03-09-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel has stepped up its destruction of Gaza City as it plans to seize Gaza’s largest urban centre and forcibly displace around one million Palestinians to concentration zones in the south, as it killed at least 78 people across the besieged enclave since dawn, including 32 desperately …
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03-09-2025 JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have ramped up security after six people were killed in unrest over economic hardship that escalated into violent anger against the nation’s police force. The deadly protests, which began last week over financial perks for lawmakers, have forced President Prabowo Subianto to make a U-turn over …
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03-09-2025 BARCELONA, SPAIN: The Global Sumud Flotilla has left the Spanish port city of Barcelona, with the stated goal of “breaking Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza”. The boats started moving out of the port at approximately 3:30pm on Sunday, with crowds of activists, support staff and well-wishers there to see …
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02-09-2025 CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have been rounding up teenaged TikTokkers with millions of followers, detaining dozens in recent weeks on accusations ranging from violating family values to laundering money. Police have announced dozens of arrests and prosecutors say they are investigating at least 10 cases of alleged unlawful financial gains. …
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02-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his support on Saturday for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Modi’s office said. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Modi supported Ukraine’s call for a ceasefire in the …
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02-09-2025 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has sued a former engineer at the company for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its Grok chatbot and taking them to rival OpenAI. Musk’s company said in the complaint, opens new tab filed on Thursday in California federal court that Xuechen …
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02-09-2025 WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court has ruled that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are an overreach of his use of emergency powers as president. The so-called reciprocal tariffs, imposed on nearly every country the US trades with are being illegally imposed, the US Court of Appeals said on Friday. …
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02-09-2025 CHICAGO: The mayor of Chicago has signed an order detailing how the city will resist a potential immigration crackdown threatened by the Trump administration. “We do not need nor want an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat. The order directs city …
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02-09-2025 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the more than 20 world leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which is now the world’s largest regional grouping by population. The Beijing-backed bloc will convene on Sunday and Monday in the northern …
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02-09-2025 PARIS/ LONDON: The Bayeux Tapestry, which documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066, will be closed to the public in France from Monday as opposition mounts ahead of its move to London. The next time it will be possible to see the nearly 1,000-year-old work of art should …
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