11-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ REHOBOTH BEACH: US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday at the White House on Biden’s invitation, a White House spokesperson said on Saturday. Trump will take office on Jan. 20 after defeating current Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election. …
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11-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Flooding in South Sudan has displaced more than 379,000 people, according to a United Nations update that warned about a surge in malaria. Aid agencies have said the world’s youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the grip of its worst flooding in decades, …
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11-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: During his campaign for re-election, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened major tariffs on imports from a range of countries. Beijing bore the brunt of his attention, he threatened a 60 percent tariff on Chinese products. But India was a major target, too he described the country …
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11-11-2024 DOHA: Qatar has suspended its work as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage release talks between Israel and Hamas, officials say. The country said it would resume its work when Hamas and Israel “show their willingness” to negotiate. It comes after senior US officials reportedly said Washington would no …
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10-11-2024 VALENCIA/ MADRID: Huge numbers of people have protested in Valencia against authorities’ handling of recent deadly floods, demanding the resignation of regional head Carlos Mazon. Spanish outlets, including news agency Efe, cited a government body as saying 130,000 people took to the streets on Saturday – with protesters chanting …
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10-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: When Khalil Sayegh thinks back to his childhood in the Gaza Strip, the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius looms large in his memory. Sayegh, now 29, remembers the weddings, the Sunday school classes, the music lessons and the visits to the tiny graveyard. These days, Sayegh …
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10-11-2024 ABUJA: Nigeria’s human rights commission said on Friday an investigation had found “no evidence” that the Nigerian military deliberately attacked women and children or carried out secret abortions in its fight against an Islamist insurgency in the northeast. The Nigeria Human Rights Commission, which is appointed by the government, …
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10-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed his government’s contentious 2019 decision to revoke the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, days after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought its restoration. “Only the constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar will operate in Kashmir… No power in the …
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10-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: For over two millennia, the Roman temples at Baalbek in eastern Lebanon have stood as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture anywhere in the world. On Wednesday, a car park just metres away from the UNESCO World Heritage site was hit by an Israeli air …
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10-11-2024 WASHINGTON: Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to black Americans across the country telling them to report to a plantation “to pick cotton”. Black Americans, including school and college students, were among the recipients in states including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. “The FBI is …
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