29-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: At least one person has died after the roof of a terminal building in the Indian capital’s main airport partially collapsed due to heavy rains, with several domestic flights cancelled. The collapse occurred in New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport early on Friday, …
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29-06-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South’s influence, a new report has revealed. The report released by South Korea’s Unification Ministry is based on the testimony of hundreds of defectors. It includes the …
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28-06-2024 ATLANTA: President Joe Biden’s allies scrambled on Friday to contain the fallout from his faltering performance at the first 2024 US presidential debate after he struggled to stem a barrage of attacks and false claims from his Republican rival Donald Trump. The Biden campaign had hoped that a strong …
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28-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has sought a detailed report from Tamil Nadu state following media reports that Apple supplier Foxconn was allegedly rejecting married women for iPhone assembly jobs. A media outlet alleged that Foxconn had excluded married women from jobs at its main …
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28-06-2024 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australia has recalled two mushroom gummies products that have left several people hospitalized with symptoms such as “disturbing hallucinations” and “persistent vomiting.” In a series of public health warnings, people were cautioned against eating Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies, due to reports of consumers “experiencing unexpected toxicity”. …
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28-06-2024 BUKA: Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an apparent attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in La Paz was stormed by soldiers. Hundreds of troops and armored vehicles had taken up position on Murillo Square where key government buildings are located. One armored vehicle smashed down the …
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28-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A usually staid swearing-in procedure where Indian parliamentarians take their oath of office has exploded into a controversy after veteran opposition legislator Asaduddin Owaisi chanted “Jai Palestine” after reading out the pledge on Tuesday. In Sanskrit, the word “jai” literally translates to victory, …
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28-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel’s warplanes, artillery strike densely-populated civilian areas in Gaza’s north, centre and south over previous 24 hours, killing dozens, with Israeli ground troops “systematically demolishing residential homes” in southern city of Rafah: Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza. “The bodies of thousands of the missing children remain …
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28-06-2024 NAIROBI: Kenya’s President William Ruto says he will withdraw a finance bill containing controversial tax hikes after deadly protests which saw parliament set ablaze on Tuesday. In an address to the nation, he said it was clear that Kenyans “want nothing” to do with the bill. “I concede,” he …
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28-06-2024 PARIS/ DAMASCUS: France’s top appeals court has ruled that an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued for alleged complicity in crimes and humanity and war crimes is valid, lawyers say. Last year, investigative judges sought the arrest of Assad and three others over a deadly chemical weapons …
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