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Australia polls: Stage set for two-way contest
Australian Parliament has two Houses -- House of Representatives (Lower House) and Senate (Upper House). The maximum term of House of Representatives is three years. Of the 151 seats, a party has to win at least 76 seats to capture power. A strong 17.2 million electorate are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polling which will begin at 8.00 a.m. and conclude at 6.00 p.m.
Iranian FM says agreement in Vienna talks within reach if US acts 'logically'
Amir Abdollahian made the remarks on Thursday in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, calling on the other sides in the Vienna talks to put forward their initiatives to this end, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.
Russia continues to expel European diplomats
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Portuguese ambassador to Russia and protested against the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats from Portugal, Xinhua news agency reported. The five Portuguese diplomats were declared "personae non gratae" and must leave Russia within 14 days. On the same day, Russia also demanded the Slovenian embassy in Moscow reduce its diplomatic staff by four people, about 40 per cent of the total number, within 10 days.
Maryam Nawaz says PML-N should quit govt and go for fresh polls
Addressing a public gathering in Sargodha, Maryam said that her proposal may make people wonder why PML-N took to the government for only one month. She supplied the answer by saying that Imran Khan had plans for ruling for ten years by rigging the next elections and the PML-N had thwarted those plans by assuming power.
Bilawal Bhutto defends Imran Khan's Russia visit
During a press conference in New York, the foreign minister was asked about the incumbent government's policy on the "wave of disappointment in the US and Europe for not condemning Russian invasion in Ukraine". "I absolutely would defend the former prime minister of Pakistan," he replied, adding that Pakistan's Prime Minister had conducted the trip as part of his foreign policy "without knowing the conflict would start".
Taliban order Afghanistan's female TV presenters to cover their faces
Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto. The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment. Restrictions are being tightened on women -- they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls, BBC reported.
Sri Lanka defaults on debt for first time in its history
It comes after a 30-day grace period to come up with $78m of unpaid debt interest payments expired on Wednesday. The governor of the South Asian nation's central bank said the country was now in a "pre-emptive default". Later on Thursday, two of the world's biggest credit rating agencies also said Sri Lanka had defaulted. Defaults happen when governments are unable to meet some or all of their debt payments to creditors
Monkeypox spreading fast in Europe, North America: Top 10 facts about the new virus
Monkeypox is mostly being reported in young men and originates in wild animals like rodents and primates. The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring this new outbreak in coordination with health officials. Human cases of the virus, so far, have been reported in countries like the USA, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom and Italy. Until now the cases of this virus were rarely registered outside Africa. Here are 10 facts related to this new virus.
First lady Kim to briefly meet Biden
Biden is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Friday for a three-day visit in the first leg of his first trip to Asia that will also take him to Japan next week. First lady Jill Biden is not traveling together with him, Yonhap news agency reported. Under a diplomatic protocol, it may be inappropriate for Kim to accompany Yoon because the US first lady is not accompanying Biden.
Bilawal accuses previous Imran Khan govt of not fighting terrorism
"Unfortunately, despite having this plan being on consensus, it hasn't been owned and implemented in the way it should have been by the previous government," he said at a news conference here on Thursday. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he asserted, will fight terrorism.
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