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Bank of Ireland ‘using Covid as excuse to close 100 branches’

Bank of Ireland has been accused of using the pandemic as an excuse to cut costs by closing 103 branches across the

Paul Bond of SBM Offshore is fourth executive jailed over bribes for Iraq oil contracts

A fourth oil executive has been jailed for paying bribes to win a lucrative contract in Iraq in the latest chapter of a fraught

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 6, 2015, photo, U.S. engineers chat in front of Afghanistan's new Defense Ministry building, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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Report: US Wasted Billions of Dollars on Afghan Rebuilding Projects

The United States has spent billions of American taxpayer dollars on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that were either not needed or not wanted by authorities in the war-torn country, a new report says. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has documented the massive waste in a report submitted to U.S. lawmakers Monday. The agency evaluated

Japanese Coast Guard vessel and rubber boats, rear and right, sail alongside activists' boat, center with a flag, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan, early Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen have sailed to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China. They were closely monitored by Japan’s Coast Guard, but there were no Chinese patrols in the area and no incidents were reported. (AP Photo/Emily Wang)

China urges Japan not to "complicate" situation over disputed islands

China on Monday urged Japan not to take "dangerous actions that may complicate" the situation surrounding the Beijing-claimed, Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea, reiterating they

Landmine blast kills 2 children in NW Pakistan: police

ISLAMABAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- A landmine blast has killed two children in Pakistan's northwest tribal

Hopes of travel to a foreign country are back with Europe’s vaccine passport plan

Ireland is to take part in discussions on proposals by the EU to create a coronavirus vaccine passport which it is hoped could allow people travel for a holiday or work, it emerged last night. EU President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday the EU-wide ‘Digital Green Pass’ would

Lebanese protesters hold lit flares, during a protest demanding that local banks allow them to withdraw their money that have been blocked amid Lebanon's severe economic crisis, in front the central bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Since 2019, the Lebanese currency so far has lost over 80% of its value and banks have imposed controls on withdrawals and transfers to protect dwindling foreign reserves. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lebanon faced with darkness if a government is not formed to purchase fuel for electricity plants

BEIRUT: Lebanon “will enter total darkness by the end of this month” if a government is not formed, a source in the Finance Ministry has told Arab News amid a growing electricity crisis. Beirut has for a week been enduring a blackout. The city — which in recent years was exempt from the harsh rationing of electricity due to its role as the administrative, commercial, and

English: From left to right are Andrey Kostin, Vladimir Putin and Meng Wanzhou at the Russia Calling! Investment Forum, Moscow, Russia.

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Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing enters final round in Canada

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was back in a Canadian court on Monday in the final round of her fight against extradition to the United States, with her lawyers challenging the crux of the case – that she allegedly hid the technology giant was doing business in Iran. The daughter of Huawei founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei faces charges in the US of bank

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Five guards freed after new Ecuador prison riot controlled

Quito, March 2 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Mar, 2021 ) :Five prison guards held after a new riot broke out in an Ecuadorian prison were released Monday after the unrest was controlled without fatalities, a week after 79 inmates died in bloody gang

Protective clothing during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in Iran

Iran Rejects Offer of Direct U.S. Nuclear Talks

Iran rejected a European Union offer to hold direct nuclear talks with the U.S. in the coming days, risking renewed tension between Tehran and Western capitals. Senior Western diplomats said Irans response doesnt quash the

Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla.

Trump grasps for relevance in first post-presidential speech at CPAC

An embittered Donald Trump has used his first post-presidential speech to propagate the lie of a “rigged” election in 2020 and hint that he might try to beat Democrats “for a third time” in 2024. Grasping for continued relevance, Trump returned to his political comfort zone by fearmongering about immigrants and unleashing angry tirades against Joe Biden, his Republican critics

Vladimir Putin during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria

Syria intercepts Israeli missiles over Damascus, state media reports

Syrian air defences intercepted "most" Israeli missiles aimed at Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state news agency Sana said. Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has routinely carried out raids there, mostly against Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces and government troops.

