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Nepal’s former chief justice, Sushila Karki, is likely to be appointed as interim prime minister, a source aware of the talks told Reuters on Friday, after intense anti-graft protests led to the resignation of K.P. Sharma Oli. The Himalayan nation’s worst upheavel in years, which killed 34 people this week and injured more than 1,300 … Read more
The 70-year-old former Brazilian president was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a failed coup.
TORONTO: The new biopic ‘Swiped,’ starring British actor Lily James as dating app Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, takes the audience back to Silicon Valley in the early 2010s, before swiping left or right had anything to do with match-making. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the film follows Wolfe Herd’s journey through a male-dominated tech … Read more
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court (AJKSC) Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram Khan on Thursday expressed solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for their unparalleled sacrifices in the struggle for self-determination. The chief justice was addressing the opening ceremony of AJKSC golden jubilee celebrations in Muzaffarabad on Thursday. … Read more
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to India said on Thursday that Washington and New Delhi are “not that far apart” on tariffs at a hearing in which he and Trump’s fellow Republicans described warm bilateral ties despite recent tensions. In a highly unusual move, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a … Read more
All around Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands and host of a regional summit, are not-so-subtle hints of donor nations competing for hearts and minds.
LOS ANGELES: When Adam Scott filmed ‘Severance’ for Apple TV+, he and fellow cast members were unsure how viewers would respond to a streaming series built around brain chips, a room full of goats and waffle parties. The psychological thriller, the most-nominated show at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, tells the story of office workers who undergo … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar on Thursday cautioned prominent rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir that she could face contempt proceedings over allegedly referring to him as a “dictator”. The verbal altercation took place during the hearing of a petition to remove Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrung Baloch’s name … Read more
The foreign policy successes of Keir Starmer of Britain, Emmanuel Macron of France and Friedrich Merz of Germany are in contrast with their dismal domestic performances.
[Last week’s immigration operation at a battery plant highlighted a tactic that companies use to bring in foreign workers to establish new operations.
