Police officers work at the scene where several people were injured after a series of loud bangs that indicated gunfire, according to police, at Vaksala Square in Uppsala, Sweden, April 29, 2025. Reuters UPPSALA: Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Police said …
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A representational image shows a police tape at a crime scene. — AFP/File In a shocking incident, an unidentified man was lynched by a mob for allegedly shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans during a local cricket match in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Home Minister G Parameshwara confirmed on Tuesday. According to an Indian media report, the horrific incident took …
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People walk along a shopping street without electric lighting as police cars patrol to prevent theft and looting in the stores during a power outage which hit large parts of Spain, in Ronda, Spain April 28, 2025. — Reuters MADRID: Spanish electricity grid operator REE REDE.MC said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of …
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This representational image shows firefighters outside a building. — AFP/File A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people and injured three on Tuesday, Beijing’s state media said, with footage posted online showing fierce flames engulfing the building. The blaze erupted at lunchtime in Liaoyang City, about 580 kilometres (360 miles) northeast of the capital Beijing, according to Chinese broadcaster …
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Photo collage shows Canada’s Liberal Party candidates Iqra Khalid and Salma Zahid. — iqrakhalid.liberal.ca/Facebook/Salma Zahid Two women of Pakistani origin, Iqra Khalid and Salma Zahid, have been re-elected to Canada’s Parliament, marking a proud achievement for the Pakistani diaspora and highlighting the growing contributions of Pakistani-Canadians to Canadian public life. Liberal incumbent Iqra Khalid secured her fourth consecutive term from …
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People walk on the dry patch of the Indus River, in Jamshoro, Pakistan March 15, 2025. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: Modi government’s plan to stop water flows to Pakistan has been termed as an exercise in futility by a prominent Indian water expert, warning that abrogating the Indus Waters Treaty would do little beyond deepening bitterness between the two nations, The News …
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In a shocking incident reflecting the growing chaos within the Indian Army, two units reportedly opened fire on each other along the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the deaths of five Sikh soldiers. According to sources, the incident occurred on the night between April 25 and 26 in the Japala Bridge area of the Baramulla sector in Indian-occupied Kashmir. …
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People board a metro train as metro operations resume partially, after power begins to return following a huge outage that hit Spain and Portugal, in Madrid, Spain April 29, 2025. — Reuters Authorities try to establish what caused outage. Public transport has been brought to halt. Supply restored to some places of country. MADRID/LISBON: Power started returning to parts of …
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A mountaineer holds on to the rope during an ice climbing session at Everest base camp, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. —Reuters KATHMANDU: Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing overcrowding and improving …
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Smoke rises from a factory in front of Mount Fuji during the sunset at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan, on January 16, 2017. —Reuters WARSAW: Finland supports a European Union target to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, the country’s state secretary for climate told Reuters, as governments prepare for tough negotiations on the EU’s …
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