10-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: The Australian government has indicated that it has put on hold a proposal to hold a vote on removing King Charles III as its head of state. It is a longstanding policy of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to hold a referendum on becoming …
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10-01-2024 BEIRUT: The Lebanese group Hezbollah says one of its commanders has been killed in a strike in southern Lebanon believed to have been carried out by Israel. Wissam Tawil was reportedly a member of the group’s elite Radwan Force, and one of the most prominent Hezbollah figures to be …
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10-01-2024 NEW YORK: Tesla and SpaceX owner, Elon Musk has responded to the allegations of drug addiction, saying: “After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at Nasa’s request, to do 3 years of random drug testing.” However, he emphasized that no trace quantities of any drugs or alcohol were …
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10-01-2024 VATICAN CITY: The Head of the Catholic Church, on Monday, called for a global ban on surrogate motherhood, calling the practice “deplorable” and one that violates the dignity of the woman and the child. “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of …
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10-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Australian authorities have thwarted an illicit smuggling ring attempting to export native lizards and reptiles, estimating the total worth at over 1.2 million Australian dollars ($800,000) to Hong Kong. According to media, the operation, initiated in September 2023, led to the arrest of three …
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09-01-2024 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US officials have reiterated calls for Israel to ease its assault on Gaza as the Ministry of Health in the besieged Palestinian territory reports hundreds of more deaths. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East amid growing alarm that Israel’s war on …
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09-01-2024 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA: Apple has begun making payments in a long-running class action lawsuit over claims it deliberately slowed down certain iPhones in the US. Complainants will receive a cut of a $500m (£394m) settlement which works out to around $92 per claim. Apple agreed to settle the lawsuit in …
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09-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Palestinians must not be pressured into leaving Gaza, and must be allowed to return to their homes once conditions allow. Blinken condemned statements by some Israeli ministers, who called for the resettlement of Palestinians elsewhere. The US official was in …
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09-01-2024 ADDIS ABABA: Many centuries ago, chroniclers conjured what was in antiquity called Ethiopia as a realm at the heart of global trade. The treasures of Rome and India all flowed through its ports along the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Merchants and pilgrims made their way to …
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09-01-2024 GAZA CITY/ RAMALLAH/ BERLIN: Seventy-three Palestinians killed and 99 wounded in attacks by Israel in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says. The whereabouts of 600 patients and health workers from Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is “unknown”, WHO says. Speaking from Qatar, US Secretary of State …
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