Sierra Leone: Police disperse opponents with tear gas pending election results By: AFP on June 27, 2023Police in Sierra Leone fired tear gas at the main opposition party’s headquarters on Sunday evening, authorities said, as voters awaited the results of a fiercely fought general election. Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara said on Twitter that live bullets had also been fired at his office inside the party headquarters […]
Eight dead in more suspected gang violence in Ecuador By: AFP on June 27, 2023Eight people died Sunday in Ecuador in the third suspected gang-related shooting this month, police said. Another five people were wounded in the violence outside a night club in the Pacific coast town of La Concordia, police told news outlets in a WhatsApp chat group. Ecuador is enduring a surge in violence as rival cocaine […]
Guatemala presidential election frontrunners to face runoff By: AFP on June 27, 2023The two frontrunners in Guatemala’s presidential elections will face a runoff vote, the electoral commission said Monday, with neither able to secure the 50 per cent minimum share to win the first round. With nearly 90 per cent of votes counted, Guatemala’s electoral commission said the results were “practically definitive”. Centre-left candidate Sandra Torres, who […]
Serbia frees three captured Kosovo police officers: Kosovo PM By: AFP on June 27, 2023Serbia freed three Kosovo police officers taken into custody by its security forces earlier this month, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Monday, after a court ordered the trio’s release. The move follows weeks of soaring tensions between the two sides, after rioting in northern Kosovo saw more than 30 NATO peacekeepers injured in late […]
Myanmar junta says failing to halt surge in drug trafficking By: AFP on June 27, 2023Myanmar junta authorities said they torched almost half a billion dollars worth of illegal drugs on Monday but warned they were failing to stop a surge in the production and trafficking of narcotics. Head-high piles of heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine and opium were burned in the commercial hub Yangon, AFP reporters said, in an annual spectacle […]
Ukraine forces recapture new Russian-occupied settlement By: AFP on June 27, 2023Ukrainian forces have recaptured another formerly Russian-held settlement on the southern front between the two armies, the military said on Monday. “Defence forces returned Rivnopil under our control. Let’s push on,” Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar posted on Telegram, referring to a rural community in the Donetsk region. A separate video posted on Facebook showed […]
Gold Rate in Pakistan Today – 27 June 2023 By: Web Desk on June 27, 2023KARACHI: Gold Rate in Pakistan Today on 27 June 2023 is Rs. 211,000 per tola for 24-karat of the precious metal in the local bullion market. This is the Gold Price in Pakistan for 24-karat as per different sources in the local bullion market in Karachi or Multan. It is pertinent to mention that Gold Rates are usually the same throughout […]
Brain Drain By: Daily Times on June 27, 2023Brain drain and remittances play a contrasting role in shaping Pakistan’s economy as nothing short of a catch-22 situation. While the exodus of skilled individuals is deemed detrimental to any functioning state, ours is a country whose eyes are perpetually fixed upon the influx of remittances from blue-collar workers said to serve as a lifeline […]
Wagner Uprising By: Daily Times on June 27, 2023Coup in Russia may be over, but troubles for President Vladimir Putin are just beginning to unfold. A recent declaration by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary boss, for the so-called march for justice against the Russian Military leadership sent powerful shockwaves throughout the international community. The breezy attempt that lasted only 24 hours ago was severely […]