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Sikh woman shot dead outside gas station in Canada
Pawanpreet Kaur, a resident of Brampton, died on December 3 at th Petro Canada gas station in the Creditview-Britannia roads area around 10.40 pm. "Upon arrival police located the victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Iran accuses Western officials of 'false human rights gestures'
Nasser Kanaani made the remarks on his Twitter account after posting a screenshot of a Sky News report that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to give the British police new powers to clamp down on "illegal protests", Xinhua news agency reported.
Fears of deadly infection surge as China abandons zero-Covid policy
In Beijing, people prepared to go into shopping malls or on public transport without a recent negative test, The Guardian reported. Elsewhere, they were allowed to enter parks and supermarkets without checks, or told they could quarantine at home - rather than a government facility - if they had come into contact with a case.
Imran seeks power even if it undermines Pakistan's foundations: Shehbaz Sharif
The PTI and the coalition government are at loggerheads as the former presses on holding early elections. However, the ruling alliance has ruled out snap polls and vowed to not come under Khan's pressure, Geo News reported. "Imran's recent diatribe against parliamentary democracy is the latest in a series of attacks that fly in the face of how democracy functions in modern nation-states," Sharif said in a tweet.
Imran Khan accuses Gen Bajwa of playing 'double game' against his govt
In an interview with a local TV channel, the ex-premier regretted that he put his trust in the then army chief. Khan, who was ousted from power via opposition's no-confidence motion in April this year, said he also received reports from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on "what games were being played against his government".
Fate of eight ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar hangs in the balance
According to Major Gen. Satbir Singh (retd), chairman, IESM and advisor, United Front of Ex Servicemen, the Ex-Indian Navy personnel were working for Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services in Doha, as per a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Qatar. Their job was to train Qatar Navy personnel.
Trust my friend Narendra Modi to bring us together: French President Macron
"One Earth. One Family. One Future. India has taken over the presidency of #G20India! I trust my friend @NarendraModi to bring us together in order to build peace and a more sustainable world," Emmanuel Macron wrote in a tweet. India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on Thursday.
Farman Ali to Yahya Khan - men behind the Bangladesh genocide
Apparently, the man reviled for planning the killing of Bengali intellectuals had once come to the IFIC bank, ostensibly to open an account. The general manager, a proper Bengali and a freedom fighter to boot, made him sit down but did not shake hands with him. "I had no wish to touch his blood-stained hand," he told us.
China unrest: Apple fasts forwards plans to shift manufacturing to India
The China upheaval, which hit its key supplier Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory last month resulting in violent protests, means "Apple no longer feels comfortable having so much of its business tied up in one place," the report said, citing analysts and people in the Apple supply chain.
Indian-American fired by Musk as Twitter legal head at centre of censorship controversy
Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion last month and promptly fired Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde from her $17 million job, provided copies of the communications to journalist Matt Taibbi, who broke the story in a long series of tweets on Friday. Based on the communications, Taibbi also made the disturbing disclosure that politicians from both parties could get Twitter to censor tweets.
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