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It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned on Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. There is a two-thirds chance that at least one of the next five years will see global temperatures exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris accords on …

Pakistani music industry legend Sajjad Ali enthralled his fans with his singing in Dallas, By:Raja Zahid Khanzada Dallas: Pakistani music industry legend Sajjad Ali enchanted his fans and mesmerized the audience with his singing in Dallas,Texas This sold-out concert, organized by Platinum Production and 24/07 Entertainment.Not only Pakistani but also Indian fans attended the event. Ali mesmerized music lovers with …

The United States wants India to condemn persistent religious violence, a senior official said Monday, one month before a state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The State Department on Monday released an annual report on religious freedom which listed attacks against religious minorities including Muslims and Christians in the billion-plus nation led by Modi’s Hindu nationalists. A senior US official, briefing reporters …

PARIS: Climate change does not make cyclones, such as that battering Bangladesh, more frequent but it does render them more intense and destructive, according to climatologists and weather experts. These immensely powerful natural phenomena have different labels according to the region they hit, but cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons are all violent tropical storms that can generate 10 times as much …

OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday was headed to Alberta to meet with soldiers fighting wildfires that worsened over the weekend, forcing evacuations and hitting energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province over the weekend. More than 100 wildfires have raged this month, at one point pushing more than 30,000 people out of their homes while oil and gas …

GENEVA: The Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan went on trial at a Geneva criminal court on Monday charged with “rape and sexual coercion”, allegations which the former Oxford University professor denies. Ramadan arrived at the Geneva courthouse, where security had been visibly boosted as members of the public streamed in to watch the highly anticipated trial. The Swiss complainant, who …

BANGKOK: Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday after a stunning result that decimated military-backed parties, which have ruled the kingdom for nearly a decade. A massive surge for Move Forward (MFP) in Sunday’s ballot left it on course to be the biggest party, followed by its rival opposition — the Pheu Thai movement …

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday that the people in Pakistan have the right to express themselves, but they should do so without participating in violence. At an afternoon news briefing, US State Depart­ment spokesperson Ved­a­nt Patel also refused to comment on former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest last week but did say that laws of the land should be respected …

Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The United Nations’ (UN) health agency released new guidelines on Monday advising against using so-called non-sugar sweeteners or NSS. A systematic review of available evidence “suggests that use of …

NAYPYIDAW: At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday. But refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar escaped the worst of the storm, although many bamboo huts were damaged, residents of the region said. It was Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine …