”Will be back on streets once I fully recover,” ex-Pakistan PM Khan says in address after attack

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry) By Anadolu Agency Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and wounded during his anti-government protest march on Thursday, has said he will be back on the streets once he recovers fully. “As soon as I get well, I

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Teacher who left his wife for teenage pupil is struck off

Gavin Dunsmuir married his former pupil Megan Reid last year Credit: Deadline News By The Telegraph An RE teacher has been struck off after getting into an inappropriate relationship with a pupil who he went on to marry and have children with. Gavin Dunsmuir was found to have formed a relationship with Megan Reid in

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Japan to keep stake in Russian energy project in Sakhalin

The tanker Sun Arrows loads its cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project in the port of Prigorodnoye, Russia. (AP Photo, File) By The Associated Press A Japanese consortium has decided to retain its stake in the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project and is set to notify Moscow,

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Turkey says Sweden, Finland not yet done enough under NATO deal

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2022. Photographer Dilara Senkaya By Reuters Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Sweden and Finland have not yet fulfilled all obligations under a deal clearing their bids to join NATO, and they must still take concrete

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Bank of England makes biggest interest rate hike in 30 years

The Bank of England, at the financial district in London, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) By The Associated Press The Bank of England rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades Thursday, saying the move was needed to beat back stubbornly high inflation that is eroding living standards and is likely

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Death toll from Philippines storm climbs to 150

Credit to Photo AP By Anadolu Agency The death toll from severe tropical storm Paeng, internationally known as Nalgae, has climbed to 150 in the Philippines, authorities said on Thursday. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in a statement that 36 people remain missing while 128 were injured during the heavy winds

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Official: Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) By The Associated Press A gunman opened fire at a campaign truck carrying Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from his party and police

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Russia summons British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arrives at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, as activists hold a protest against what Russia’s officials said to be the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, in Moscow, Russia November 3, 2022. Photographer Shamil Zhumatov By Reuters Russia summoned

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Africa has least default rate on infrastructure projects, say leaders

African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina speaks during the opening ceremony of the Africa Investment Forum 2022 By The East African African leaders have said the continent’s investment risk has been exaggerated, making investors hesitant to put their money in its development projects. Quoting a Moody’s Analytics report on defaults on infrastructure investments, African Development

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Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears

Lisa Osofsky (second right), the SFO director, with Sara Chouraqui, Victoria Jacobson, and Elizabeth Collery, officials who worked on the Glencore case. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA The Guardian By Jasper Jolly Glencore flew cash bribes to officials in Africa via private jet amid “endemic” corruption within the mining company, a London court has heard, in sentencing

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