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CNN —One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. “Vulnerable children living in flood-affected areas have endured a horrific year,” Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, said in the statement. “The climate-related disaster deepened pre-existing inequities for children and families in affected districts,” UNICEF said in the statement. Children pick vegetables from water at a flooded market after heavy rainfall in Lahore on June 26, 2023. Fadil from UNICEF said the agency has called on the government of Pakistan and its partners to “increase and sustain investment in basic social services for children and families.”He added: “We cannot forget the children of Pakistan.

Persons: ” Abdullah Fadil, “, Asim Hafeez, Dera Allah Yar, Fida Hussain, Imran Khan, Khan, ”, Stephen Innes, Arif Ali, Fadil Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UNICEF, UNICEF Representative, Bloomberg, Getty, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Capital Economics, Analysts Locations: Pakistan, Karachi Division, Sindh province, Pakistan’s, Dera, Jaffarabad district, Balochistan, AFP, Asia, Lahore, South Asia, Afghanistan, India

People in Mumbai celebrate the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the Moon on August 23. Chandrayaan-3’s journeyAs Chandrayaan-3 approached the moon, its cameras captured photographs, including one taken on August 20 that India’s space agency shared Tuesday. India’s lunar lander consists of three parts: a lander, rover and propulsion module, which provided the spacecraft all the thrust required to traverse the 384,400-kilometer (238,855-mile) void between the moon and Earth. The lander, called Vikram, completed the precision maneuvers required to make a soft touchdown on the lunar surface after it was ejected from the propulsion module. A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023.

Persons: Vikram, India’s, ”, Somanath, Abhishek Chinnappa, “, Ashish Kumar Verma, Charvi Katare, Shah Rukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, “ Humble, Ursula von der Leyen, Narendra Modi, Russia’s Luna, Indranil Mukherjee, Modi, Jaishankar, Sergey Lavrov, ” Lavrov, Somnath, Bill Nelson Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Wednesday, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation, of Scientific, Industrial Research, Twitter, European Union, Russia –, Soviet Union, Workers, Getty Images, ” India’s, NASA Locations: New Delhi, India, Sikh, Mumbai, ”, Russia, United States, China, Washington, assertiveness, Ukraine, Delhi, Moscow, South Africa, Johannesburg

CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to “intensity efforts” to deescalate tensions at their contested border, in a rare face-to-face meeting since a deadly clash strained relations more than three years ago. Face-to-face meetings between the leaders of India and China, the world’s two most populous nations, are rare. They had a brief conversation weeks later on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia. India’s decision to host this year’s SCO virtually meant that Modi and Xi did not have an opportunity for a face-to-face meeting. Xi is also expected to attend the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi next month.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping, ”, Modi, Xi, Vinay Kwatra, ” Kwatra, “, assertiveness Organizations: CNN, Indian, LAC, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, India’s, External Affairs, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Huawei Locations: Johannesburg, India, China, New Delhi, Beijing, Western, Uzbekistan, Bali , Indonesia, Aksai Chin, Ladakh, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, United States, Japan, US, Australia, Jammu, Kashmir, Pakistan

New Delhi CNN —More than a dozen workers have been killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in northeast India Wednesday, the latest in a string of infrastructure failures that have resulted in multiple deaths in the country. The collapse of the bridge in the town of Sairang, Mizoram state, killed at least 17 people and injured several others, according to its chief minister, Zoramthanga, who goes by one name. “Pained by the bridge mishap in Mizoram,” Modi wrote on X, offering a sum of nearly $2,500 to the next of kin of those killed and $600 to the injured workers. Mizoram is a hilly, mountainous state near India’s border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Last October, a recently repaired suspension bridge gave way in the town of Morbi in Gujarat, killing 135 people.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Zoramthanga, “, ”, Narendra Modi, ” Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Twitter, ” Locations: New Delhi, India, Sairang, Mizoram, South Africa, India’s, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bihar, Morbi, Gujarat

