29-11-2023 DUBAI: Toxic pollutants released during gas flaring are endangering millions more people than previously feared, a BBC investigation suggests. Flaring, the burning of waste gas during oil drilling is taking place across the Gulf, including by COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates. New research suggests pollution is spreading hundreds …
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29-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire until Wednesday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war. Eleven Israeli women and children freed by Hamas entered Israel …
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29-11-2023 ABUJA: Niger’s military government has revoked an anti-migration law that had helped reduce the flow of West Africans to Europe but which was reviled by desert dwellers whose economies had long relied on the traffic, it said on Monday. The law, which made it illegal to transport migrants through …
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29-11-2023 JERUSALEM: In a letter to Hamas fighters, an Israeli mother, Danielle Aloni conveyed her sincere gratitude for their treatment of her five-year-old daughter Emilia during the 49-day captivity in besieged Gaza. As part of a temporary truce agreement between the Palestinian resistance group and Israel, the two were freed …
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29-11-2023 MOSCOW: Russia will keep American reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody for another two months as he awaits trial for espionage, a Moscow court has ruled, heightening concerns about the fate of the jailed journalist. In a closed-door hearing on Tuesday, the Moscow court extended Gershkovich’s detention until January 30, …
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28-11-2023 JERUSALEM: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, touring a kibbutz targeted by Palestinian gunmen during an October 7 attack and expressing support for Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The visit comes amid a period of controversy for Musk, who recently sparked …
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28-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Pollution in India’s capital Delhi has made global headlines in recent years, but it’s not a new problem. For around four decades, the country’s top court has actively discussed the issue, sometimes passing orders that have significantly reshaped life in Delhi. Its latest …
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28-11-2023 GAZA CITY: The Israeli military says 11 hostages have been released by the Palestinian armed group Hamas and are on their way to Israel, the latest in a series of exchanges during a four-day humanitarian pause. “Based on information that was received from the Red Cross, 11 hostages are …
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28-11-2023 HOUSTON: Texas Republican Representative and former White House physician Ronny Jackson has voiced deep concerns about the health of US President Joe Biden, asserting that the decline is happening rapidly and poses a risk to the nation. Jackson, who served under the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, emphasized the …
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28-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: A humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will be extended by two days, mediator Qatar and Hamas say, hours before an initial four-day truce in Gaza had been set to expire. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing mediation, an …
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