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Articles for tag: AFCON, Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco, pressure, underway

December 22, 2025

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Pressure on Morocco as AFCON gets underway

Atlas Lions open against Comoros in Rabat as star defender Achraf Hakimi returns from injury Morocco defender #02 Achraf Hakimi attends a press conference at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco on December 20, 2025 ahead of the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) soccer tournament. Photo: AFP RABAT: Morocco carry a huge weight of expectation in their Africa Cup of Nations opener on Sunday as the hosts, with star player Achraf Hakimi returning from injury, aim to stave off stiff competition to claim continental glory. Senegal, reigning champions Ivory Coast, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Victor

November 16, 2025

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Mumbai schoolgirl dies after alleged ‘100 sit-ups’, investigation underway

One teacher said the cause of death was unclear, noting: “One cannot say whether it is due to the punishment.” Students queue after school hours at Viqarunnisa Noon School & College after the government lifted restrictions on educational institutions following a decline in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 12, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS Mumbai schoolgirl dies after alleged corporal punishment. education authorities are launching an investigationA Class 6 student from a private school in Sativali, Palghar district, died in a Mumbai hospital on Friday, nearly a week after she was allegedly made to do 100 sit-ups

November 9, 2025

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Putin orders study on possible nuclear test, work underway, Russian FM says

Lavrov said Putin’s Nov. 5 order on a possible nuclear test is being implemented and reviewed Putin’s order was in response to President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that the US would continue testing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. PHOTO: REUTERS Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is underway on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, state news agency TASS reported. According to TASS, Lavrov said: “Regarding President Vladimir Putin’s directive at the Security Council meeting on November 5, it was accepted for implementation and is being processed.

April 18, 2025

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A “ignorant” television series is underway at Peacock, Alicia Silverstone to repeat its virtual role

Like! Alicia Silverstone officially returns to her virtual skirt as Cher Horowitz in a brand new Reserved TV series, now on the Peacock. Based on the favorite teenage comedy of 1995, the new series is created by Gossip Creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, along with Doll Creator Jordan Weiss. Silverstone not only repeats its role – it also enters the role of executive producer, uniting with original director and author Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence. It’s not the first time Reserved The revival was in the works. A previous attempt in 2020 focused around Dionne, but Peacock gives

November 29, 2024

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Talks with 11 IPPs underway to reduce electricity tariffs: Energy Minister

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari. — APP/File Federal Energy Minister Awais Leghari said on Friday that negotiations are underway with 11 more independent power producers (IPPS) to reduce electricity tariffs. Briefing a meeting on the ‘Bijli Sahulat Package’, Laghari said the government has terminated power purchase agreements with five IPPs, a move expected to save billions of rupees in the economy by reducing capacity payments. He said that Pakistan will no longer be among the countries that generate expensive electricity. “We are optimistic that in the coming months, Pakistan will not be a country producing costly

September 9, 2024

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The suspect is fleeing the country after pouring hot coffee on the baby. global manhunt underway

An image of the suspect who fled the country after pouring hot coffee on a child in Australia. — Queensland Police Police in Australia, with the cooperation of their international counterparts, have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly fled the country after pouring hot coffee on a baby in Brisbane. In the shocking incident, which unfolded on August 31, the nine-month-old boy, who was picnicking with his family in a suburban park, was left with severe burns to his face and limbs. A ‘strange man’ approached and emptied a bottle at the child before fleeing on foot, the

September 7, 2024

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Negotiations underway with IPPs to reduce electricity tariffs as current tariffs unaffordable: Leghari

A man rides a bicycle near power lines connecting high voltage electricity pylons, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 31, 2017. — Reuters/File Both sides understand that the status quo cannot be maintained: Leghari. He urges stakeholders to “give in at a certain point” at the earliest. The government aims to reduce tariffs to 9 from 28 US cents per unit. The PML-N-led coalition government is renegotiating contracts with independent power producers (IPPs) to curb “unsustainable” electricity tariffs, Energy Minister Awais Leghari said as households and businesses buckle under rising energy costs. Rising electricity tariffs have sparked social unrest and shuttered industries

July 13, 2024

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Latvia says efforts are underway to provide 1 million drones to Ukraine

Latvia’s defense minister said Thursday that the initiative to deliver one million drones to Ukraine by next February is moving forward after New Zealand became the latest country to join the Drone Coalition for Ukraine led by Latvia and the United Kingdom. Andris Spruds confirmed that the coalition has secured commitments from a “number of countries” totaling more than 550 million euros ($598 million). “It is not the end of the process. Additional funding is being announced on an almost weekly basis,” Spruds said in an interview on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, DC. According to Spruds,

May 23, 2024

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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to hit the campaign trail as UK election race gets underway

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labor rival Keir Starmer will kick off their election campaign on Thursday, a day after Sunak surprised the nation by calling a July 4 vote. Sunak, whose Conservative Party trails Labor by about 20 percentage points in the polls, ended months of speculation focused on an election in October or November and instead used a blistering address to the electorate to launch what it is likely to last six weeks of frantic campaigning. Both party leaders are expected to go on the campaign trail, seeking to seize the early lead by meeting

May 19, 2024

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The helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashed, investigations underway

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed Sunday while crossing mountainous terrain in thick fog, an Iranian official said. Reutersand rescuers were trying to reach the scene. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolakhian were “at risk after the helicopter crash”, which occurred while returning from a visit to the border with Azerbaijan in northwest Iran. “We are still optimistic, but the information coming from the crash site is very disturbing,” the official said. Reutersspeaking on condition of anonymity. State television quoted an official as saying that at least one

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