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Looming danger of nuclear war in Ukraine
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan
Amid growing fears that Russian President Putin may resort to using nuclear arms in Ukraine to stave off a possible rout of his invading forces after…
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The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’
For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?
It was around 23:00 on 13 April 1699, in a…
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Soldier drinking beer out of dead Taliban’s prosthetic leg
Senior Australian special forces soldiers drank beer out of the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban soldier at an unauthorised bar in Afghanistan – with a photograph of the act being…
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Why India’s citizenship law has stirred anger?
India is in lockdown after violent protests swept across the country against Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. Defying curfews and internet shutdowns, tens of thousands of…
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‘Snow-capped Himalayas turning into black mountains’
ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Nepal in Pakistan Sewa Lamsal Adhikari called for mountains to be protected from the effects of climate change, at an event to mark Mount Everest Day…
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