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Washington, Aug 12 (UNI) US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed a special counsel for the probe into Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, according to an Associated Press report. David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who had already been probing Hunter Biden’s financial dealings, was named by Garland as…
Quito, Aug 12 (UNI) A left-wing Ecuadorian opposition politician running for a parliamentary seat in the country’s National Assembly has come under an armed attack, Ecuadorian media report. Estefany Puente Castro was attacked in the city of Quevedo, in the Ecuadorian province of Los Rios, on August 10, while driving downtown in a car with…
Islamabad, Aug 12 (UNI) Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Saturday approved the appointment of Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as the caretaker prime minister, said a statement from the President House Media Wing. The president has given the approval in terms of Article 224(1A) of the Constitution of Pakistan, according to the statement. Earlier, Pakistani Prime Minister…
Manila, (UNI) The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by typhoon Doksuri climbed to 25, with at least 20 more people missing, the Philippines’ national disaster agency said on Monday. Many parts of the country remain underwater as heavy rain continues to pour even after Doksuri blew away from the Philippines last week. Typhoon…
Agencies, Boston Vice President Kamala Harris has shown a punchy side during a tour of nearly a dozen US states in recent weeks, attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for backing “revisionist history” about slavery, telling Iowa healthcare workers to rebel against the state’s new restrictive abortion laws and rallying Latinos in Chicago to fight “extremist”…
Rome (UNI) Wildfires raging in Southern Italy began to spread North on Friday as the country remained in the grips of bouts of record-setting severe weather. Much of the Southern island of Sicily had suffered from widespread wildfires in recent days, and on Friday similar blazes were reported to be spreading on the Italian mainland,…
Manila, (UNI) The death toll in the overcrowded passenger boat that capsized on Laguna de Bay off Rizal province on Thursday has climbed to 26, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. The PCG said the boat, which has a maximum capacity of 42, was carrying up to 70 people. The passengers were not…
Moscow, (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law on digital ruble in Russia — the third form of the national currency. The relevant document is published on the official legal information portal. The document introduces the basic concepts necessary for the introduction of the digital ruble. The Bank of Russia Board of…
