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Imran Khan in controversy over selling 'gifted necklace'
According to the 24News HD TV channel, Pakistan's top inquiry agency has started an investigation into the sale of a gift necklace belonging to the 'Toshakhana' (state gift repository). The report said that the necklace was sold to a jeweller in Lahore for Rs 180 million through Zulfi Bukhari, one of the closest aides of former premier Imran Khan.
Manhunt on for the mystery assailant in New York mass shooting
Police Commissioner Keetchan Sewell said on Tuesday that terrorism was not being pursued for the moment as the motive, although nothing has been ruled out. Officials from the city and the federal government investigating the morning shooting which seemed to be meticulously planned were puzzled by what triggered the attack. A shooting or other mayhem with mass casualties is usually not considered by authorities as terrorism unless motivated by a definite political, religious or race agenda.
LA authorities on high alert after NYC subway shooting
While noting there had been no credible threats to the Metro system which was operating normal service, the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) said in a statement that it is "on heightened alert and is working with its security partners at the local, state and national levels to monitor threat levels and share information."
India supplies 11,000 MT of rice to Sri Lanka ahead of national new year
Having delivered 5000 MT over the last few days, Tuesday's consignment is a part of total 40,000 MT to be imported by the State Trading Corporation from India under the Credit Facility Agreement which was signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the State Bank of India on March 17, 2022.
Ukraine's position at talks with Russia unchanged: chief negotiator
The only difference is that the Ukrainian side does not take into account all the additional issues that were not included in the Istanbul Communique. This may have led to a misinterpretation of the current state of the negotiation process, he was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Inaugural consignment under Quad's Vaccine Partnership delivered to Cambodia
Indian Ambassador Devyani Khobragade, along with representatives from the Embassies of Australia, Japan and US to Cambodia, jointly handed over a consignment of 325,000 doses of made in India Covishield vaccines to Prime Minister, Hun Sen, at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh.
10 injured in mass shooting in New York train
She said that the attack was not being investigated as a terrorist attack, although nothing was ruled out. A total of 16 people were injured in the incident, six of them from shrapnel, smoke inhalation or other causes, officials said. Five of the gunshot victims were in critical condition, but miraculously there were no deaths reported.
Pak PM highlights financial upliftment, better global relations & institutional harmony
The recent days have been historical as Imran Khan's designation changed from being a sitting PM of Pakistan to a former PM, forced to succumb to the majority opposition against him, adamant to remove him from power through a first successful no-confidence vote in the country's decades long history. Imran Khan claims that his government was ousted through an international conspiracy, and the opposition parties had sold their souls.
Talks with Ukraine have reached a dead end: Putin
In a rare public appearance alongside his Belarus counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin dismissed the discovery of dead bodies lying in the streets in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as "fake", the BBC reported. He insisted that Russian military's goals in Ukraine are "noble". The Russian President said talks with Ukraine had derailed because the Ukrainian side had made "fake claims" about war crimes and extra demands for security guarantees.
Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak fined by Scotland Yard for breaking Covid rules
Johnson and Sunak are otherwise in the middle of a tense relationship after the tax affairs of the latter's wife, Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, became public. Such information is meant to be confidential at all times with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. A section of the British press has insinuated that Johnson's loyalists may have been behind the leak.
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