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Imran kicks off anti-govt long march to Islamabad
All eyes are on Islamabad as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) set out on its anti-government long march on Friday, which has been termed by party chairman Imran Khan as the "biggest freedom movement" in the country's history, media reports said.
NASA's Mars lander captures stunning meteoroid impact, spots more ice
The Mars lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last December, but scientists learned only later the cause of that quake -- a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars since NASA began exploring the cosmos.
Imran admits to offering army chief extension to save govt
"I repeatedly warned Gen Bajwa that if this no-confidence motion succeeds it will have a direct impact on the economy and no one would be able to control it as the economy will go into a tailspin," The Express Tribune quoted Khan as saying in an interview with a local TV channel on Thursday. The PTI Chairman said he told the army chief that if the then opposition was offering him an extension then he could do the same.
Imran booed with 'ghari chor' chants
In a video circulating on social media, the PTI chairman could be seen emerging out of a gate at the Civil Courts Lahore surrounded by his party workers and security personnel when people standing there started chanting the derogatory slogan with reference to the Toshakhana controversy, Geo News reported. In the video, a PTI supporter accompanying Khan could also be seen shoving a man for chanting slogans.
World faces most dangerous decade since WWII: President Putin
President Putin made the remarks on Thursday while addressing the annual Valdai forum after a series of recent military defeats in Ukraine and growing public anger at home over a drive to mobilise some 300,000 Russians for the war effort, reports the BBC. In a wide-ranging speech, he sought to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a move that has left his country internationally isolated. He also accused the West of nuclear blackmail against Russia to force allies to turn away from Moscow.
Gateway Tower of largest Hindu temple in North Carolina unveiled
The completion of the tower, which is named "Tower of Unity and Prosperity", comes 13 years after the temple construction started in 2009, and is now the tallest of its kind in North America, according to temple leaders.
Joe Biden marks 4 years since Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
In the morning of October 27, 2018, a gunman stormed the synagogue and gunned down 11 people and injured six others, including four police officers who responded to the scene. In a statement released by the White House on Thursday, Biden said that "we stand with the (Jewish) community in resolving to combat antisemitism and hate in all of its forms".
Indian Ocean should not be 'playground' of world military powers: SL
"This Ocean as a vital channel of sea communication facilitates a large volume of energy, raw material and food supply between the East and the West, thus it is imperative that we keep it safe. We don't want this to be an area of conflict and war or the playground of world military powers," State Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said. Bandara represented Sri Lanka at the recently concluded Defence Ministers' Conclave 2022 at India's premier biennial global defence exhibition - DefExpo2022 - at Gandhinagar, in India.
New York Post website, Twitter account hacked, offensive content posted
Reports said that the New York Post's content management system (CMS) may have been hacked to post offensive articles. "The New York Post has been hacked. We are currently investigating the cause," the publication said in a tweet.
Iran calls for expanding trade ties with Belarus to counter Western sanctions
Qalibaf noted that in the wake of the economic war that has been waged by the West, the Eurasian Economic Union member states are required to expand cooperation among themselves, and to this end, practical steps are needed and cumbersome bureaucracy and paperwork should be eliminated. For his part, the Belarusian minister condemned the attack, calling for punishing those behind the attack.
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