UNICEF urges repatriation of all children in Syria's al-Hol camp following deadly fire

UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday urged all countries to repatriate and safely reintegrate their young nationals being held at Syria's largest camp for refugees and internally-displaced, following a deadly weekend fire at the al-Hol camp which saw at least three children die, and another 15 injured. In and around the notorious camp which has

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at the commemorating conference on the 70th anniversary of the Chinese army entering North Korea to resist the U.S. army, at the Great Hall fo the People in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Xi Jinping will not make a state visit to Japan this year: Sankei

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not make a state visit to Japan this year as both countries continue to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the Sankei newspaper reported on Monday. The continued

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'Everyone is angry': Ardern under pressure over latest Auckland Covid lockdown

New Zealand PM says she understands frustration at people who have not followed Covid rules but argues against punishment Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has expressed frustration over rule-breaking by people implicated in

An Indian soldier takes position outside an army camp at Nagrota, in the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.

China appears to warn India: Push too hard and the lights could go out

WASHINGTON — Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops clashed in a surprise border battle in the remote Galwan Valley, bashing each other to death with rocks and clubs. Four months later and more than 1,500 miles away in Mumbai, India, trains shut down and the stock market closed as the power went out in a city of 20 million people. Hospitals had to switch to emergency

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courtroom Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Paris. Sarkozy goes on trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced several other judicial investigations since leaving office in 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Ex-president Sarkozy faces verdict in France graft trial

Paris, March 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Mar, 2021 ) :A French court is to hand down its verdict in the corruption trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, with prosecutors demanding prison time for the 66-year-old. Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, is accused of offering a plum job in Monaco to a judge in exchange for inside information on an

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South Korea’s Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, US talks

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that the Tokyo Olympics could provide a chance to reopen talks between North Korea and the United States, North Korea and Japan, and the two Koreas. Speaking at a ceremony marking the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement Day in Seoul, Moon also said South Korea will work with Japan for the success of the

Supporters hold a banner as they queue up outside a court to try get in for the hearing in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 29, 2021. Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city’s national security law, in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s opposition camp since the law came into effect last June. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Security tight as crowds gather outside Hong Kong court for subversion hearing

HONG KONG--About 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court on Monday ahead of the hearing for 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, as authorities intensify a crackdown under the city’s national security law. The activists are accused of organizing and participating in an unofficial primary poll last July aimed at selecting the strongest

Anti-government protest in front of the Government House of Thailand , Bangkok on 14 October 2020

Thai marchers link their democracy cause to Myanmar protests

A new faction of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement has staged a protest march and linked their cause with that of demonstrators in neighbouring Myanmar battling that country’s coup-installed military government. Marchers sought but failed to go to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s house, which is on an army base in Bangkok. Shipping containers were situated to block them,

Myanmar police fire stun grenades as South-east Asian ministers aim for talks

Analysis: Biden retreats from vow to make pariah of Saudis

Hong Kong democracy activists headed to court for second day

Bank of Ireland ‘using Covid as excuse to close 100 branches’

Paul Bond of SBM Offshore is fourth executive jailed over bribes for Iraq oil contracts

Report: US Wasted Billions of Dollars on Afghan Rebuilding Projects

China urges Japan not to "complicate" situation over disputed islands

Landmine blast kills 2 children in NW Pakistan: police

Hopes of travel to a foreign country are back with Europe’s vaccine passport plan

Lebanon faced with darkness if a government is not formed to purchase fuel for electricity plants

Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing enters final round in Canada

Five guards freed after new Ecuador prison riot controlled

Iran Rejects Offer of Direct U.S. Nuclear Talks

Trump grasps for relevance in first post-presidential speech at CPAC

Syria intercepts Israeli missiles over Damascus, state media reports

UNICEF urges repatriation of all children in Syria's al-Hol camp following deadly fire

Xi Jinping will not make a state visit to Japan this year: Sankei

'Everyone is angry': Ardern under pressure over latest Auckland Covid lockdown

China appears to warn India: Push too hard and the lights could go out

Ex-president Sarkozy faces verdict in France graft trial

South Korea’s Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, US talks

Security tight as crowds gather outside Hong Kong court for subversion hearing

Thai marchers link their democracy cause to Myanmar protests

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Panamá, con 5.871 muertes por covid-19 y 342.019 casos, recibirá más vacunas

French

« Le gouvernement s’apprête à réduire les aides à la rénovation énergétique des logements des familles modestes »

Chinese

川内百度跑进马拉松2小时20分获吉尼斯认证

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Russian

Мошенники придумали новую схему обмана россиян под видом выплат с «Госуслуг»

Persian

صفحه نخست روزنامه‌های امروز اصفهان چهارشنبه13 اسفند 99 صفحه نخست روزنامه‌های امروز اصفهان چهارشنبه13 اسفند 99