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Meta, Google put employees on ‘notice periods’ to find new role or leave
New Delhi, Sep 23: Facebook's parent company Meta and Google are reducing staff to cut costs amid the economic downturn, apparently putting some of them on traditional 30 to 60 days "lists" to find a new role within the company…
Zelensky calls for international tribunal to punish Russia’s invasion
United Nations, Sep 22 : Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for punishing Russia for invading his country and making it compensate for the damages it has caused.
Speaking to the UN General Assembly's high-level session…
US Fed delivers another big interest rate hike
Washington, Sep 22 : The US Federal Reserve announced another interest rate hike to fight inflation amidst growing concerns that the central bank could end up slowing down the economy.
The 0.75 hike was the fourth in 2022.
"We have…
Biden acknowledges geopolitical shifts, says will not seek new Cold War
United Nations, Sep 22 : US President Joe Biden has acknowledged that there are "shifting geopolitical trends" in relation to China, but said that the US does not seek conflict or want another cold war.
Speaking at the UN General…
Dengue kills 27 in Pak as disease spread intensifies
Islamabad, Sep 21 : Twenty-seven people have died of dengue in Pakistan's Sindh province as an outbreak of the water-borne disease continues to intensify across the country in the wake of the catastrophic floods, health authorities said on…
Tourists flock to Nagaland’s unique Longwa village shared by India and Myanmar
New Delhi, Sep 21: It may read straight from the pages of Ripley's Believe it Or not but it is true -- a remote village in north-eastern part of Nagaland falls both in India and Myanmar. Welcome to Longwa village whose residents enjoy…
Our world is in big trouble, says UN chief Guterres
United Nations, Sep 20 : "Our world is in big trouble".
With those explosive words, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on Tuesday listing the crisis upon crisis piled upon the…
Putin willing to end war in Ukraine, claims Erdogan
London, Sep 20 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he believes the Russian President is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a "significant step" will be made, media reports said.
Erdogan said his…
Trump, as President in 2018, threatened to prosecute political foes like Hilary, Comey
Washington, Sep 20 : Former US President Donald Trump had threatened to use his "presidential powers" to prosecute his political foes such as former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and FBI Director James Comey, who cleared her of any…
Father burns 12-year-old son to death in Karachi for not doing homework
Karachi, Sep 20 : A Pakistani man burnt his 12-year-old son to death at his apartment in Karachi after the boy could not answer questions about his schoolwork, it has been claimed, media reports said.
Shaheer Khan sustained severe burn…