Islamabad, Pakistan CNN —Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as they dangled precariously hundreds of feet in the air. A soldier slings down from a helicopter during a rescue mission to recover students stuck in a cable car in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on August 22. As they waited to be rescued, two of the students in the cable car were slipping in and out of consciousness, one of the passengers told Pakistani outlet Geo News. Battagram district, where the cable car is located, is deeply impoverished and lacks infrastructure and development. Last December, 12 children were rescued from another cable car in eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Persons: Tanveer Ur Rehman, “, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Organizations: Pakistan CNN, AFP, Geo, Battagram, Twitter, Cable Locations: Islamabad, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Batangi, Battagram, Battagram district

Islamabad, Pakistan CNN —An urgent rescue effort is underway in Pakistan for eight children and two adults trapped in a chairlift dangling 1,200 feet over a mountainous region in the country’s northwest. Tanveer Ur Rehman, a local Battagram district official, said rescue efforts were being conducted from the ground due to the height of the chairlift system. “The chairlift is hanging 1,200 feet (365 meters) above ground,” he said. The chairlift connects two communities in the region and runs on two cables, one of which snapped, Faizi said. Many children who live in remote and mountainous parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rely on cable cars to ferry them to school and back.

Persons: Bilal Ahmad Faizi, Tanveer Ur Rehman, ”, Faizi, Anwar, Haq Kakar Organizations: Pakistan CNN, CNN Locations: Islamabad, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

CNN —Millions in India will be cheering on the teen chess prodigy known as Pragg as he takes on Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the title of World Chess Champion on Tuesday. Born and raised in Chennai in southern India, Praggnanandhaa took an interest in the game after his older sister, Vaishali, started playing at age 6. Then, in 2016, he created history after winning his ninth round game at the KIIT International Chess Festival in Bhubaneswar, India. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images/FilePraggnanandhaa earned his third international master norm, an achievement handed out for high level of performance in a tournament. Having earned two previous norms already, at the age of 10 years, 10 months and 19 days, he became an international chess master – the youngest ever.

Persons: Magnus Carlsen, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Fabiano Caruana, Praggnanandhaa, Carlsen, Narendra Modi, Sachin Tendulkar, ” Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali, Andrzej Iwanczuk, “, Arun Sankar, ” Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Bloom, KIIT, Getty Locations: India, Baku, Azerbaijan, Chennai, Vaishali, Warsaw, Poland, Bhubaneswar, Indian, “

In fact, they were the real-life celebrations of thousands of cinema fans in South India as they welcomed the latest film release by one of the country’s biggest superstars. Fans dance during the screening of Indian actor Rajinikanth's new Tamil-language movie 'Jailer' on the first day of its release in Mumbai on August 10. Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty ImagesA cult-like followingRajinikanth, 72, who has starred in more than 160 movies, is near synonymous with South Indian cinema. Its release day became an unofficial public holiday for many with several companies in the cities of Bengaluru and Chennai giving their employees a day off to watch the film. One of the biggest South Indian hits last year, “RRR,” made history by scooping its first Oscar for the best original song, “Naatu Naatu.”Video Ad Feedback This Indian film is nominated for an Oscar.

Persons: ”, Rajinikanth, Rajinikanth's, Punit Paranjpe, Tom Cruise, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, jubilation, John Lennon, Padma Bhushan, Vibhushan, India’s, Kollywood ”, “, Oscar, M.M, Keeravani Organizations: CNN, Redbooks, Le, Getty, Padma, Confederation of Indian Industry, Globe, Carpenters, The Carpenters Locations: South India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, AFP, Bengaluru, Chennai

Yet the final days of Imran Khan’s political career tell a contrasting tale. Khan’s supporters – some armed with sticks and stones – marched through cities, chanting slogans against the ruling dispensation. To his supporters, Khan was seen as a political martyr, someone they had vowed to defend till the very end. Analysts say Khan’s arrest following a yearlong showdown with the military sends a pointed message to the former prime minister and his supporters. “Imran Khan’s political will wasn’t strong enough to begin with from what we saw.

