Maori MPs face suspension after haka protest in New Zealand parliament

Listen to article WORLDWIDE: A group of Indigenous Maori lawmakers could soon be banned from New Zealand’s parliament after staging a haka protest against a divisive race relations bill, drawing sharp condemnation and reigniting debates over indigenous rights. In November, 22-year-old Maori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of the proposed “Treaty Principles Bill” during…

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3 killed, 5 injured in separate incidents

. According to Express News, the bodies were found near the Mai Kolachi Road Phatak. PHOTO: PEXELS THATTA: Three people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents and an electrocution incident in Thatta district, police said. According to police, the first accident occurred near Keenjhar Lake when two motorcycles collided. Ahmed, a…

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Solar net metering helps avert daytime outages

ISLAMABAD: The dying solar net metering has rescued Pakistan from daytime load shedding at a time when the country is undergoing the worst power crisis. Meanwhile, the authorities have ramped up furnace oil-based power generation to full capacity while delaying scheduled maintenance at nuclear plants in an effort to sustain electricity supply amid worsening LNG…

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Pakistan escorted Iranian negotiators home

In this file photo, a JF-17 Thunder fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force takes off from Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan, on June 7, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force escorted Iranian negotiators home from inconclusive peace talks with the US last weekend, launching a major operation after the Iranians said Israel…

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Lebanon, Bahrain military chiefs meet CDF Munir

CDF Field Marshal Asim Munir speaks with Lebanon’s Commander-in-Chief General Rodolphe Haykal during a meeting at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Photo: PPI RAWALPINDI: The top military officers of Lebanon and Bahrain on Tuesday separately called on Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir and held…

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Ukraine strikes create climate disaster

. KYIV: Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse on Friday for the fourth time in 16 days as authorities struggled to cope with a mounting environmental disaster from toxic black smoke clouds and oil leaking into the sea. Ukraine’s SBU security service said drones had again struck the sea port and refinerythat…

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Sevilla safe despite Real defeat

Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid won at Sevilla but the hosts will stay up regardless. Photo: AFP LONDON: Vinicius Junior earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win at Sevilla on Sunday in La Liga in the penultimate round of fixtures, but results elsewhere mean the hosts have secured safety…

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US SC sides with Trump in asylum-processing case

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Thursday by backing the federal government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative justices, overturned a lower court’s finding that the policy…

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