04-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is likely to see below-average monsoon rainfall in July after logging its fifth-driest June since records began in 1901, the weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns over farm output and economic growth. The monsoon delivers about 70% of annual rains to replenish …
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04-07-2026 ATHENS: Two people have been found dead as an out-of-control wildfire burns in northern Greece, forcing residents of a nearby village to evacuate. The body of a man was discovered in a charred area near Liti, about 15km (nine miles) north-west of the city of Thessaloniki. A second body, …
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04-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that children born in the US “to parents unlawfully or temporarily present” are …
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04-07-2026 BERLIN: There are plans in Berlin to tear down one of the last remnants of Adolf Hitler’s power centre. Almost nothing remains of the Nazi leader’s chancellery in central Berlin, except a bunker but now there are plans to demolish it to build flats and offices. The New Reich …
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03-07-2026 PRETORIA: Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged demonstrators to refrain from “intimidation, threats or ultimatums”. The protests mark an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for all undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Many …
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03-07-2026 NEW YORK/ BEIJING: Guo Wengui, who was once believed to be one of China’s richest businessmen, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in the US for running a billion dollar scam. The former property tycoon fled China to the US in 2017, where he reinvented himself as …
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03-07-2026 CARACAS: “Silencio” the rescuers scream turning towards the road with their fists up in the air, motioning to everyone to remain silent. The vehicles on the road stop plying. People stop talking. The diggers fall silent. A rescuer puts his ear to a hole they’ve just managed to drill …
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03-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court on Monday issued a series of major rulings related to President Donald Trump, including three that went against him and one that went in his favor. The issues decided ranged from the president’s authority over independent government regulators to voting rights and a …
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03-07-2026 KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says confirmed Ebola cases in the country have reached 1,307 and include 377 deaths. In an update issued late on Monday, the country said the confirmed cases have been recorded in three provinces Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu. The announcement …
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03-07-2026 NEW YORK: WhatsApp will let users go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a longstanding privacy gap on the app used by more than three billion people. The Meta-owned platform said on Monday that it has begun letting users reserve unique usernames before a wider rollout later this …
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