06-09-2024 BEIJING: President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 million jobs. China was ready to step up cooperation with Africa in industry, …
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06-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Four-year-old Sandhya was sleeping outside her mud hut in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on the night of 17 August when a power cut plunged the village into darkness. “The wolves attacked within two minutes of the lights going out. By the time we …
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06-09-2024 OTTAWA: Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) has pulled the plug on a two-and-a-half-year-old agreement with Justin Trudeau’s Liberals that had helped keep his minority government in power. In a video posted to social media on Wednesday, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said he had informed the prime minister of …
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06-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: The US has charged and sanctioned Russian state media executives and restricted Kremlin-linked broadcasters as it accused Moscow of a widespread campaign to interfere with the presidential election. The justice, state and treasury departments announced coordinated actions on Wednesday to “aggressively counter” the alleged operations. Attorney General …
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06-09-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s biggest trade union has said hundreds of thousands of people joined the general strike it called to put pressure on the government to agree a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas. Businesses, schools and transport were disrupted before a court ordered everyone to return to …
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05-09-2024 GEORGIA: A 14-year-old boy will be charged with murder after four people were killed and nine injured in a shooting at a Georgia high school. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said two pupils and two teachers died in Wednesday’s attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Barrow County. Colt …
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05-09-2024 CAIRO/ GAZA CITY: The main United Nations agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday it was making good progress in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza, but called for a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war to ease humanitarian suffering. UNRWA said that three days into the …
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05-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said India supports a “policy of development, and not expansionism”, a remark that appeared directed at China as he wrapped up a bilateral visit to Brunei, where the two countries also reiterated their commitment to …
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05-09-2024 ABUJA: Dozens of people have been killed after suspected fighters from the Boko Haram hardline group attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, setting fire to shops and homes. The attack took place on Sunday afternoon. “Around 150 suspected Boko Haram terrorists armed with rifles and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) attacked …
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05-09-2024 GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Health Ministry says 42 Palestinians were killed and 107 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period. Palestinian children are being vaccinated in Deir el-Balah amid loud explosions in Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps, which were excluded from a humanitarian pause in fighting and the vaccination campaign. …
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