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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in an address on Monday alleged that a propaganda cell in the country was "feeding journalists" against him. He claims that the propaganda cell purposefully misconstrues his words and that "They [the journalists] are told to pick and choose things from my interview and then turn those against me". Watch | Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in London to meet his elder brother & former PM Nawaz Sharif

Burning, drifting, and being devoured by insects, Canada’s Boreal forest is shrinking and climate change is to blame. Second only to the South American Amazon forest, the Boreal forest is vital to ensuring the future of planet Earth, reports AFP. The forest which encircles the arctic and stretches across Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and Alaska has in recent times been weakened by forest fires, the melting of permafrost, an insect infestation, warming temperatures and drifting trees.

The Chinese district of Guangzhou, which is home to 1.8 million people on Saturday ordered its citizens to stay at home for virus testing following another rise in the number of infections. Although China's numbers are low, a "zero-COVID" approach that attempts to isolate every infected individual is being challenged by a rise over the past week. Over the previous 24 hours, a total of 11,773 infections—including 10,351 patients with no symptoms—were reported nationally. Watch | WION Fineprint | China eases COVID restrictions

Iran on Monday launched cross-border missile and drone strikes against Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq. As per a statement by the local authorities, one person was killed and eight wounded in the attack. An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-managed Fars News Agency report quotes Iranian military sources confirming that "Iran has carried out attacks with drones and missiles targeting the headquarters of terrorist parties in the northern region of Iraq." Watch | Court in Iran issues first death sentence amid anti-hijab protests

As per reports, at the sidelines of the upcoming Group of 20 industrialised nations meeting in Indonesia United States President Joe Biden have a sit-down with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, while a similar meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not in the cards. As per an AFP report, during his meeting with the Chinese President Biden will urge him to restrain North Korea's "worst tendencies" and warn the leader that Pyongyang's arms build-up will prompt an "enhanced" US military presence in Asia.