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Liz Truss in danger of becoming shortest-serving UK Prime Minister
The current incumbent of 10 Downing Street Liz Truss, who has been in post for only 39 days, appears to be increasingly in danger of being ousted by her Conservative party MPs, unless there's a dramatic turnaround in her fortunes over the next few days.
Jeremy Hunt appointed UK's new Chancellor after Kwasi Kwarteng sacked
The former Foreign Secretary and Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt will be the fourth Chancellor this year, the Guardian reported. Kwarteng has confirmed he was asked "to stand aside" as Chancellor. In a letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss, Kwarteng wrote: "You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor. I have accepted."
Lucy spacecraft set to swing by Earth to reach Jupiter asteroids
The Trojan asteroids are trapped in orbits around the Sun at the same distance as Jupiter, either far ahead of or behind the giant planet. Lucy is currently one year into a 12-year voyage and this gravity assist will place it on a new trajectory for a two-year orbit, at which time it will return to Earth for a second gravity assist, NASA said in a statement.
Pakistan govt will hang Imran upside down if he launches long march: Minister
"Imran Khan doesn't know what the government is planning to do with him this time around," Geo News quoted the Interior Minister as saying. Hestressed that the government cannot guarantee the safety of anyone's life in the face of a charged mob. "How will the government be able to guarantee the safety of anyone's life when an armed and charged mob attacks the federal capital?"
Pakistan not mentioned in US National Security Strategy 2022
The 48-page document does mention terrorism and other geo-strategic threats in the South and Central Asian region, but unlike the recent past, it does not name Pakistan as an ally needed to tackle those threats, Dawn news reported. Pakistan was also absent from the 2021 strategy paper.
WATCH | Man abuses Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at Washington airport
In a video that has gone viral on social media, the man is seen mistreating and hurling abuses at the Minister, Geo News reported. However, a person accompanying Dar responded, after which the man seemed to have stopped. Dar is currently in the US to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
Nancy Pelosi 'wanted to punch Trump' if he came to Capitol Hill
A new footage of the Speaker on the day of the riot shot by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi, a documentary filmmaker, showed an enraged Nancy Pelosi at the invasion on Capitol Hill's saying: "If he (Trump) comes, I'm going to punch him out". "I've been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I'm going to punch him out and I'm going to go to jail and I'm going to be happy," she said.
Pak has dismal record on minorities' condition: Meenakshi Lekhi
While addressing the Conference of Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) at Astana -- the capital of Kazakhstan, Lekhi also accused Pakistan of misusing the platform to propagate false and malicious propaganda against India and distracting from the theme and focus of discussions and cooperation among the member states. India is one of the founding members of CICA.
New York Attorney General moves court to block Trump from moving assets out of Manhattan
The Attorney General's office wants to block the Trump Organization from transferring assets to any entities without court approval because it felt that the same day that it announced its $250 million lawsuit against the former President and his company, the Trump Organization incorporated a new entity in Delaware, Trump Organization II LLC.
Colombian illegal immigrants targeting Indians in US arrested: Police
In Hicksville and New Hyde Park, the gang of four would pretend to be public utility workers and follow Indians to their homes to rob them, police in Nassau County adjoining New York City on Long Island said on Wednesday. Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a news conference: "They would watch those coming out of the Patel store or the jewellery store or getting their nails done. They follow them to their residence" and rob them.
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