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Russia Says Wants ‘Mutually Respectful’ Ties With US, Denies Being Threat to Ukraine

[ad_1] Russia said Sunday it wants “mutually respectful” relations with the United States and denied posing a threat to Ukraine, as the UK said it was preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow. Tensions have soared between Moscow and Washington after Western governments accused Russia of amassing tens of thousands of troops on its border with ex-Soviet […]

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Pakistan Gunmen Kill Christian Priest Who Was Returning Home from Mass

[ad_1] Gunmen shot dead a Christian priest and wounded his colleague in an ambush in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said. The unknown attackers opened fire on a car carrying the cleric, William Siraj, and his colleague home from church in the city’s Chamkani area, police officer Haroon Khan told Reuters. No

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Cash-strapped Pakistan Looks to Secure USD 3-billion Loan from China

[ad_1] Cash-trapped Pakistan is looking to secure a USD 3-billion (PKR 529 billion) loan from China and investments in half a dozen sectors during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Beijing next week, according to a media report on Sunday. Khan will visit the Chinese capital on February 3 to attend the opening of the

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Britain Considering Major NATO Deployment Amid Ukraine Crisis

[ad_1] Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe’s borders in response to Russia massing troops on the border with Ukraine, the government said on Saturday. Britain has said that any Russian incursion into Ukraine would be met with swift sanctions and would be devastating for both

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UK Expands Covid-19 Vaccines to At-risk 5 to 11-year-old Children

[ad_1] The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) on Sunday expanded its COVID-19 vaccination programme to cover vulnerable children aged five to 11 years. Eligible children include those with diabetes, immunosuppression, learning disabilities, and other serious conditions that place them at a high risk from COVID-19. NHS England said nearly 500,000 eligible children in England are

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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Hits East US as Blinding Snow, Winds Trigger Power Outages, Affect Travel

[ad_1] Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern United States on Saturday, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. Major cities like New York and Boston bore the brunt of the blizzard, which the National Weather

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H1-B Visa Registration for FY 2023 to Start from March 1: USCIS

[ad_1] The registration for the much sought-after H-1B visa for the fiscal year 2023 will begin from March 1 and the successful applicants will be randomly selected and notified online by March 31, according to the US federal immigration agency. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers

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Israeli President Herzog Visits the UAE for the First Time Amid Regional Tensions

[ad_1] Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday on the first such visit, his office said, seeking to strengthen Gulf ties at a time of heightened regional tension as world powers try to revive a nuclear deal with Iran. The UAE, along with Bahrain, signed U.S.-brokered normalisation agreements with Israel,

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Pregnant Woman Denied Re-entry to New Zealand Offered Refuge by Taliban

[ad_1] A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. “This just feels like such a breach of trust,” Charlotte Bellis told Radio New Zealand on Sunday from Kabul. Bellis had been working for Al

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