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Justin Bieber wishes relationship ‘pain would go away’ in tell-all documentary


October 24, 2020

Justin Bieber’s marriage to Hailey Bieber has reportedly transformed his connection with the divine and with this new found confidence he has transformed the way he looks at love altogether. Not only that, but with this new found appreciation for his past, Bieber has decided to release a tell-all documentary that will feature his past dating escapades and will even …

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Islamabad for return of stolen assets to developing countries


October 24, 2020

UNITED NATIONS: Pakis­tan has urged the internatio­nal community to ensure that the stolen assets of developing countries are fully returned to them. In a statement before the Sixth Committee, a primary legal forum of the UN General Assembly, Pakistan on Thurs­day also demanded manda­tory frameworks to counter ill practices, such as profit shifting to avoid taxation. “The figures of stolen …

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Libyan rivals sign ceasefire accord


October 24, 2020

GENEVA: Libya’s two warring factions signed a “permanent” ceasefire agreement on Friday after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the deal as a historic moment following years of turmoil and bloodshed. “Today is a good day for the Libyan people,” said Stephanie Williams, the UN’s acting envoy to the troubled North African country, where a UN-recognised …

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Hitler’s speeches sell at Munich auction despite objections


October 24, 2020

MUNICH: A sheaf of papers, scrawled with notes in a vigorous hand, here and there a recognisable phrase: “the Jewish problem”, “work, sacrifice” — these are Adolf Hitler’s speaking notes, which went under the hammer at a Munich auction house on Friday. The collection of post-1919 historical artefacts at Munich’s Hermann Historica auctioneers has attracted attention because of the presence …

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Mehbooba vows to shun Indian flag until J&K flag, special status are back


October 24, 2020

KARACHI: In her first press conference after being released from detention of 14 months, the chief of Occupied Kashmir’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said she would raise the Indian flag only when Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) flag, constitution and special status (under Article 370) were restored. She also said on Friday that “those who feel we have abandoned …

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Europe sounds alarm over resurgent virus infections


October 24, 2020

STOCKHOLM: The EU’s disease control agency on Friday joined frantic health workers across Europe in sounding the alarm about the surge in coronavirus infections. Several countries in Europe are reporting infection rates higher than during the first wave of the pandemic in March and April, with Spain saying it has now more than three million cases. Governments across the continent …

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Croatia accused of brutality, sexual abuse against migrants


October 24, 2020

SARAJEVO: Danish aid workers stationed in the Balkans say dozens of migrants have alleged they were brutalised by Croatian law-enforcement officers when they tried to cross into the European Union nation, before being summarily expelled back to Bosnia. Nicola Bay, the head of the Danish Refugee Council in Bosnia, said on Friday that 149 migrants of varying nationalities, independently interviewed …

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New clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh after Washington talks


October 24, 2020

New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave in more than a quarter of a century. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians. Local officials accused Azerbaijan’s forces of …

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Legal status of CPEC Authority questioned in Senate


October 24, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Months after expiry of an extended term of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Ordinance, legal status of the CPEC Authority was called into question in the Senate on Friday. “Under which provision of the law the CPEC Authority is operating,” PPP leader and former chairman of the Senate Senator Raza Rabbani asked while speaking on a call-attention notice. He …

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