06-12-2023 LONDON: The UK government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has announced stringent measures to curtail the influx of migrants through legal channels. Interior Minister James Cleverly outlined key changes, including raising the minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers from £26,200 to £38,700, revising the exceptions list for …
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05-12-2023 JAKARTA: Eleven (11) hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say. Three people were rescued on Monday. The search for 12 others missing has been suspended due to a small eruption. There were 75 hikers in the …
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05-12-2023 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to face the resumption of his long-running trial on numerous corruption charges, after a pause due to the war in Gaza. A court in Jerusalem is set to start hearing the case, which is focused on several corruption charges against Netanyahu, …
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05-12-2023 BEIJING/ HONG KONG: Two years after its default marked a key moment in China’s property crisis, the world’s most indebted developer may be heading for another bleak milestone: liquidation. China Evergrande Group faces a Hong Kong court hearing on Monday over a creditor request to wind up the company, …
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05-12-2023 DUBAI: Climate advocate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Sunday slammed the UAE – host of the COP28 climate summit, saying its position as overseer of international negotiations on global warming this year was an abuse of public trust. The comments, made to Reuters in an interview …
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05-12-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel will hunt down Hamas in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar even if it takes years, the head of Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet said in a recording aired by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan yesterday. It was unclear when Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar made the remarks or …
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05-12-2023 MANILA: Islamic State (IS/ Daesh) militants claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines on Sunday that killed at least four people and injured 50 others. The attack was carried out in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the …
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04-12-2023 DUBAI/ RIYADH: Three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea, the U.S. military said Sunday, as Yemen’s Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area. The Carney, an American destroyer, responded to distress calls and provided assistance …
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04-12-2023 NEW YORK: In a harrowing incident in Queens, New York, four individuals, including two children, lost their lives, and three others sustained injuries during a stabbing attack. The police response unfolded in the Far Rockaway neighbourhood, where officers discovered victims in a home that had been set on fire, …
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04-12-2023 MANILA: Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city. Forty-two others suffered mostly minor wounds, authorities said, adding the situation was …
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