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Myanmar junta ‘likely’ to hold polls in 2025: party officials

Myanmar’s junta will likely hold elections in 2025, officials from military-sanctioned political parties told AFP on Tuesday. “Elections are likely to be held in 2025,” a senior member of the

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EU sees asylum requests jump 28pc so far in 2023: agency

Shawdesh desk: The number of migrants lodging asylum applications in the European Union has jumped 28 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period

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Hong Kong saw hottest summer on record in 2023

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing “record-breaking” temperatures, the government said Monday, the latest region to experience the impact of

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Full transcript of PTI’s exclusive interview with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Shawdesh Desk: New Delhi: Following is the transcript of PTI’s exclusive interview with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Editor-in-Chief Vijay Joshi and senior editors late last week at his

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Zelensky replaces defence minister, Russian drones hit Ukraine port

Shawdesh Desk: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday announced the departure of defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov, calling for “new approaches” a year and a half into Russia’s invasion. The announcement

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Africa climate summit to urge investment in continent

Shawdesh desk; Kenya’s president said that Africa had a chance to ‘guide the globe’ on climate action as he prepared to open a landmark climate summit in Nairobi on Monday

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Sonia Gandhi admitted to Delhi hospital for chest infection

Shawdesh Desk: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital last evening after she complained of a chest infection. The hospital has said she had been

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Bill Richardson, globe-trotting US diplomat, dead at 75

Shawdesh Desk: Bill Richardson, a veteran Democratic politician and former US ambassador to the United Nations who later spent decades negotiating the release of Americans detained around the world, has

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