Persons: Imran Khan’s, Khan, Khan’s, –, ”, Arifa Noor, “, Imran Khan, Jemima Goldsmith, Patrick Durand, Sygma, Pervez Musharraf, Arif Ali, Noor, “ Imran Khan’s, Shehbaz Sharif, Aamir Qureshi, Mr, Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Salaar Khan, Khawaja Asif, Khan won’t, “ Imran, ” Noor Organizations: CNN, Cricket, Getty, Oxford University, Movement for Justice, PML, AP, Pakistan’s, PTI, CNN Monday Locations: Pakistan, Lahore, Islamabad, British India, It’s, Melbourne, Australia, Khan, British, AFP, India, Afghanistan, United States, Gujranwala

☆ Chandrayaan-3: Indian spacecraft enters lunar orbit in step closer to moon rover soft landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —India moved one step closer to executing a controlled landing on the moon after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft entered lunar orbit over the weekend, inching toward the surface’s unexplored South Pole. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Chandrayaan-3 is comprised of a lander, propulsion module and rover. Its first lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1, orbited the moon and was then deliberately crash-landed onto the lunar surface in 2008. Eleven years later, the Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered lunar orbit but its rover crash-landed on the moon’s surface. “Chandrayaan-3 scripts a new chapter in India’s space odyssey,” Modi tweeted shortly after it took off last month.

Persons: “, Satish, Space, It’s, Modi, ” Modi Organizations: CNN, Indian Space Research Organization, Soviet, ISRO, Soviet Union Locations: India, United States, Soviet Union, China, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

☆ Most children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures, UNICEF says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Nearly half a billion children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures as life-threatening heat waves caused by the climate crisis become stronger and more frequent, according to the United Nations’ children’s agency. The analysis showed 76% of children in South Asia were exposed to extreme high temperature compared to 32% globally, UNICEF said. Not only is there high potential for record extreme heat, the impacts are compounded by dire social and economic problems. At the same time, extreme weather has had a deadly impact in other parts of the region. In its report, UNICEF warned that ultimately children, adolescents and women are among those who pay the highest price for extreme weather events.

Persons: ”, Sanjay Wijesekera, Sudipta Das, Shahid Saeed Mirza, “ Young, ” Wijesekera Organizations: CNN, United Nations ’, UNICEF, South, Mashal, Getty, stillbirths Locations: South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Sindh, Farah Province, Xinhua, New Delhi, Kolkata, Multan, AFP

☆ Rahul Gandhi: Indian court stays conviction, paving way for return as lawmaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —India’s top court on Friday stayed Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction, offering a crucial reprieve for the embattled former chair of the country’s main opposition party who was disqualified as a lawmaker following a trial he maintained was politically motivated. Gandhi’s Congress party decried the conviction, accusing Modi of using the courts as a way to expel him from parliament and silence his critics. Since then, the opposition leader has been in and out of courtrooms, fighting for a suspension of his sentence that would allow him to be reinstated as a lawmaker. Gujarat is the state Modi used to run before becoming prime minister. His grandmother Indira Gandhi was India’s first female leader, and his great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the country’s founding Prime Minister.

Persons: CNN —, Rahul Gandhi’s, Narendra Modi, Gandhi’s, KC Kaushik, ” Gandhi, Modi, K.C, Kaushik, Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, India’s, Jawaharlal Nehru Organizations: CNN, Press Trust of, Indian National Congress, Gandhi’s, BJP, Indian Locations: Press Trust of India, Gujarat, India, Karnataka, INDIA, BJP, Tamil Nadu

☆ India restricts laptop imports to boost local manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The ministry didn’t provide a reason for the change in rules, however Modi has aggressively pushed his “Make in India” campaign, which promotes local manufacturing in a bid to create more jobs. India’s electronic imports stood at $19.7 billion in the April to June period, up 6.25% from the same period in 2022, according to Reuters. Its large and young labor force makes the country a big draw for global companies seeking alternative manufacturing hubs to China. Earlier this year, India’s commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, said Apple was already making between 5% and 7% of its products in India. Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and a key supplier to Apple, is also looking to expand its manufacturing operations in India.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Piyush Goyal, Apple, ” Organizations: CNN, Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Reuters, Apple, Samsung, Organisation for Economic Co, Micron, Vedanta Locations: India, China, Gujarat

Violence erupted in the northern state of Harayana state on Monday after a right-wing Hindu organization led a religious procession in the Muslim dominated region of Nuh. However, opposition politicians and activists have called the attack a “hate crime” that targeted India’s Muslim minority population. Increase in hate crimesThe latest communal violence come against a broader rise in hate crimes against minority groups. Last month, the BJP chief minister of the state of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, blamed Muslims for the soaring prices of tomatoes. Some cities named after historic Muslim figures have also been renamed to reflect India’s Hindu history.

