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Twitter facing internal & external issues, up soon: Elon Musk
The micro-blogging platform suffered a massive outage when several users globally, including in India, reported having issues while posting a tweet and sending direct messages (DMs). Users likely scheduled their tweets for reporting the issues as they were not able to post it immediately. When a user tweeted, "Twitter and a ton of other social media websites have been all jacked up today.
TTP refutes Imran Khan's assassination claim
TTP said its war was against the security forces and intelligence agencies, not against any political personality, Dawn reported. We have received information that the head of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in a meeting with the party's provincial spokespersons claimed an assassination attempt was being planned by the TTP and South Waziristan.
Russia bans 77 more US citizens from entry
The citizens include heads of government agencies, federal departments and companies involved in the supply of weapons to Ukraine, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying. "We would like to emphasize that any hostile actions against Russia... will be rebuffed," it said, noting that the decision was made in response to Washington's continued expansion of the list of Russian citizens subject to personal sanctions.
US Congress reintroduces Tibet-China conflict bill
Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern (Democrat), Texas Representative Michael McCaul (Republican), Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat), and Indiana Senator Todd Young (Republican), announced the reintroduction of the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act on Wednesday.
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French unions plan new nationwide protests against pension reform
The announcement came in the wake of Tuesday's general mobilisation, which brought together an estimated 757,000 people to demand that the government drop its reform plans, reports Xinhua news agency. On Tuesday, striking public sector workers also disrupted the country's transport, electricity and local services.
Zelensky asks France, Germany for fighter jets
Zelenksy met the two leaders in Paris on Wednesday evening following his day-long trip to the UK, the BBC reported. Speaking at a joint press conference with Macron and Scholz, the Ukrainian leader said that France and Germany had potential to be "game-changers" in the ongoing war against Russia by providing Kiev with "battle tanks, modern fighter planes and long-range missiles".
China violated sovereignty of nations across 5 continents: Blinken
Blinken made the remarks while addressing a joint press briefing here on Wednesday with visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. "Last week, Beijing violated international law and US sovereignty with the presence of a Chinese surveillance balloon in US airspace. This was an irresponsible act, in response to which we acted responsibly.
NATO must not be part of Russia-Ukraine war: German Chancellor
In a speech to the German lower house of parliament (Bundestag) ahead of a special meeting of the European Council to discuss the conflict, Scholz on Wednesday warned against a "public competition to outdo each other along the lines of battle tanks, submarines, aircraft..." This would harm the unity of the West, he added.
Impossible to prepare for such a massive disaster: Turkey's Erdogan
Visiting Hatay, one of the region's hardest hit by the earthquake, he told reporters the official death toll had climbed to 9,057, the BBC reported. Defending his government's response, he hit at those claiming they had not seen any security or rescue personnel. "This is a time for unity, solidarity. In a period like this, I cannot stomach people .
Turkey U-turns on rejection of Cypriot rescue aid
Cypriot Foreign Ministry spokesman Demetris Demetriou said in a tweet that Turkey had conveyed its acceptance through the European Civil Protection Mechanism.A Turkish military operation in 1974 led to the partition of the eastern Mediterranean island, and its northern part is still controlled by Turkish troops, Xinhua news agency reported.
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