24-11-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of …
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24-11-2023 NANTUCKET/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the general counsel of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and a pro-Khalistan Sikh leader, has responded to his assassination plot by India which was exposed in a report by the Financial Times (FT). After reports of the United States warning India over Pannun’s …
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23-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli army has arrested the director of al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip, according to a doctor and media reports. Muhammad Abu Salmiya was arrested along with several other “senior doctors”, Khalid Abu Samra, a department chief at the hospital, told …
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23-11-2023 NANTUCKET/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: United States authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States and issued a warning to India over concerns the government in New Delhi was involved, a senior Biden administration official said. The U.S. is treating the plot with utmost seriousness …
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23-11-2023 RAINBOW BRIDGE, NEW YORK: As many as two people were killed after a vehicle exploded at the Rainbow Bridge near the US-Canada border Wednesday as it was heading toward a checkpoint, according to the media reports. The vehicle was coming from the Canadian side and exploded after approaching a …
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23-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Drilling has resumed near the mouth of a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state where 41 workers have been trapped for 10 days. Work had been suspended on Friday after rescuers heard a cracking sound while drilling. Officials say other plans to rescue the …
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23-11-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, drawing condemnation from neighboring countries. State news agency KCNA said the satellite, named Malligyong-1, had accurately entered orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, the agency added. Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, …
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23-11-2023 JERUSALEM: The Israeli cabinet is meeting to vote on a proposed deal that could see Hamas release dozens of hostages, and a four-day pause in fighting. In a statement filmed before the meeting, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the war effort would continue even if a hostage agreement was …
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23-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government has enacted an immediate ban on the sale of products carrying a halal certification, encompassing the entire supply chain, from production to distribution and sale, within the state. However, it exempts products intended for export from these restrictions. …
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23-11-2023 LONDON: British-Pakistani Conservative Councilor Jamal Chohan has quit the party over its stance on Israel’s war on Palestine and the killings of over 13,000 Palestinians. Chohan, a lawyer, was threatened with suspension by the Conservative Party for signing an open letter for councilors across England and Wales calling for …
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