Persons: Parveen Kumar, Narendra, Modi, Yogi, Asgar Ali, Mohammed, Ali, haven’t, Police haven’t, Asaduddin, ”, Jairam Ramesh, ” Asim Ali, Deepankar Basu, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Barack Obama, “ Hussain Obama ”, Obama, Adityanath, Donald Trump’s, Rana Ayyub Organizations: New Delhi CNN, Extra, Hindustan Times, Haryana Police, CNN, ” Police, Police, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Dal, NDTV Locations: New Delhi, India, Harayana, Nuh, Gurgaon, Gurugram’s, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Haryana, Nuh Chowk, Gurugram, Hindustan, Delhi, Manipur, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, today’s India

☆ India’s opposition is uniting to unseat Modi in next year’s election. Should he be worried?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But despite previous personality clashes and power ambitions, the 26 opposition leaders appear unified in one goal: to overturn Modi. India's opposition leaders announce their alliance in Bengaluru, India, July 18, 2023. APGathering of important partiesCoined to evoke a sense of nationalism ahead of the 2024 general election, the INDIA alliance in a statement last week emphasized its goal of upholding the country’s democratic institutions. Modi described the INDIA alliance as a “hardcore corruption convention,” adding the BJP was on course to clinch another victory in 2024. Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesNo clear leaderWhile the BJP can bank on the popularity of Modi, the INDIA alliance has not yet put forward a leader to challenge him next year.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, ”, Niranjan Sahoo, PM Modi, tabling, “, Gilles Verniers, Sahoo, ” Sahoo, ” Rahul Gandhi, Sanchit Khanna, Gandhi, India’s, INIDA, shivers Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Developmental Inclusive Alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, INDIA, Indian National Congress, Analysts, PM Modi’s BJP, New Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation, PM, Samajwadi Party, Aam Admi Party, Ashoka University and Co, Trivedi, Political, Congress, Ashoka University, Hindustan Times, Modi, Observer Research Foundation Locations: New Delhi, India, INDIA, Bengaluru, BJP, restive, Manipur, West Bengal, India’s, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Lok, Karnataka

☆ Bollywood film ‘Bawaal’ accused of trivializing Holocaust and demeaning victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They travel to Europe to prominent World War II sites, where their love for one another deepens. And we want what others have.”In another scene in the film, she says: “Every relationship goes through their Auschwitz”. The dialogue and plot has sparked outrage with the SWC calling on the Amazon Prime to stop monetizing the film. Tiwari, Kapoor and Dhawan have not publicly addressed the SWC statement. Dhawan said he respected everyone’s opinion, adding that critics are harder on Hindi movies and give more leeway to Western films.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Simon Wiesenthal, Nitesh Tiwari, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kapoor, We’re, Adolf Hilter’s Nazi, Dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, “ Nitesh Tiwari, India’s, Shantanu Das, “, Tiwari, Dhawan, ”, ” Kapoor Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Amazon Prime, Nazi, SWC, Prime, Global, CNN, Hindustan Times, ” Locations: New Delhi, Indian, Europe, India

☆ Sex scene with Florence Pugh in 'Oppenheimer' becomes latest target of India's Hindu nationalists
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Pugh stops during intercourse and picks up a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s holiest scriptures, and asks Murphy to read from it. India’s film board gave “Oppenheimer” a U/A rating, which is reserved for movies that contain moderate adult themes and can be watched by children under 12 with parental guidance. In 2020, Netflix (NFLX) received significant backlash in India for a scene in the series “A Suitable Boy” that depicted a Hindu woman and Muslim man kissing at a Hindu temple. Ahead of the release of “Oppenheimer,” Murphy said he read the Bhagvad Gita in preparation. “I thought it was an absolutely beautiful text, very inspiring,” he told Indian film critic Sucharita Tyagi in an interview.

