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Pakistan PM offers India to resolve 'burning issues' through talks
In an interview to Al-Arabiya television, Sharif offered his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sit together and resolve issues including Kashmir. "My message to the Indian leadership and Prime Minister Modi is that let us sit down on the table and have serious and sincere talks to resolve our burning issues
Seoul foreign ministry seeks to defuse controversy over Yoon's Iran remark
While speaking to South Korean troops in the UAE earlier this week during his state visit there, Yoon compared the UAE-Iran relations to that of South and North Koreas, and said the UAE's "enemy and biggest threat is Iran." In response, the Iranian foreign ministry said it was "looking into and pursuing the meddling comments" by Yoon,
Indian-American sworn-in as Oakland City Council member
Ramachandran, 30, became the first Oakland City Council candidate to declare her victory in the November 8 mid-term election where she edged past her opponent Nenna Joiner by winning 18,874 in total. "Immensely grateful for all those who believed in me, and helped build our movement. Honoured to have my loved ones by my side as I took the ceremonial oath! Let's get to work," Ramachandran, who took oath in a saree last week, tweeted.
S.Korea-Japan ties on improvement trend after 'deep ordeal': Yoon
"Relations between South Korea and Japan went through the most difficult and deepest ordeal for the past few years, but they are showing a clear trend of improvement recently," Yoon said in the message, read by First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, at a joint Seoul conference of the two countries' private panels
UK teachers, nurses to strike further over pay disputes
The planned strikes follow walkouts in December and January. "We are doing this in a desperate bid to get ministers to rescue the NHS. The only credible solution is to address the tens of thousands of unfilled jobs -- patient care is suffering like never before," RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen said on Monday.
More rain, snow hit California as storm continues
A series of winter storms have battered California for weeks, causing mudslides, widespread flooding and damage, Xinhua news agency reported. At least 19 deaths have been reported in the state in the past two weeks of storms, many from drowning and fallen trees.
Six killed in shooting in California
Two of the victims of the shooting in Goshen, Tulare County, are a 17-year-old mother and a six-month-old baby, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a central California-based KFSN-TV's report. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office said in a release posted on its Facebook page that deputies were called to a home in the 6800
China's Covid death data underestimate true toll: Report
While the number swamps the few dozen deaths previously recorded in the official tally - which drew widespread criticism both at home and abroad, including from the World Health Organization (WHO) - experts say it's still likely to be an underestimate given the enormous scale of the outbreak and the mortality rates seen at the height of omicron waves in other countries that initially pursued a Covid Zero strategy.
China promises 'some good news' on Sri Lanka's debt restricting
Responding to a query on China's assistance to Sri Lanka's debt restructuring, Chen Zhou has said: "Several Ministries and financial institutes of China are working closely on this issue for quite a long period. I'm confident that Sri Lanka will have good news very soon."
PML-N looks to formulate counter Imran Khan narrative
After Imran Khan announced dissolution of the country's largest province, Punjab's provincial assembly, which is being followed by upcoming dissolution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial assembly; Imran Khan's narrative of now bowing down to the pressure of the country's powerful military establishment, coupled with the popular US-led regime change narrative has helped the party's strong political penetration within the Punjab province and has badly hurt the PML-N's position.
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