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DESPARDES — It’s estimated that about a third of the world’s population is under lockdown in their own homes, and, in many countries, social distancing is being enforced by the
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DESPARDES — Sweeping changes — political measures that once seemed politically untenable — have suddenly become viable and even necessary. These measures have gone global with global implications. Coronavirus pandemic
IRSHAD SALIM — I tend to weigh on the stimulus package for unleashing construction as an industry with caveats. The way I understand from what I’ve read (official SRO is
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DESPARDES — Stressed-out primates have taken to chain smoking cigarettes as the coronavirus crisis rages across the globe. In Cambodia, one man took to social media to share a video,
“This could be coming”, energy analyst Rashid Hussain Syed had said last month SoDATA — President Donald Trump says he will impose tariffs on crude imports if necessary to protect
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The United Arab Emirates has officially requested to postpone the start of the Expo 2020 Dubai until October next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the body that oversees the
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DESPARDES — Iraqis are back in a big way for military training in Pakistan. “We are training their F 16 pilots as well. And surprisingly, you will find Saudi, Iraqi
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“(India) is a paper creation, it has no basis in flesh and blood” Chapter 7 of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s maiden book (The Myth of Independence) published in 1967 discusses pros
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Over 245,000 confirmed cases have been reported in US with 6057 deaths as of Friday morning — 1562 of the fatalities have been reported in New York (highest in the
DESPARDES — After violent riots in New Delhi in February, many Muslims lost their homes. This happened after Modi-led government suddenly stripped nearly 2M people of their citizenship. And now
Continue readingMUSLIMS Are NOT EQUAL, Says a Top Leader of India’s Ruling BJP Party
“At the center of it all is our family system and belief that wealth is temporary (amanat) from Allah. حقوقِ ul ibaad as ordained upon us” DESPARDES — Pakistanis are
(UPI) — Afghanistan and the Taliban will begin a long-awaited prisoner exchange this week, the Taliban and sources within the government said Wednesday. About 5,000 members of the anti-government insurgency
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