Persons: New Delhi CNN — Christopher Nolan’s, “ Oppenheimer ”, Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh, Jean Tatlock, Pugh, Murphy, Uday Mahurkar, “ Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s, Barbie, Vivek Agnihotri’s, ” Murphy, ”, Sucharita Tyagi, “, Oppenheimer, ” Oppenheimer Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Netflix, ISIS, Trinity Locations: New Delhi, India, Kerala, Indian

☆ Greek migrant boat tragedy: Pakistani boy's fateful journey exposes impossible choice faced by millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Anna Coren Azaz Syed Sophia Saifi Jadyn Sham Helen Regan Rhea Mogul | Anna Coren | Azaz Syed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“It will all be OK,” Muhammad Abuzar told him. The boat was carrying up to 750 Pakistani, Syrian, Egyptian and Palestinian refugees and migrants. His uncle had decided to try and make it to Europe and Abuzar saw his chance. More than 600 people drowned on June 14 in what would become one of the deadliest migrant boat tragedies. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty ImagesSpeaking to CNN in Pakistan, Mohammad Tahir said his brother Mubasher Sahzad, 29, was also on the boat.

Persons: Pakistan CNN — Pervez Akhtar, “, Muhammad Abuzar, ” Akhtar, gaunt, Abuzar, CNN Akhtar, –, we’ll, he’ll, Akhtar, – Abuzar, ’, “ Papa, Adriana, ” Akhthar, Rana Sanaullah, ”, Angelos Tzortzinis, Mohammad Tahir, Mubasher Sahzad, ” Tahir, Roberto Forin, ” Forin, Mia Sato, ” Sato, Forin, Qayyum Bibi’s, He’s Organizations: Pakistan CNN, CNN, UNICEF, Hellenic Coast Guard, Pakistani Interior Ministry, Medical, Getty, Migration, International Organization, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency Locations: Gujrat, Pakistan, Pakistan’s, Europe, Italy, Karachi, Dubai, Egypt, Libya, Tripoli, Tobruk, North Africa, Greece's, Greece, Kalamata, AFP, East, Asia, Africa, Islamabad, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, European Union, Bandali, Kashmir, ”

☆ Chandrayaan-3: India shoots for the moon with historic lunar mission
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —India is bidding to become only the fourth country to execute a controlled landing on the moon with the launch Friday of its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Its first lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1, orbited the moon and was then deliberately crash-landed onto the lunar surface in 2008. Only three other countries have achieved the complicated feat of soft-landing a spacecraft on the moon’s surface – the United States, Russia and China. India’s maiden lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, discovered water molecules on the moon’s surface. Eleven years later, the Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered lunar orbit but its rover crash-landed on the moon’s surface.

Persons: Satish, Space, It’s, Narendra Modi, Modi, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Joe Biden Organizations: CNN, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Indian, Soviet Union, Hollywood, Space, – Locations: India, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, United States, Russia, China, Washington

Putin used his moment to speak at the one-day summit to give his answer to that question. That event stretched over two in-person days in Samarkand, Uzbekistan and featured a number of sideline meetings between attending leaders. India announced last month that its leaders’ summit would be held virtually, without specifying why. At last year’s SCO summit, Modi told Putin in “today’s era is not an era of war.”And India has its own friction with neighboring China. In May, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became the most senior-level official to visit India in seven years, when he joined a SCO foreign ministers meeting.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, Putin, Wagner, ”, ” Putin, China’s Xi, Belarus ’ Alexander Lukashenko, Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, ” Modi, Modi, Joe Biden, Xi, ” Xi, Biden, “, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Yevgeny Prigozhin Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SCO, Indian, India, China’s Foreign Ministry, India’s Ministry, External, CNN, Pakistani, Belarus Locations: Hong Kong, Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, spreadheaded, China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Eurasia, Tuesday’s, Iran, Beijing, Samarkand, New Delhi, Pacific, ”

Seventeen prisoners turned on their guards after they were taken out of their cells for morning prayers at Chaman district jail on Thursday, district officer Muhammad Naeem Achakzai, told CNN. One prisoner later surrendered to the police but 13 remain on the run, according to Achakzai. All the prisoners were awaiting trial for alleged crimes including murder, robbery and drug possession, Achakzai said. There is a possibility that the prisoners could have escaped to Afghanistan, prompting officers to patrol the border areas, Achakzai said. Police in Chaman suspended 10 officials, including three police officers who were posted at the jail, Achakzai said.

