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Benfica loss leaves Koeman on brink at Barcelona

Sports Desk: Ronald Koeman said “I don’t know” three times when asked if he has the support of the Barcelona board after a 3-0 defeat at Benfica in the Champions

Kim Jong-un offers to restore inter-Korean hotline

Shawdesh Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is willing to restore a vital communication hotline with South Korea, in a possible offer of reconciliation. He also accused

Tornado damages Australian homes, power lines

Shawdesh Desk: A tornado ploughed through a rural area west of Sydney on Thursday, damaging homes and scarring a tract of countryside. The Bureau of Meteorology said the tornado formed

Pakistan should take credible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism: India at UNHRC

Shawdesh desk: GENEVA: India on Monday (local time) asked Pakistan to take credible and irreversible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in all the territories under

6.1-magnitude quake rattles Japan, no tsunami risk

Shawdesh Desk: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northwestern coast on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese and US authorities said. The quake produced shaking across a large

Studies show that the COVID-19 pill works against variants, Merck says

Shawdesh Desk: Merck’s experimental oral COVID-19 antiviral drug, molnupiravir, is likely to be effective against known variants of coronavirus, including the predominant and highly contagious delta, laboratory studies The company

Covid-19: 17 more people die in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 17 more lives and infected 1,178 others in 24 hours till Wednesday morning

848 Union Parishads to go to polls in second phase on Nov 11

Shawdesh desk: The Election Commission going to hold elections to 848 Union Parishads on November 11 in the second phase of ballot to the lowest tier of the local government.