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Pakistan parliament elects Shehbaz Sharif as PM, Imran Khan MPs…

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan resigned on Monday, creating a headache for the new, Western-friendly incumbent Shehbaz Sharif as he tries to drag his country out of political and economic crisis. Parliament's election of Sharif, 70, as prime minister on

Pakistan’s embattled PM Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political opposition ousted the country’s embattled prime minister in a no–confidence vote early Sunday, which they

Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, has died…

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the top US diplomat, passed away on Wednesday at the age of

China Eastern Airlines
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

BEIJING (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi

Joe Biden vs Xi JInping
In video call, Biden presses China’s Xi on Russia support

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping spoke

Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian invasion of Ukraine (photo feature)

Russian invasion of Ukraine continue for nearly three weeks. A large number of people and property have been lost. More

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after…

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the

Stock market
Stocks plunge, oil rockets, gold tops $2,000 on Ukraine fears

HONG KONG, March 7, 2022 (AFP) – Equity markets plunged Monday, while oil prices soared to a near 14-year high and

Ukrain gun down heli
Ukraine shares footage that appears to show a Russian helicopter…

Footage appears to show the moment a Russian gunship helicopter was shot down by a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) in