Persons: Muhammad Naeem Achakzai, Achakzai, “, ”, Eid Organizations: Balochistan CNN — Police, CNN, Police Locations: Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, Chaman, Afghan, Afghanistan

☆ IMF reaches $3 billion staff-level agreement with Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a crucial bailout that could help stabilize its flailing economy and lift the South Asian nation out of a crisis that has pushed millions to the brink. “I am pleased to announce that the IMF team has reached a staff-level agreement with the Pakistani authorities on a nine-month Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) in the amount of SDR2,250 million (about $3 billion),” Nathan Porter, who led the IMF staff team, said in a statement Thursday. The deal is subject to approval by the IMF’s executive board, which is expected by mid-July, the statement added. This is a breaking news story. More to come…

Persons: ” Nathan Porter Organizations: CNN, International Monetary Fund, IMF Locations: Pakistan

☆ Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi visits restive Manipur after vehicle is initially stopped
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The embattled leader of India’s main opposition Congress party visited crisis-hit Manipur and met with its displaced residents on Thursday, after his convoy was initially stopped by police near the state capital. Rahul Gandhi’s visit comes as the northeastern state grapples with ongoing ethnic violence in which more than 100 people have been killed and tens of thousands more driven from their homes. Modi has yet to comment publicly on the situation and has not visited Manipur since the violence erupted in May. Manipur needs healing, and only together we can bring harmony.”Indian army soldiers patrol the streets of Manipur on June 7, 2023. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also claimed that Gandhi is using Manipur as a pawn for his own political gain.

Persons: India’s, Rahul Gandhi’s, Narendra Modi, Modi, Gandhi, “, ”, Sambit Patra, ” Patra, Rahul Gandhi, ” Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Christian Organizations: CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Facebook, Indian Army, Reuters Locations: Manipur, Imphal, Myanmar, Kuki

☆ India heatwave: Humans approaching limits of 'survivability' as sweltering heatwaves engulf parts of Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times/ShutterstockThe rain in Uttar Pradesh is likely to continue this week, bringing cooler temperatures to the region. In Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, temperatures soared to 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) last week before weekend rain brought some relief to the region. Last April, India experienced a heatwave which saw temperatures in capital New Delhi go beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for seven consecutive days. Last week, Beijing’s temperature soared above 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit), setting a new record for the capital’s hottest day in June. According to the country’s meteorological observatory, Beijing, Tianjin, Heibei, Shandong will “continue to be baked by high temperatures.”

Persons: Sunil Ghosh, ”, Chandni Singh, “, ” Singh, Kevin Frayer Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Hindustan Times, CNN, Indian Meteorological Department, IMD, Indian Institute for Human, University of Cambridge, Beijing Locations: Hong Kong, India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Noida, Bihar, heatstroke, China, Pakistan’s, Islamabad, New Delhi, heatwaves, Assam, Pakistan, Beijing, Tianjin, Heibei, Shandong

☆ Live updates: Kremlin says deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Rhea Mogul | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Wagner fighters pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday night. It followed an intervention by the Belarusian government, according to the Kremlin, who said a deal had been reached that would see the Wagner boss leave for Belarus. Prigozhin on Friday accused Russia’s military of attacking a Wagner camp and killing a “huge amount” of his men. Wagner troops then took control of a key military facility in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and some fighters advanced toward Moscow. The Wagner boss has agreed to leave Russia for neighboring Belarus, a spokesperson for the Kremlin said.

Persons: Wagner, Stringer, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia’s, Prigozhin, What's, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak Organizations: Southern Military District, Don, Reuters, Kremlin Locations: Rostov, Moscow, Belarusian, Belarus, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian

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