06-12-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Worshippers have been forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister has condemned as an “act of hate”. Firefighters were called to Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue just after 04:00 local time on Friday (17:00 GMT Thursday), finding …
Read More »India’s Bharti Airtel signs ‘multi-billion’ dollar deal with Ericsson
06-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Bharti Airtel, opens new tab on Wednesday signed a “multi-billion” dollar deal with Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, opens new tab to boost its 4G and 5G coverage in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Under the deal, which Reuters reported in October, Bharti Airtel …
Read More »Georgian police raid opposition parties’ offices
06-12-2024 TBILISI: Police in Georgia have raided the offices of several opposition parties in what appears to be an attempt to halt a wave of protests against the governing Georgia Dream party’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union. Thousands of people have rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, …
Read More »Cuba hit by another nationwide blackout
06-12-2024 HAVANA: Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people across the Caribbean island without electricity in the latest such failure in recent months. Authorities said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the country’s top electricity producer, shut down about 2am (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, prompting …
Read More »Hidden victims of Pakistan’s latest political clash
06-12-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Anees Shehzad’s death certificate says he died from a pelvic injury and gunshot wound. He was killed while protesting alongside thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capital, Islamabad, on November 26, following clashes with security forces. Khan’s …
Read More »Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur
06-12-2024 KHARTOUM: Sara Ismail wears a black hijab and camouflage, and wields an AK-47, in the central market of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The 30-year-old is a member of the Sudan Liberation Army belonging to Minnie Arko Minnawi (SLA-MM), a former Darfur rebel leader now allied with the …
Read More »Migrants weigh the prospect of a second Trump term
06-12-2024 SANTIAGO NILTEPEC, MEXICO: Carlos Perez, a 30-year-old Colombian migrant from Bogota, was on track to reach the United States border with his wife and 11-year-old son by the New Year. The trouble came, however, when his wife became overwhelmed with fatigue as they reached the city of Tapachula in …
Read More »Syrian forces battle opposition fighters near Hama city
06-12-2024 DAMASCUS/ HAMA: The Syrian government said its counteroffensive has pushed back opposition fighters attempting to advance to the strategic central city of Hama, while opposition forces say they captured more Syrian troops and Iran-backed fighters in fierce battles. Forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have staged their biggest …
Read More »Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Chief Minister Maharashtra for third time
Shinde, Ajit Pawar to take oath as Deputy CMs Mahayuti alliance was due to the mantra of “Ek hai toh safe hai” given by PM Modi. Mumbai’ 5 Dec’ 2024: Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday evening took oath as Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, while leaders of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, Eknath Shinde …
Read More »BJP to hold public meeting in city tomorrow on Congress govt’s failures
Hyderabad, Dec.5 (PMI): BJP State General Secretary Gujjula Premender Reddy today said they were holding a Public meeting on behalf of the party on December 7 at 3 pm at Saroornagar Stadium on the failures of Congress party’s one year rule in the State. In a statement here today, he said …
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