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Redmi Note 11T Pro Specifications leaked before launch

Redmi Note 11T Pro

Xiaomi has announced that the Redmi Note 11T Pro will be available in China on May 24. The smartphone has also been seen on the Geekbench website, with critical specifications revealed. The smartphone has now been discovered on Weibo thanks to a tip. A 144Hz LCD touchscreen display, a 5,080mAh battery with 67W charging capabilities, … Read more

Vivo Y72t Launched for $209

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Vivo is returning to the affordable category after a series of high-profile flagship releases around the world. The Y72t smartphone from the Chinese company was released in its home market with a large battery and a low price tag. Vivo Y72t Specifications Chipset: MediaTek Dimensity 700 CPU: Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) GPU: Mali G57 … Read more

Infinix Hot 12 Play launched for Only $110

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The Hot 12 Play, the newest member of the Infinix Hot 12 family, has just arrived. It’s one of the more cheap Infinix phones, featuring a large battery and a crisp display starting at about $110. The display is a tall 6.82-inch IPS LCD with a 720p resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate for smooth … Read more

Israel army: ‘no suspicion’ of crime in journalist shooting

If an Israeli soldier fired the shot that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the army stated Monday that the soldier did not appear to be guilty of criminal misbehavior. “Given that Ms Abu Akleh was killed in the midst of an active combat zone, there can be no immediate suspicion of criminal activity … Read more

At Bucha market, life goes on ‘so we don’t go mad’

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The majority of the stalls are still closed, but the reopening of Bucha’s market symbolizes a return to some sort of normalcy for this Ukrainian town known for war crimes. Barely visible behind the piles of eggs on her stall, Nataliya Morgun, 69, remembers how cold it was in March when the Russian troops entered … Read more

Turkmen ex-ruler’s favourite horse to get statue

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Long regarded as a national celebrity, Turkmenistan’s previous president’s favorite horse will be immortalized with a personal statue in the gas-rich Central Asian country. The Akhal-Teke breed of horse enjoys a prominent role in government propaganda in the former Soviet nation and Ak Khan — whose name means White Khan — was the prized stallion of … Read more

Kim Jong Un carries coffin at N. Korean military officer’s funeral

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Without a mask North Korean state media stated Monday that Kim Jong Un was among the pallbearers at a public funeral for a key military leader, only days after Pyongyang claimed control of the Covid-19 outbreak. Kim on Sunday attended the funeral of Hyon Chol Hae, a Korean People’s Army marshal and reportedly Kim’s mentor, … Read more

Iran executes convicted killer of forest guards

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According to a judicial official, the convicted killer of two forest guards in April 2021 was executed in northwest Iran on Monday. The judiciary chief of Zanjan province, Esmail Sadeghi-Niaraki, said the sentence was carried out “in accordance” with the law of an eye-for-an-eye, quoted by the judiciary’s Mizan Online website. ISNA news agency said … Read more

Getting away with honour killing in Pakistan

Qandeel Baloch

When social media sensation Qandeel Baloch was strangled by her brother for openly criticizing Pakistan’s attitudes toward women, activists campaigned for her death in the hopes of ushering in a new era of justice for so-called “honour” killings. The cause of the collapse was being researched. Her killer’s release in February, less than three years … Read more

Four dead, 80 trapped in Iran building collapse

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Officials say an incomplete building collapsed in southwestern Iran, killing at least four people and trapping nearly 80 others. “Parts of the 10-story Metropol building, located in Abadan, capital of Khuzestan province, collapsed,” state television said, noting that the premises was still under construction. An initial toll confirmed that at least “four people have lost … Read more

14 bodies found washed up on Myanmar beach

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The dead bodies of 14 individuals were discovered washed up on a beach in Myanmar on Monday, according to police, with a local rescue group claiming that some of the victims were Rohingya refugees attempting to reach Malaysia. The migrants had been travelling by boat from western Myanmar, according to a local Rohingya activist. “Fourteen dead bodies … Read more

Sole survivor relives 2009 Yemenia Airways crash at French trial

Yemenia Airways crash

In the French trial against Yemenia Airways, a 12-year-old girl who survived the 2009 crash in the Comoros islands that killed all 152 people on board detailed the harrowing minutes leading up to her plummet into the water and subsequent miraculous rescue. Bahia Bakari, now 25, has sat through several hearings with her father but … Read more

Zelensky says 87 killed in May 17 Russian strike on base

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According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 87 people were murdered in a Russian attack on a military installation in northern Ukraine earlier this month, which was regained by Kyiv’s forces. “Today, under the rubble in Desna, there are 87 victims. Eighty-seven corpses, victims who were killed,” Zelensky said during an address to the Davos summit, referring … Read more

Zelensky tells Davos: send us weapons, stop Russia trade

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine used Monday’s Davos meeting to call for additional weapons and “maximum” sanctions against Russia, regretting that countries could have saved tens of thousands of lives if they had moved sooner. Appearing by video link, Zelensky delivered the headline speech to the first World Economic Forum to be held in the … Read more