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New Delhi: Only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote on policy-related polls conducted by Twitter Inc, said newly-appointed CEO Elon Musk. The announcement was made on the same day users voted in a poll for Musk…

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KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyyon Tuesday visited an eastern city that is a focus of some of the most intense combat of Russia's nearly 10-month war, while Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the “courage and…

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PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Four bodies were recovered in the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday, the Thai navy chief said, following the sinking of a naval vessel two days ago. More than 70 survivors from the HTMS Sukhothaihave been hauled from the…

KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a huge fire which broke out when a gas cylinder exploded in Pakistan's restive Balochistanprovince, media reports said on Tuesday.The cylinder exploded while being refilled…

BANNU, PAKISTAN: Local schools were ordered shut on Tuesday out of fear of more kidnappings as a hostage situation at a police station taken over by jailed Pakistan Talibanfighters dragged into its third day.More than 30 members of the…

JAKARTA: Southeast Asian politicians called Tuesday for the rescue of a boat carrying as many as 200 Rohingyarefugees including women and children stranded at sea for several weeks. Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily…

WASHINGTON: The IMF said Monday it had approved an economic monitoring program for Ukraine which could help Kyiv secure funding from donors, with the war-torn country needing more than $40 billion this year. The monitoring program "is…

BEIJING: Business is suddenly booming for China’s lemon farmers as citizens turn to natural remedies to fight a mounting wave of Covid infections. “The market is very much on fire,” said one farmer called Wen, who only gave his surname…