31-12-2023 CAPE TOWN/ THE HAGUE: South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 21,500 people and caused widespread destruction in the …
Read More »Google settles $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit
30-12-2023 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled Feb. 5, 2024 trial in the …
Read More »India’s Nifty, Sensex post second-best year since 2017
30-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s blue-chip Nifty 50 (.NSEI) and BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose around 20% in 2023, their second-best year since 2017 and were among the top-performing stock indexes globally. The rally was driven by sustained domestic mutual fund inflows, return of foreign buying, better-than-expected …
Read More »Australia braces for heatwave & thunderstorms on New Year
30-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Australia is bracing for an intense heatwave across its north and west during the New Year’s holiday weekend with temperatures forecast to touch more than 45 degrees Celsius (113°F), while severe thunderstorms were expected to hit the country’s east. The heatwave follows a wild …
Read More »Iran executes four accused of links to Israel’s Mossad
30-12-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has executed three men and one woman who were convicted for their alleged links to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, according to media affiliated with the judiciary. “Four members of a sabotage group related to the Zionist regime…..were hanged this morning” in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, …
Read More »Mexican villagers walk free after killing extortionists
30-12-2023 MEXICO CITY: Mexican villagers who killed 10 members of the notorious Familia Michoacana criminal gang will not be facing any charges after prosecutors ruled they had acted in self-defence. Prosecutors said that the residents of Texcapilla had come “under constant threat” from the gang, which had tried to extort …
Read More »Israel forces 150,000 Palestinians to flee from Gaza
30-12-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: An estimated 150,000 Palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central Gaza, the UN has said, as Israeli forces advance on refugee camps there. Witnesses and Hamas’s armed wing reported that tanks had reached the eastern outskirts of Bureij camp. Israel’s military recently expanded its …
Read More »Venezuela holds military drills after UK sends warship to Guyana
30-12-2023 CARACAS/ LONDON: Venezuela has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises in response to the UK’s decision to send a warship to support neighboring Guyana. Military leaders said 5,600 soldiers would take part in “defensive” exercises on Venezuela’s eastern Caribbean and Atlantic coasts. Earlier this month, Venezuelan voters …
Read More »Mistaken cutting of power caused Nepal plane crash that killed 72
29-12-2023 KATHMANDU: A Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 72 people almost a year ago was caused by the pilot’s mistakenly cutting power leading to an aerodynamic stall, a report issued by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday said. The ATR 72, operated by privately owned Yeti Airlines, crashed …
Read More »Israel warns Hezbollah and Lebanon over border fighting
29-12-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the military would intervene if militants do not stop firing on northern Israel. Time for a diplomatic solution was running out, he added. Meanwhile, …
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