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Myanmar enters fourth year of post-coup crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar on Thursday entered its fourth year since a coup ended a short-lived dance with democracy, with the embattled junta warning it will do “whatever it takes” to

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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London

Shawdesh desk: Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear in a London court on Thursday charged with public order offences linked to a demonstration against the energy industry. The 21-year-old Swedish

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5 killed as blast hits political rally in SW Pakistan

Shawdesh Desk: At least five people were killed and five others injured when a blast went off near a political rally in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday, official sources

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Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail in graft case

Shawdesh desk: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in jail after being found guilty of graft in a case involving

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Novo Nordisk becomes Europe’s most valuable company selling weight-loss drugs

Shawdesh Desk: Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk said Wednesday its net profit soared by 51 per cent last year, driven by sales of popular diabetes and obesity treatments that helped

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Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail

Shawdesh desk: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a controversial case related to a leaked document. State media and a spokesman

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Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail

Shawdesh Desk: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party

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North Korea fires several cruise missiles: Seoul military

Shawdesh desk; North Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. The launch comes just days after Pyongyang

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