08-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a “civil war” if Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down. Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the capital’s airport to stop Henry …

08-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: Victoria police have arrested a 22-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy, who vanished more than one month ago. Murphy, 51, was last seen at about 7am on 4 February, captured on CCTV footage in her family home’s …

07-03-2024 CAIRO: An exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages in Gaza can only happen after a ceasefire, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Tuesday, as ceasefire talks in Cairo between Hamas, Egypt and Qatar continued with no sign of a breakthrough. Hamdan, speaking at a press conference in …

07-03-2024 SAO PAULO: Japanese auto maker Toyota (7203.T), opens new tab officially announced on Tuesday an 11 billion real ($2.22 billion) investment in Brazil, saying it will be made in two parts by 2030, and include the output of a new vehicle specially designed for the country’s costumers. Brazil’s vice …

07-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti’s prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, clearing uncertainty around his whereabouts since a trip to Kenya, but questions on how and when he will return to Haiti still linger as gangs back home push for his ouster. Prime Minister Ariel Henry traveled to Kenya last …

07-03-2024 NEW DELHI: India’s embassy in Israel has advised its nationals in Israeli border areas to move to safer parts after a missile attack near the frontier with Lebanon killed one Indian citizen. The warning, issued on the embassy’s X account on Tuesday, advertised helplines offering further advice to citizens. …

07-03-2024 BERLIN: Tesla has halted production at its German factory after power lines supplying the plant were set on fire in an act of “sabotage” claimed by a far-left group. Emergency services were called early on Tuesday after reports of a burning electricity pylon southeast of Berlin close to the …

07-03-2024 PANAMA CITY: Panama’s Electoral Tribunal has annulled the candidacy of former President Ricardo Martinelli in the presidential election set for May. The decision, announced late on Monday by the body’s president Alfredo Junca, appears to end Martinelli’s hopes of re-election. It comes a month after the former leader lost …

07-03-2024 CAIRO/ RAFAH/ WASHINGTON: Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza have failed to achieve a breakthrough, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal. The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks …

07-03-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan is set to hear the bail petition of Aliya Hamza Malik, a former parliamentarian who has been in jail for nearly 10 months for protesting against the arrest of her Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s founder and …