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Russian senators adopt ‘extremist’ bill that would bar critics from polls

The upper house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed legislation that is expected to be used to ban allies…

3 years ago
  • Lahore
  • Pakistan

Robbers take away Rs 1 million from Sundar superstore

  LAHORE: Six unidentified robbers took away Rs 1 million from a superstore in Sundar, Lahore, late on Tuesday. The…

3 years ago
  • World

Biden vows to ‘fill the silence’ over 1921 massacre of African Americans

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday honored the forgotten victims of a 1921 massacre in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma,…

3 years ago
  • World

Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed thousands of lives in his impoverished district of Mexico City, but Edgar Alonso is still…

3 years ago
  • World

The Malaysian schoolgirl using TikTok to challenge school abuse

Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam's unexpected rise from anonymous pupil to national leader against school harassment began with a…

3 years ago
  • World

Families appeal for aid freeing kidnapped Nigerian schoolkids

Relatives of scores of schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from an Islamic seminary over the weekend have appealed to the government…

3 years ago
  • World

Transgender woman battles for ‘dignity’ in conservative Egypt

Farida Ramadan, a transgender woman, overcame major hurdles to transition in conservative Egypt, but she is still fighting for her…

3 years ago
  • Sports

I’m available to bat at No. 5: Shoaib Malik

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik was hopeful of being part of the national squad for the T20 World Cup…

3 years ago
  • Health
  • Pakistan
  • Punjab

COVID-19 claims 45 more lives, 447 new cases of coronavirus reported in Punjab on Wednesday

LAHORE: In wake of COVID-19’s third wave in the country, as many as 447 new cases of coronavirus were reported…

3 years ago
  • Islamabad
  • Pakistan

Govt to provide ‘maximum relief’ to poor in budget, focus on job creation: Usman Dar

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar Wednesday said that the government would provide maximum relief…

3 years ago