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Massive outages reported as snowstorm hits US
Power outages took place in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont due to the heavy snow, Xinhua news agency reported. In New York State, more than 195,000 people were reported without power on Tuesday, according to the local government.
Well placed Pakistanis in danger of being labeled abroad as serial sex offenders
Condemnably, British MP of Pakistani descent, had been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who is half Pakistani and half English, though denied assaulting the teenager following a party at the victim's family home, a spokesman for the Conservative party disclosed that Imran has been expelled from the party with immediate effect. His lawyer, of course, said he planned to appeal. He is thought to be the first sitting MP convicted of child sex offences.
Ukraine Prez proposes to extend martial law again
According to a report released by The Kyiv Independent, if lawmakers pass the bill submitted on Tuesday, the martial law will be extended for two months, until June 24.
Will Pak President Arif Alvi be impeached for not performing his constitutional duties?
Earlier Alvi also took "sick" leave just hours before Sharif's scheduled oath taking ceremony as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Ultimately, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani discharged the obligatory presidential duties. The Pakistani Senate Chairman also administered the oath to 34 ministers on Tuesday. With the second time the Pakistani president Alvi's opting out of his constitutional duties has been creating a constitutional crisis with the new premier Shahbaz Sharif.
World Bank says 34% Pakistanis living on just $3.2 a day income
The Pakistan Development Update -- the biannual report issued by the Washington-based lender -- also said that soaring inflation disproportionately affected poor and vulnerable households that spend a relatively larger share of their budget on food and energy. The poor spend around 50 per cent of their total consumption on food items, the World Bank said.
PML-N plans impeachment of Pak President Alvi
The possibility of impeachment was first raised by Pak Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and then elaborated by Senator Afnanullah Khan. Aurangzeb said that Alvi must know that he is the president of Pakistan and not the PTI. "If he wants to indulge in politics, he must leave the office of the president," she said at her press conference. Under the Constitution of Pakistan, the president could be impeached only by the two-thirds majority of the joint session of the National Assembly and Senate.
Ukraine, Russia conduct fifth prisoner exchange
As a result of the swap, 76 Ukrainian prisoners-of-war, including 16 civilians, returned home following their release by Russian forces, Vereshchuk wrote on Telegram, Xinhua news agency reported. Of the 60 Ukrainian military personnel released, 10 were officers, she said. However, she gave no details on how many Russian captives were exchanged during the swap.
2nd phase of special military operation begins in Ukraine: Russia
As per media reports, the operation in eastern Ukraine is aimed at "completely liberating" the populations of Donetsk and Lugansk, Lavrov said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
N.Korea's massive military parade seems imminent, suggests satellite imagery
The area is known as the secretive North's traditional parade training venue with the replica of Kim Il Sung Square, where such an event highlighted by goose-stepping soldiers and a show of major weapon systems is actually staged. The satellite imagery was taken on Sunday, a week before the North celebrates the 90th founding anniversary of the North Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA), the anti-Japanese guerrilla force.
UAE summons Israeli ambassador to protest events at Al-Aqsa Mosque
The UAE protested the "attacks on civilians and incursions into holy places that resulted in the injury of a number of civilians," the statement was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. Al Hashimy stressed the need to immediately stop these events, provide full protection for worshipers, respect the right of Palestinians to practice their religious rites, and halt any practices that violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, it added.
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