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Sri Lanka seeks USD 1 billion loan from India-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is negotiating a USD one billion loan from India to import goods from the country, ...

Covid-19 cases rose by more than 50 per cent last week, deaths stable: WHO
WHO said the extremely contagious omicron variant continues to define the pandemic globally and is now crowding out the previously ...

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks ‘peace’ with India-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is willing to make peace with immediate neighbours, including India, under its first-ever National Security Policy ...

For victims, Syria torture trial is 1st step toward justice-
By PTI BERLIN: Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a ...

Sri Lanka to return Indian prisoners under SAARC prisoner exchange agreement-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will hand over two Indian prisoners, who have been serving life imprisonment in the island ...

Kazakhstan detains nearly 1,700 more after violent unrest-
By PTI MOSCOW: Kazakh authorities said Wednesday they detained 1,678 more people in the past 24 hours over their alleged ...

US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather-
By Associated Press Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to grab some items for ...

Once a near COVID-free utopia, Australia sees omicron surge-
By Associated Press SYDNEY: Like millions of others in the most locked-down place on the planet, Melbourne resident Rav Thomas ...

Frustrated with slow connection speed, Chinese man sets internet cables on fire-
By AFP BEIJING: A man in China has been sentenced to seven years in jail for setting internet equipment ablaze ...