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The comments by Benny Gantz come as Israel meanwhile lobbies countries for action at the United Nations over last week’s attack on the oil tanker Mercer Street that killed two people.

Metaverse | What is the ‘next generation of Internet’ Zuckerberg and Nadella are talking about?

Tech giants are all set to establish the metaverse, a form of mixed reality integrated with the Internet.

Nintendo reports slump in quarterly sales for its flagship Switch console

Nintendo saw sales of Switch Lite units more than halve to 1.14 million during the April-June quarter but maintained its full-year forecast for Switch hardware at 25.5 million units.

ByteDance to lay off staff, close businesses over China tutoring clampdown

The move comes after China imposed sweeping regulations on the private-tutoring sector.

Britain will not recognise a Taliban govt. that takes power by force: U.K. envoy to U.N.

‘We are working alongside partners to try and make sure that we can return Afghanistan to a pathway towards security and prosperity’

Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon

Several incidents leading up to this week's rocket fire from Lebanon have focused attention on Israel's northern border, and the United States swiftly condemned the attacks on Israel.

Watch | Barbara Woodward, UK’s Permanent Representative to UN, speaks on counterterrorism in Afghanistan, India-UK ties and more

In conversation with Barbara Woodward, the UK’s Permanent Representative to UN

COVID-19 | Sydney reports worst day of its current outbreak

People in Sydney urged not to wait the optimal 12 weeks before getting their second AstraZeneca dose.

Microsoft to require U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated

The company’s new vaccine mandate won’t be imposed outside of the U.S. due to legal and vaccine distribution differences, the memo said.

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UNSC says it does not support the restoration of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan

The UN Security Council, currently being presided over by India, declared that it does “not support the restoration of the Islamic Emirate” in

Taliban claim attack on Afghan Minister

The group calls it the beginning of ‘retaliatory attacks’ against govt. personnel for the recent air strikes

Pakistan criticises India for refusing permission to five foreign journalists to visit PoK

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf in separate tweets alleged that free speech and independent journalism was shrinking in India.

Watch | The Right to Repair movement

A video explainer on the global right to repair movement

Imran Khan nominates Abdul Qayyum Niazi as next premier of PoK

Abdul Qayyum Niazi won the recent legislative assembly election from Abbaspur-Poonch area.

Dark mode on devices may not save much battery life, study says

Dark mode has been marketed as a battery-saving setting on smartphone and laptops, but a Purdue Univeristy study suggests otherwise.

Indonesia surpasses 1,00,000 deaths amid new virus wave

The Health Ministry recorded 1,747 new deaths of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,00,636.

Sirens sound in northern Israel from possible rocket attack

Tel Aviv Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Wednesday warning of a possible rocket attack from Lebanon and television reports say Israel is firing

Apple works with Chinese suppliers for latest iPhones

Luxshare has won orders over its Taiwanese rivals Foxconn and Pegatron Corp, and will start building the iPhone 13 Pro this month, the paper said.

U.S. ships over 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad; India does not take any due to liability issues

An Indian official involved in the vaccine negotiations told The Hindu that several ‘challenges remain’ in terms of resolving the larger issue of commercial orders for the three U.S. vaccine manufacturers.

Khalid Mansoor replaces Asim Saleem Bajwa as chief of CPEC Authority

Mansoor, the new chief of the CPEC Authority has more than 32 years of experience in energy and petrochemical sectors in leading roles for mega-size projects' development,

Indian-American doctors raise $5 million for COVID-19 relief to India

The fund raised by the American Association of Physicians of Indian-Origin was used to provide 2,300 oxygen concentrators, 100 ventilators and 100 high-flow nasal cannula machines to 45 hospitals in India

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British Navy group: ‘Potential hijack’ of ship off UAE coast

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations initially warned ships on Tuesday that “an incident is currently underway” off the coast of Fujairah

Afghan Foreign Minister speaks to EAM Jaishankar on escalating violence by Taliban

“Called Indian FM HE @DrS Jaishankar to discuss convening an emergency U.N. Security Council Session on AFG,” Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar said on Twitter

CDC issues new eviction ban for most of U.S. through October 3

The new moratorium could help keep millions in their homes as the coronavirus’ delta variant has spread and states have been slow to release federal rental aid

Afghan official: Acting Defence Minister targeted in attack

Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanekzai said the blast happened in the posh Sherpur neighbourhood, which is in a deeply secure section of the capital known as the green zone

Powerful explosion rocks Kabul

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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