05-09-2023 SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed during a meeting on August 5 to boost cooperation in the transport, agriculture, and construction industries. “Despite the current regional and global challenges, the leaders reaffirmed their common will to further develop Russian-Turkish relations,” the Kremlin said …
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05-09-2023 STOCKHOLM: A violent riot erupted in Sweden after the desecration of the Holy Quran leading to the arrest of two individuals and the detention of approximately ten others. The rally, organised by Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, has further fueled a series of protests that have ignited anger across the …
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05-09-2023 OTTAWA: Ottawa police are investigating a Saturday night shooting at a wedding reception that left two Toronto men dead and injured six others. Acting Duty Insp. Amy Bond said police responded to reports of gunfire at about 10:21 p.m. Saturday in the city’s south end. The victims were attending …
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04-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: More than two dozen opposition parties in India have decided to jointly contest the 2024 national elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they aim to prevent the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) third straight victory. The 28-party bloc, called the …
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04-09-2023 CANBERRA/ SOLOMON ISLAND: Australia has announced plans to send additional police to the Solomon Islands to boost security for the Pacific Games in November, keeping them there until June to assist with the general elections. The extended Australian police presence, announced on Sunday, comes after the Solomon Islands upgraded …
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04-09-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea has announced that it conducted a simulated “tactical nuclear attack” drill with two long-range missiles equipped with mock atomic warheads. The KCNA news agency, in a report on Sunday, said the drill was carried out early on Saturday to “warn enemies” that the country would be …
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04-09-2023 CANBERRA: Australia has launched an urgent operation to rescue a researcher with a “developing medical condition” from the remote Casey outpost in Antarctica. The icebreaker RSV Nuyina left from Tasmania last week, the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) said. It is travelling thousands of miles to reach the station after …
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04-09-2023 STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Foundation has reversed a much-criticised decision to invite Russia, Belarus and Iran to this year’s awards ceremony in Stockholm. “We recognize the strong reaction in Sweden,” the foundation said. Russia and its ally Belarus were not invited last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Iran …
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04-09-2023 WASHINGTON/ TALLAHASSEE: US President Joe Biden has vowed to give Florida any support it needs to rebuild in the wake of Tropical Storm Idalia’s destruction. Biden was speaking during a visit to the state, where at least two people are known to have died after the storm made landfall …
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03-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have “strongly objected” to an article published by the BBC on press freedom in the Muslim-majority region and have threatened to take legal action for “unfairly castigating” its work. The report by the British broadcaster, headlined “Any story …
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