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Ukraine to Taiwan, Argentina to Afghanistan, the flashpoints of 2023
While various "unknown unknowns", in the picturesque language of former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, or "Black Swan Events" of writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb, may loom over us, it is the mostly the known issues from 2022 that seem set to stay in the headlines in 2023. Accompanying them will be a few elections, slated for the coming year, that may have ramifications far beyond their respective countries.
From Mars to Metaverse, as UAE aims high, opportunities open up for India
To tell the world what the future will be like, Dubai built The Museum Of The Future, which talks about the possibilities of the future. To advance the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, to harness the latest technologies in coding, big data analysis, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, and human-machine interaction to drive the future.
New Covid wave: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka among least hit; Japan worst
According to Worldometer, India notched 188 fresh cases till Friday and in the immediate neighbourhood are Pakistan with 15 cases, 11 in Afghanistan and five in Sri Lanka. However, other neighbours like Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh had zero infections, and the same was with Thailand, a popular tourist destination for Indians.
Pak an unnatural state; Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun people will be free: Zafar Sahito
He has been globally active and regularly interacts with think tanks, intellectuals, media, and other foreign leaders from the United States highlighting the sufferings faced by the people of the Sindh region of Pakistan.
Pakistan Taliban's offensive from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now reaches Islamabad
Shortly after the car bombing, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistan Taliban, issued a detailed statement claiming responsibility for the suicide attack. The statement claimed that the bombing was carried out by Maulana Khabib to avenge Omar Khalid Khorasani's killing. The group threatened more attacks in the future.
With $30 billion bilateral trade turnover in sight, India and Russia plan big for 2023
While the 2021 mutual trade turnover between both countries reached 13 billion US dollars, there has been consistent growth of bilateral commerce despite the energy and food security crisis in the world due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
RT-PCR mandatory for arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong & Thailand
"The RT-PCR test will be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand", Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.
US House passes $1.7 trillion govt funding package
President Joe Biden has already signed the short-term funding bill into law to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline.The one-week continuing resolution has given more time for the spending bill, which runs more than 4,000 pages, to be processed for Biden's signature.
Islamabad suicide bomber 'looked like an Afghan' with long hair
The FIR registered at the Counter Terrorism Department (CDT) police station in Islamabad was based on a statement given by Constable Muhammad Hanif of the Eagle Squad, who was deployed on the road on Friday for surprise snap checking to prevent rising incidents of snatching, Samaa News reported.Hanif said that the squad included Head Constable Adeel Hussain and Head Constable Muhammad Yousaf and Constable Bilal Ahmed and ASI Raza Hasan and his driver in a police van.
Beijing Covid wave 'peaked' but China months away from tsunami of infections
According to the South China Morning Post, citing health experts, Covid-19 is spreading in China so swiftly that infections might have already peaked in the capital and could do so in Shanghai in a week."I think the infections in Shanghai will peak in a week and after the peak the outbreak will continue for one to two more months," said Zhang Wenhong, director of the infectious diseases department at Fudan University.
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