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Why did DG ISPR Tweet Twice about Usman Khuwaja?
DG ISPR Asif Ghafoor tweeted twice about an Australian Batsman Usman Khuwaja after he made a century in one match and 91 in another match against India.For all those who missed out on all the political colours of cricket this piece will walk you right through. So who is Usman Khuwaja and why did the DG tweet about him. It
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Best Agent Adnan Sami Memes So Far
Ever since the escalation between Pakistan and Indian was seen, the Pakistani social media landscape has been flooded by Adnan Sami jokes portraying him as an ISI agent living in India and secretly working for Pakistan. The memes had started slow in early days of the escalation and timidly took over the internet. Currently Adnan Sami memes are the top
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- Erdogan Signs Decree Allowing Hagia Sophia to Be Used as a Mosque Again July 10, 2020The decree came after a Turkish court revoked the site’s 80-year-old status as a museum and is likely to provoke an international furor.Carlotta Gall
- U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Medieval Treasure Bought by Nazis July 10, 2020The Guelph Treasure was acquired by a German state collection in 1935 from a consortium of Jewish art dealers. Their descendants say the sale was forced, but a Berlin museum claims the deal was fair.Christopher F. Schuetze
- The Netherlands Sues Russia Over the Downing of MH17 July 10, 2020The Dutch government made the move to help individual cases brought by victims’ relatives, the foreign minister said in a letter to Parliament.Thomas Erdbrink
- Balarama Holness Wants to Be the ‘Canadian Obama’ July 10, 2020Balarama Holness, 36, a law student and community organizer who once played professional Canadian football, is becoming a leading voice against systemic racism in his country.Dan Bilefsky
- Planned for a Year and Bigger Than First Thought: The Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program July 10, 2020Some officials say that a joint American-Israeli strategy is evolving — some might argue regressing — to a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes.David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman
- UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson signals stricter rules on face coverings in 'People's PMQs' July 10, 2020News updates: Sage scientists say stars should be enlisted for public messages as public has lost trust in government; Scotland number of new cases at three-week highFirm linked to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tenderUK air pollution still down despite return to normal trafficUK opted out of EU vaccine scheme, sources sayScots […]Gregory Robinson (now); Helen Pidd and Ben Quinn(earlier)
- Coronavirus live news: Idlib schools close and hospitals axe non-urgent surgery after first case July 10, 2020New outbreak prompts Hong Kong to close all schools; Bolivia leader and Venezuelan Socialist party boss test positiveIdlib’s first Covid-19 case sparks fear of fresh disasterScott Morrison says Australia will halve rate of international arrivals WHO inquiry aims to ‘stop the world being blindsided again’Disney World set to reopen despite coronavirus surge in FloridaUK coronavirus […]Martin Belam (now); Sarah Marsh, Fran Lawther, Amelia Hill and Helen Sullivan (earlier)
- A hospital interpreter, a nurse 'who made everything fun': US healthcare workers who died of Covid-19 in May July 10, 2020We are documenting the lives of every US medical worker who dies helping patients during the pandemic. These are those who died from Covid-19 in MayIf you know of a healthcare worker who died fighting coronavirus that we should include, please contact usAmerica’s healthcare workers are dying. From doctors to hospital cleaners and from nursing […]
- Iran denies latest blast reports and accuses west of misinformation July 10, 2020Tehran says incident in early hours in garrison town of Gamdareh was a power outageIran has denied reports that fresh mysterious explosions rocked two towns close to Tehran, accusing the west of waging psychological warfare by spreading messages on social media.Reports suggested the blasts had occurred in the early hours of Friday in Gamdareh, a […]Patrick Wintour and Oliver Holmes
- Eminem criticises non-mask wearers on new rap track July 10, 2020Collaboration with Kid Cudi takes aim at people spreading Covid-19 by not wearing masksEminem has entered the debate about face masks in a collaboration with Kid Cudi, tackling an issue that is the subject of fierce disagreement in the US and UK.The single, The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady, is the first time […]Mark Brown
- Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 10th July 10, 2020Yasin Osman’s Daily Cartoon depicts three masked friends struggling to discern what everyone is saying.Yasin Osman
- Announcement: My Birthday Is Cancelled This Year July 10, 2020Cara Devins and Andrew Jaico write a humorous letter from a person whose birthday is cancelled but who is instead hosting a complex schedule of Zoom parties and socially distant activities.Cara Devins, Andrew Jaico
- How Two Waves of Coronavirus Cases Swept Through the Texas Panhandle July 10, 2020Lauren Hilgers writes on how the coronavirus swept refugee and immigrant communities connected to meatpacking plants in the Texas Panhandle.Lauren Hilgers
- The Fresh Relevance of the Dance on Camera Festival July 10, 2020The festival, now in its forty-eighth year, will stream films including Susan Misner’s “Bend” and Khadifa Wong’s “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance.”