07-11-2024 JERUSALEM: Israeli police use skunk water and other extreme measures to disperse protests in Tel Aviv after PM Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. New Defence Minister Israel Katz promises return of captives and the “destruction” of Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has killed at least 61 Palestinians in …
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07-11-2024 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s main mission is to diversify its heavily oil-dependent economy. But that “Vision 2030” project is undergoing a transition of its own. The kingdom’s $950 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF), tasked by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) with delivery, is increasingly focused on a collection of …
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07-11-2024 HANOI/ TAIPEI: Elon Musk’s SpaceX asked Taiwanese suppliers to transfer manufacturing off the island, leading to some relocating portions of their supply chain, according to sources employed by and close to the equipment makers and corporate documents. A source at a company that is one of the numerous subcontractors …
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07-11-2024 BERLIN: The party leaders of Germany’s increasingly loveless coalition met for more crisis talks on Tuesday but a budgetary compromise that could avert the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government still looked elusive. The ideologically inchoate alliance was thrown into disarray when Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s neo-liberal Free Democrats, …
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07-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India plans to overhaul its criminal sentencing norms to counter accusations of arbitrary punishment, sources said, following public outrage over the 2022 rape conviction of a man within 30 minutes of trial, by a judge who handed him the death penalty. A higher …
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07-11-2024 BEIJING/ HONG KONG: “Having three children is the best” says a vibrant neon pink sign at a wedding expo in the southern Chinese city of Changsha, where visitors can also pick up tips on tying the knot and men can strap on a pregnancy belly to experience childbirth pain. …
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07-11-2024 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Israel’s military issued new evacuation orders in the north of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after carrying out strikes across the enclave which Palestinian media and medics said had killed at least 30 people. An air strike damaged two houses in the town of Beit Lahiya …
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07-11-2024 HARARE: Zimbabwe’s government has banned “with immediate effect” police officers from using mobile phones while working. The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty. All officers are required to surrender their mobile phones to their supervisors once they …
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06-11-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump wins Florida as both he and Kamala Harris pick up several US states. Vote counting is ramping up as polls close in the key battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Democracy and the economy are the top issues for voters, early exit polls suggest. Americans are …
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06-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ NEW DELHI: India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Canada on Monday was deeply concerning. “What happened yesterday at the Hindu temple in Canada was obviously deeply concerning,” he told reporters in the Australian capital Canberra …
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