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BSS :He was Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss would unleash a full-scale war on Ukraine.Speaking to AFP in a video interview,...
BSS/AFP :A state-of-the-art port in Istanbul with an underground terminal, a celebrity chef’s restaurant and a shopping centre, welcomes yet another 5,000-passenger cruise ship, bringing more cash to Turkiye’s struggling tourism industry.Hit hard by...
BSS/AFP :Nearly 40 people taken hostage in a mass kidnapping in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince were freed on Saturday, one day after they were abducted by a gang, a transporters’ union announced.“The passengers who had...
BSS :A Norwegian climber is on track to beat the time record for summiting the globe’s 14 highest peaks, part of her quest to change how the mountaineering world views women athletes.Kristin Harila has...
BSS/AFP :A volcano in the Philippines spewed a huge column of ash into the sky on Sunday, blanketing a region still recovering from last week’s eruption.The blast from Bulusan volcano lasted 18 minutes, the...
BSS :Bolivian ex-President Jeanine Anez was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday over an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales. Anez will serve 10 years in a women’s prison in...
BSS :Israeli citizens will be allowed to travel to Qatar to watch football’s 2022 World Cup, despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the government said.World football’s governing body “FIFA has...
Agency :The opposition parties Friday rejected the budget, criticising it for having “no direction” which would lead to “more unemployment” in the country.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan termed the budget anti-people and anti-business,...
BSS/AFP :Russia and China on Friday unveiled the first road bridge between the two countries as Moscow pivots to Asia amid its confrontation with the West over Ukraine.The kilometre-long bridge over the Amur River...
BSS/AFP :A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life “Great Escape” from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York. The final sum for the...
BSS :Six people including five security personnel have been confirmed dead as a blast struck a vehicle in Spin Boldak area of the southern Kandahar province on Thursday, police said Friday.Confirming the deadly attack,...
BSS :Fifteen people were killed and 37 injured Friday when a bus and a truck collided on a South African highway near the capital Pretoria, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.“The death toll is...