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Attock Refinery celebrates Int’l Women’s Day

Islamabad - Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, at ARL Millar Park, M...

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The rise and fall of Dhaka muslin

Dhaka muslin: a fabled fabric from Bengal, prized worldwide, vanished quickly....

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EU retaliates with new tariffs on U.S. industrial and farm products

The European Union announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding t...

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Jobs Warning After Trump Tariffs Hit UK Steel and Aluminium Exports

The UK government said President Donald Trump’s actions were disappointing but did not retaliate, while Brussels threa...

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Meet the gurus who have managed Ghana’s finances since 1993

The Ministry of Finance is undoubtedly one of the most important Cabinet ministries, if not the most, that is tasked wit...

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Bwala: We’re Emptying LP, Obi Will Join APC

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, claimed on Wednesday that former Lab...

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Prince of Wales to visit British troops on Nato front line in Estonia

The British forces at Tapa are the UK’s largest permanent overseas deployment....

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PMQs watch live - Keir Starmer faces grilling over DWP benefit cut plans

PM Keir Starmer could face difficult questions on plans to cut billions from benefits. He may also be quizzed on Donald ...

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Empowered to Rise

On October 9, 2012, a van full of schoolgirls made its way through Swat’s narrow roads when gunmen stormed in....

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Treasury value for money unit targets asylum housing costs

Rachel Reeves set up the Office for Value for Money (OVfM) in October to "root out waste and inefficiency"....

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2025 budget offers hope to Ghanaians; ignore Minority’s theatrics – Omane Boamah

According to Dr Boamah, the Minority’s reaction to the budget is nothing more than political theatrics aimed at discre...

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Cong rakes up Adani-linked shell companies probe to attack govt during PM's Mauritius visit

The Congress has criticized the government for not investigating alleged money laundering activities by the Adani group,...

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Canadian pride surges amid Trump’s tariffs, sovereignty threats: poll

A new poll suggests Canadians' sense of national pride has surged in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs a...

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State runs major 'Zero Day' exercise to test how Ireland would deal with total loss of internet

The scenario, losely mirroring the plot of the recent Netflix drama Zero Day, was a concerted cyber attack with the loss...

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K-Electric proposes Rs4.84 per unit tariff cut

Karachi’s power consumers may soon receive significant relief as K-Electric (KE) has filed a petition with the Nationa...

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Wike slams Fubara for writing Rivers assembly

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara for w...

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BJP Sweeps 9 Of 10 Haryana Civic Bodies, Congress Draws Blank. Setback For Hooda On Home Turf

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday swept the civic polls on Haryana registering emphatic win in nine of the ten mun...

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Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, warns study

A man rides a bike through a flooded street in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 26, 2017. Picture taken August...

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Your View: Presidents trying to control the news nothing new in America

Opinion: Throughout history, chief executives have attempted to control where their message is concentrated and how it s...

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Goldberg: This is the greatest threat to free speech since the Red Scare

If legal residents can be grabbed for constitutionally protected actions, we live in a drastically different country now...

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Ukraine agrees to US-led ceasefire; Russia yet to weigh in

U.S. officials announced that Ukraine is ready to accept a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. In return, the United States ag...

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Britain needs welders – time for my nine-year-old son to step up

Your country needs you. And your mum and dad wouldn’t mind a new conservatory...

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Peter Obi will join us in APC - Bwala

The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said former presidential candidate, Pete...

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Former Inverness organist displayed indecent images on shelf at home

Iain McIntyre appeared before Sheriff Sara Matheson and pleaded guilty to possessing a total of 15 printed photos...

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New Brexit rules risk leaving ‘gaps on shelves’ in Northern Ireland by July

‘We are not Del Boy and Rodney,’ a business representative told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee....

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Most AAPI adults don’t support cutting agencies and want a focus on costs: new poll

New survey shows most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders want the government to concentrate more on...

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LIVE: Taoiseach set to meet Trump in the Oval Office as EU-US trade war ramps up

Micheál Martin will sit down with the US President for the highly anticipated meeting in the coming hours....

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House GOP narrowly passes spending bill, now heads to Senate

House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly passed a spending bill just days before the deadline of a government shutdown. The...

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Education Dept. slashes workforce; new tariffs roil US markets

President Donald Trump is planning to cut nearly 1,300 Department of Education employees, about half of its total staff,...

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Three key factors to the increase in military spending in Spain

Pedro Sánchez has set himself a new mission in Europe: to ensure that military spending does not incur unaffordable co...

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EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves, slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states

The EU measures will cover goods from the United States worth some $28 billion, and not just steel and aluminum products...

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American Opinion: Trump uses Democrats as stooges at Congress. When will the Dems learn some common sense?

From the editorial, "Democrats should open their eyes: One astute commentator noted Tuesday that the party cannot look t...

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Wes Streeting's senior aide 'flashed to girl, 13, then followed her'

The mother of the girl says she has been left 'scared' to leave the house...

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PMQs LIVE: Kemi Badenoch to skewer Keir Starmer in Commons clash

Follow our live blog for the latest updates on Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons....

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NPP’s ‘we never implemented Betting Tax’ comment sparks massive outrage online

Dr Mohammed Amin Adam is the former Minister of Finance Social media users have heavily descended on members of the New ...

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The EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states

The European Union announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products....

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Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces retirement from politics

The MSP for Glasgow Southside said it was “far from easy” to make the decision not to seek re-election next year....

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Critics back down and withdraw amendments calling for a term limit on Junqueras

New National Left, the alternative candidate to Oriol Junqueras, has reversed course and decided to withdraw the amendme...

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LP Caretaker Committee Joins SDP Leaders To Welcome El-Rufai

The Chairperson of the Labour Party (LP) Caretaker Committee, Nenadi Usman, has described the defection of former Kaduna...

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Araqchi Confirms Report on Trump’s Letter to Iran

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed the report from Tasnim that a regional country is g...

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Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs on Canada are now in effect

New U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum went into effect Wednesday as a trade war between the two North American...

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Crackdown on immigration sanctuaries, food shelf funding on Minnesota lawmakers’ agenda

The Minnesota State Capitol will be busy on Wednesday, with two high-profile issues on the table....

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Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari clash over ‘TMC Muslim MLAs to be thrown out’ remark

BJP MLAs walked out of the West Bengal Assembly in protest against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accusation of the BJ...

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Letters to the editor: Boulder needs a performing arts center; for my husband, the public servant; geoengineering is no solution

Your nationally award-winning Boulder Concert Band recently participated in a community band festival in Denver, where w...

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Gyampo who could WhatsApp Akufo-Addo and Bawumia directly, now taking appointment from NDC

According to GhanaWeb, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, who serves as the Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Te...

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Guest opinion: Robert Hart, Kerry Emanuel and Lance Bosart: We need NOAA now more than ever

The recent seemingly arbitrary and capricious reductions to NOAA are seriously jeopardizing the future of the country an...

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Guest opinion: Jen McCaleb: Boulder ‘progressivism’ is pro-development

The future of Boulder is at stake. Do you want a future more akin to a large metro area or the Boulder you moved here fo...

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A failing response to bird flu is hurting farmers and consumers

At a time when public health efforts should be strengthened, the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts are und...