09-01-2024 TOKYO: An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan. Rescuers found the woman in Suzu City in Ishikawa prefecture on Saturday evening 124 hours after the quake struck and took …
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09-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has struck down the remission granted to 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002. The court has ruled that the Gujarat government’s decision to remit their sentences and set them free was illegal. “Gujarat government had …
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09-01-2024 CAPE CANAVERAL: The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers. Astrobotic Technology’s lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan. The Vulcan …
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08-01-2024 SAN FRANCISCO: Pro-Khalistan Sikh for Justice (SFJ) blocked and besieged the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, challenging India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) team visiting the US, with a float depicting the assassination of Indira Gandhi by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. Hundreds of SFJ activists took part in the …
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08-01-2024 PARIS: Thousands of passengers face flight cancellations after major US airlines grounded dozens of Boeing jets after a mid-flight blowout over Oregon. The US aviation regulator said 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s must be grounded for checks after part of an Alaska Airlines plane’s fuselage fell off on Friday. …
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08-01-2024 MOSCOW: Celebrating Orthodox Christmas, President Vladimir Putin has pledged to support soldiers defending Russia as his army sent another barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight. Speaking on the eve of Sunday’s Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin chief promised military families that his government would offer increased backing to …
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08-01-2024 BEIJING: China has announced sanctions against five US arms manufacturers over weapons sales to Taiwan. Beijing claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its goals, while the United States is required by law to provide Taiwan …
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08-01-2024 IBADAN, NIGERIA: A wave of red corrugated roofs welcomes visitors to the city of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria. Inside the 200-year-old city’s centre, incessant traffic winds through narrow, unpaved roads and past crowded open-air markets. At the edge of the city, Opeyemi Dasola’s home, a square fortress of cement, …
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08-01-2024 GAZA CITY/ WEST BANK: Two more journalists martyred after their vehicle is targeted in an Israeli air strike, including the son of a senior journalist Wael Dahdouh. At least six Palestinians killed in an Israeli drone attack on Jenin in the occupied West Bank while dozens more innocent Palestinians …
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08-01-2024 VIRGINIA/ CAROLINA: A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels that will affect a much wider area of the US. The first storm will unleash up to a foot of snow through Sunday that could cause travel …
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