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DESPARDES News Report – Malaysia on Tuesday said the U.S. government had returned some $57 million in funds recovered from 1MDB assets in the “first instalment” of funds to be
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DESPARDES News Monitor – Dubai property developers are going the extra mile to dispose off unsold stock ahead of potential upcoming supply of over 50,000 homes this year. Lucrative incentives,
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SAEED HAIDER, ALBILAD Daily English Online – Come Ramadan and strategic locations in Dammam, Dhahran and Al-Khobar like mosques, super markets and crowded marketplace are swarmed by beggars mainly veiled
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ALBILAD Daily English Online – Talk about traveling far to become someone’s best friend. FOX 10 reported that Newton the dog will become a service dog in Arizona after traveling from
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DESPARDES News Monitor – There has been days of breathless reporting in the U.S. media about public and military support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro collapsing, and about an April
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DESPARDES News Monitor – Australian law enforcement authorities have arrested a self-proclaimed Indian spiritual guru for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during prayer meetings. According to The Indian Express, 38-year-old Anand Giri,
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Commentators argue Pakistan’s criminal justice system and political field are not strong enough to keep someone like convicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in jail for long PKONWEB Report –
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Leaving no one behind,” is a commitment enshrined in paragraph 4 of the 2030 Agenda; many Northern consumption and production patterns negatively affect the living conditions of people in the
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Gambling venues are opening across the region to lure Chinese bettors from Macau—home to Las Vegas brands Wynn, Sands BE2C2 Report – American gambling companies that have won big in
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PKONWEB Report – The Wafqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsman) Secretariat Islamabad took cognizance of an expat’s complaint against an allegedly unjust tax deduction. An overseas Pakistani working in Saudi Arabia Muhammad
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PKONWEB Report – The recently signed China Pakistan Free Trade Agreement-II (CPFTA) would see Pakistan getting $6.5 billion annual share of total Chinese imports of $64 billion. China and Pakistan
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DESPARDES News Monitor – Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) said on Tuesday it agreed on the general structure proposed by protest leaders and opposition groups but wanted the system to
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