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China calls Taiwan President frontrunner a destroyer of peace

31-12-2023 BEIJING: China’s government called the frontrunner for Taiwan’s next president “confrontational” and a destroyer of peace after he spoke at a presidential debate and said the island’s sovereignty and independence belong to its people. The Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening at a time of fraught relations …

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Massive waves on California coast cause force evacuations

31-12-2023 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Massive waves and coastal flooding are wreaking havoc for a third day in many of California’s coastal communities, where extreme conditions have forced water rescues, washed away cars and injured a handful of enthralled onlookers. The unusually large surf often towering over 20 feet has prompted beach …

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Israeli bombardments leave 1.5 million homeless in Gaza

31-12-2023 GAZA CITY: Israeli bombardments have destroyed 70 percent of Gaza homes, says the government’s media office. The Israeli war cabinet will meet to discuss captive-prisoner exchanges as Netanyahu vows to continue the war. US President Joe Biden’s administration again bypasses Congress on weapons sales to Israel. In Gaza, at …

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CM Revanth angry over sale of Praja Palana applications

Hyderabad, Dec.30 (PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has expressed anger over the sale of applications which are being submitted to avail the benefits of government schemes during the Praja Palana programme.             The officials have been asked  to make available as many applications as required to the applicants. The Chief Minister …

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Google settles $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

30-12-2023 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled Feb. 5, 2024 trial in the …

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India’s Nifty, Sensex post second-best year since 2017

30-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s blue-chip Nifty 50 (.NSEI) and BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose around 20% in 2023, their second-best year since 2017 and were among the top-performing stock indexes globally. The rally was driven by sustained domestic mutual fund inflows, return of foreign buying, better-than-expected …

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