06-10-2021 PARIS: Over 200,000 children have been sexually abused by French clergy over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, saying that the Catholic Church had turned a blind eye to the ‘scourge’ for too long. The church had shown “deep, total and even cruel indifference …
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05-10-2021 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: More than 300 Indian nationals, including veteran politicians, businessmen and crickets have been named in the Pandora Papers, an investigation uncovering financial secrets held by high-profile individuals across the world. India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, business tycoon Anil Ambani, Nirav Modi’s sister, pharma billionaire Kiran Mazumdar …
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05-10-2021 MASQAT/ DUBAI: Dozens people have been killed after tropical cyclone Shaheen battered parts of Oman and Iran. There was widespread flooding along Oman’s northern coast as the storm made landfall on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 150km/h (93 mph). Omani authorities reported the deaths of …
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04-10-2021 RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia held discussions with regional rival Tehran last month as talks to ease tensions continue under Iran’s conservative President Ebrahim Raisi. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Sunday “the fourth round of talks took place on September 21”. “These discussions are …
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04-10-2021 NEW DELHI: At least eight people were killed when violence broke out in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday after a car linked to a federal minister ran over two farmers taking part in a protest against controversial farm laws. A farmers’ union spokesperson said Sunday the deaths happened …
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04-10-2021 DUBAI/ RIYADH: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have said precautionary measures are being taken and Saudi Arabia has called for caution in several regions after 12 people were killed as tropical Cyclone Shaheen made landfall in neighboring Oman. Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday were patrolling …
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04-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ KOHDAMAN/ ISLAMABAD: Children are dying of starvation in Afghanistan, local and international sources said Saturday, following warnings that a million youngsters there could face life-threatening malnutrition by the end of the year. In Ghor, one of the affected provinces, at …
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04-10-2021 BEIJING: A high-profile rape allegation at Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sparked a social media storm in recent weeks about the “toxic” work culture of pressuring employees to drink at work gatherings. As public scrutiny of corporate misbehavior grows in China, can the age-old tradition of business drinking be …
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04-10-2021 MILAN: A small private plane has crashed into an empty building in Milan, killing all eight people on board. The plane took off from Milan’s Linate airport and was heading for the island of Sardinia, but it came down soon after on the outskirts of the city. Witnesses described …
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04-10-2021 LONDON/ OSLO: The world’s longest under-sea electricity cable, transferring green power between Norway and the UK, has begun operation. The 450-mile (725km) cable connects Blyth in Northumberland with the Norwegian village of Kvilldal. At full 1,400 megawatt capacity it will import enough hydro-power to supply 1.4 million homes, National …
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