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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda reiterates 'won't give up to power'
Addressing a group of Provincial council members of his party, Rajapaksa said: "Don't be afraid I would not give up." Provincial Council (PC) system was a result of the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord signed in July 1987, between India's former PM Rajiv Gandhi and Lanka President J.R. Jayewardene to resolve country's civil war between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil rebels.
Nawaz likely to return after Eid to face court
"If not arrested upon arrival, Nawaz will most likely lead the rallies planned by the PML-N [to counter the PTI gatherings]," The Express Tribune quoted Latif as saying. "These rallies were supposed to be led by PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz from May 6," he said Dispelling rumours about Maryam trying to flee the country, the minister said she would return if she was allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia as she had to lead the PML-N rallies.
Shehbaz Sharif, Bill Gates discuss public health, social programmes in Pakistan
The prime minister underscored that Pakistan deeply values its cooperation with the Gates foundation in polio eradication and improving immunisation, nutrition, and financial inclusion services in the country, the office said in a statement on Tuesday night. He reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to further solidifying its fruitful partnership with the foundation in all the ongoing areas of work,
Harvard says it is built on human subjugation, perpetuating profoundly immoral slavery practices
In a letter to the Harvard community, the University President Lawrence Bacow made public a detailed report, "Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery," aiming "to uncover truth..(and) embrace it even when it makes us uncomfortable or causes us pain".
US State Department approves ammunition sale to Ukraine
The decision to sell nearly $165 million worth of "non-standard" Soviet-era ammunition was made after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken "has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale to Ukraine" of ammunition, including grenade launchers, mortars and D-20 cannons, the statement said on Tuesday.
Disasters are rapidly increasing due to climate change, human behaviour: UN report)
The number of medium- to large-scale disaster events is projected to reach 560 a year, or 1.5 disasters a day, by 2030 if the current trends continue, according to the Global Assessment Report released by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Putin agrees to involvement of UN, ICRC in civilian evacuation from Azovstal: UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a tete-a-tete in Moscow with Putin, said Stephane Dujarric, Guterres' spokesman, in a release of the meeting, on Tuesday. Guterres reiterated the position of the UN on Ukraine, and they discussed the proposals for humanitarian assistance and evacuation of civilians in relation to the situation in Mariupol, said the release.
Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid as US struggles for normalcy
Her Spokesperson Kirsten Allen said on Tuesday that Harris has tested positive for the disease but has shown no symptoms and will isolate herself in the Vice-President's official residence, the Naval Observatory. She had the initial two doses of Covid-19 vaccine and followed it up with a booster dose.
Sri Lankan PM reiterates 'won't give up power'
Addressing a group of Provincial council members of his party, Rajapaksa on Tuesday said, "Don't be afraid I would not give up." Provincial Council (PC) system was a result of the India-Sri Lanka Peace Accord signed in July 1987 between India's former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and then Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene to resolve country's civil war between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil rebels.
Covid-19 pandemic not over yet: WHO
Last week, just more than 15,000 coronavirus-related deaths were reported to the WHO, the lowest weekly total since March 2020, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing on Tuesday. However, the encouraging trend should be interpreted with caution, as many countries have scaled back on testing, and as a result "the WHO is receiving less and less information about transmission and sequencing," he said.
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