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Palestinian PM Shtayyeh resigns amid calls for reform

27-02-2024 RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his resignation on Monday, as the Palestinian Authority looks to build support for an expanded role following Israel’s war against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. The move comes amid growing US pressure on President Mahmoud Abbas to shake up the Authority …

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Bangladesh bans adopting elephants from wild

27-02-2024 DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Sunday barred the adoption of elephants from the wild, a move hailed by animal rights activists as a “landmark” order to help stop cruelty. Rights groups said the high court order suspending licences will stop the torture of captive Asian elephants in the name …

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Man sets himself on fire outside US Israeli embassy

27-02-2024 WASHINGTON: A man set himself on fire on Sunday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. A US Air Force spokeswoman, Ann Stefanek, confirmed on Sunday night that the man was an active-duty airman. Officers with the US Secret Service extinguished the fire …

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31,000 troops killed since Russia’s invasion: Zelensky

27-02-2024 KYIV: Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning. Typically, Ukrainian officials do not make casualty figures public, and other estimates are much higher. It …

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