilawal chokes on the word
While admitting at a news conference here on Friday New Delhi's diplomatic success in preventing Islamabad's attempts to bring Kashmir to the centre of attention at the UN, Bilawal started by referring to India as "our friends within..."But he caught himself and on his second try stammered, "with our friend...", again stopped himself and stammered, "our our", before settling on our.
Perpetrator arrested after hostage-taking in Germany
The suspected perpetrator had taken several people hostage in a pharmacy at around 4:30 p.m., Xinhua news agency reported, citing German news agency dpa. A subsequent operation lasted several hours before police entered the pharmacy at around 9:10 p.m. and arrested a suspect, said Karlsruhe's police. The building is currently being searched, and no injuries has been reported, according to preliminary findings.
Iran says deal to purchase Su-35 jets from Russia finalised
"Following the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, Iran asked a number of countries to consider the possibility of selling it fighter jets, and Russia said it was ready for the deal," the Iranian mission was quoted as telling Russia's Sputnik news agency, Xinhua news agency reported. The restrictions on Iran's purchase of conventional weapons were removed in October 2020.
Biden approves California emergency as another winter storm reaches
Biden on Friday ordered federal assistance "to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe winter storms, flooding, land slides, and mudslides beginning on March 9, 2023, and continuing", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a White House press release. The action will authorise the US Department.
Suspected stalker kills couple before committing suicide in US
Officers on early Friday morning found a man with a gunshot wound in a house. He died at the scene. A woman was also killed inside the house, and the suspect was located with a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" in the main bedroom, Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying. The woman's mother, who lives at the home, encountered.
Bilawal admits Pakistan unable to get Kashmir attention at UN
New Delhi "strongly object vociferously object and they perpetuate a post facto narrative" to shut out Kashmir, he said. Pakistan stands virtually alone at the UN, raising the Kashmir issue whenever it speaks, whether it is about the status of women or Russia's invasion of Ukraine, without relevance to the topic.
Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to re-establish diplomatic relations following talks in China
"Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to respect state sovereignty and not interfere in internal matters," the statement said, adding that the two countries' foreign ministers will meet soon to arrange for the exchange of envoys and discuss means to enhance ties, Al Arabiya reported.
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