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Monsoons bring misery to millions in Pakistan

Shawdesh desk: Millions of people have been affected by floods in Pakistan, hundreds have been killed, and the government has declared a national emergency. On Friday, the National Disaster Management

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Global Covid cases near 605 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 605 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to the latest global data, the

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Russia to build two nuclear reactors in Hungary

Shawdesh desk: Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom will begin constructing two new nuclear reactors in Hungary in the coming weeks, Hungary’s foreign minister said. The deal, reached between Russia and

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COVID: 3,118 new infections, 6 deaths reported in Malaysia

Shawdesh Desk: Malaysia reported 3,118 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,771,512, according to the health ministry. There are seven new imported cases, with

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Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail on terrorism charges extended

Shawdesh Desk: A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail in a terrorism case for one week, his lawyer said, shortly after the former premier

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22 reported killed in Independence Day attack in Ukraine

Shawdesh desk: Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station on the embattled country’s Independence Day, killing 22 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for

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Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan’s ‘catastrophe of epic scale’

Shawdesh Desk: Record monsoon rains were causing a “catastrophe of epic scale”, Pakistan’s climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed

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Russia slams US reaction to murder of journalist

Shawdesh Desk: The US has no moral right to lecture any nation about human rights after downplaying the assassination of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has

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