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Liz Cheney loses her lone Arizona seat to Trump-backed Hageman
This clearly demonstrated that Trump's fractured image by the Jan 6 panel hearings and the FBI raid at his Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida leading to reported seizure of classified documents had little impact on his supporters demonstrating his clear stranglehold on the Republican supporters and upping his chance for a rerun in 2024.
Who will be the next Army chief of Pakistan
Appointment of the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS) will be one of the biggest challenges for the current government as it will have to choose between four candidates, recommended by the military establishment. Sources within Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) have already hinted towards closed door discussions on the appointment by the end of August and possibly a final decision by the mid of September, 2022.
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24
Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Rajapaksa's cousin Udayanga Weeratunga, who appeared before an investigation into a procurement of MiG aircraft during the civil war against Tamil rebels, said that the former President would return to the country. Gotabaya was the powerful Defence Secretary during the last stages of war.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping: Sources
Since taking office in April, Sharif is yet to embark on a trip to China, something that is seen as very unusual given the fact that Beijing has been one of the top priority destinations for any new government set-up in Islamabad in the past. While many believe that the reason is due to the strict Covid-19 protocols being followed by Chinese government, the cause of the delay however may not only be limited to just the pandemic.
Russia says India can make a significant contribution to stabilise Afghanistan
Addressing the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security in the Russian capital on Tuesday, President Putin stated that the situation in the world is changing dynamically and the contours of multipolar world order are being formed. He emphasised that Russia is "actively and proactively" working together with "its allies, partners and like-minded people", to improve the existing mechanisms of international security and create new ones.
Pets must be isolated from people infected with monkeypox: WHO
According to Dr. Rosamund Lewis, WHO Technical Lead on monkeypox, the first human-to-dog transmission of the virus is new but not surprising, The Washington Post reported. "It has not been reported that dogs have been infected before. So, on a number of levels, this is new information. It's not surprising information, and it's something that we've been on the watch out for," Lewis was quoted as saying.
Nearly 14 million US kids infected with Covid
Almost 371,000 of these cases have been added in the past four weeks, Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying. Approximately 6.4 million reported cases have been added in 2022, it said. For the week ending August 11, almost 87,000 child Covid cases were reported. There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the AAP.
World's biggest cities face worst air quality: Report
The report, Air Quality and Health in Cities, released by HEI's State of Global Air Initiative, provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and global health effects for more than 7,000 cities around the world, focusing on two of the most harmful pollutants; fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Sri Lanka won't extend state of emergency
After the improvement of the situation Wickremesinghe sees no necessity to extend the measure, the presidential office said in a statement. The state of emergency gives broad powers to security forces to make arrests, reports dpa news agency. It has been in effect for a month and is officially due to end this Thursday.
Over half a million tonnes of grain exported from Ukraine: UN
Since Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN agreed to open the Black Sea route at the end of July, 36 passages have been approved, the UN said on Tuesday, adding that 21 ships left Ukraine for the Bosporus and 15 moved through the strait in the direction of the war-torn country. A total of 27 freighters were searched in Turkey as stipulated by the agreement, reports dpa news agency.
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