28-09-2025 SEOUL: South Korea has legalized tattoo artistry by non-medical professionals for the first time in more than 30 years, following a campaign by members of the profession to work without fear of prosecution or harassment. Though tattoos are commonplace in the East Asian nation, offering them has been limited …
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28-09-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he is ready to work with world leaders to implement a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians announced by France on Monday. Speaking via video at the UN General Assembly, Abbas reiterated his rejection of a future governing role for …
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28-09-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has urged Turkey to stop buying oil from Russia, part of a wider drive to cut off Moscow’s energy funding as the war in Ukraine rages on. Speaking alongside President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, Trump said halting those imports would be …
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28-09-2025 ROME/ MADRID/ GAZA STRIP: Spain and Italy have sent naval ships into the Mediterranean Sea, charged with protecting the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is carrying aid towards Gaza. Italy said on Thursday that it is sending a second ship, while Spain said its navy will also act. Rome …
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27-09-2025 LONDON: Global debt hit a record high of $337.7 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer US dollar and a more accommodative stance from major central banks, a quarterly report showed on Thursday. The Institute of International Finance, a financial …
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27-09-2025 ZHUHAI/ HONG KONG: Hong Kong and several coastal cities in China’s southern Guangdong province reopened businesses, transportation services and schools on Thursday after the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year lashed the region. Ragasa brought the densely populated city to a standstill from Tuesday afternoon, after sweeping through …
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27-09-2025 SRINAGAR: Security forces patrolled the streets on Thursday in India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, where curfew was clamped in some areas a day after four people were killed in violent protests demanding statehood for the federal territory and job quotas. Television images showed troop patrols amid shops and businesses …
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27-09-2025 JAKARTA: More than 1,000 children have fallen ill from free school lunches in Indonesia this week, according to authorities, the latest in a string of mass food poisoning events linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s multi-billion-dollar nutritious meals program. Yuyun Sarihotima, head of West Java’s Cipongkor Community Health Center, told …
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27-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into what he called a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. In a post on social media, the US president referred to an escalator abruptly stopping as he and First Lady Melania Trump …
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27-09-2025 TRIPOLI/ PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court acquitted him of all …
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