05-10-2024 WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Thursday launched its revamped business and investment climate survey of 50 economies, with Hungary, Estonia and Singapore taking the top spots in three categories designed to avoid the problems that prompted it to scrap the scandal-plagued “Doing Business” rankings in 2021. The new and …
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05-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court asked authorities on Thursday to report back within a week on what they were doing to stop farmers from burning crop residue as smog began to pollute the air in the capital Delhi and surrounding regions, local media reported. Farmers …
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05-10-2024 NAIROBI: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country’s long-serving intelligence chief, replacing him with a close ally, state broadcaster SSBC reported, citing a presidential decree. The dismissal of Akol Koor Kuc, who had headed the controversial internal security bureau of the National Security Service (NSS) since the …
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05-10-2024 DODOMA: Three of Tanzania’s leading newspapers have been banned from publishing their online editions after they ran an animation deemed critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The Citizen, Mwananchi and Mwanaspoti newspapers have had their online licenses suspended for 30 days over the viral animated clip, which has since …
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05-10-2024 EHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Iranians have been expressing a mixture of pride, uncertainty and fear since their country launched a large-scale ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday night. Within minutes of the attack starting, Persian social media feeds were filled with shaky videos showing the flashes of the missiles flying …
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05-10-2024 PARIS: The world’s longest treasure hunt appears to have come to an end, after an announcement in France that a buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed after 31 years. “We confirm that the replica of the golden owl was dug up last night, and that …
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05-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Fresh explosions are heard in Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut, as Israel says it has struck the group’s “intelligence headquarters”. Overnight Israeli air strikes on central Beirut killed nine people, officials there say; our correspondent in the Lebanese capital says any feeling of safety is vanishing. Meanwhile, …
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04-10-2024 BEITUT: Apparent Israeli bombing has caused large explosions just outside Beirut’s international airport during a further night of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in the city. It is not clear what the target was, but the airport borders the Dahieh area Hezbollah’s stronghold in the capital. Elsewhere, the Lebanese army …
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04-10-2024 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ BEIRUT: Iran’s message sent to the US via Qatar seems to be a response to what US President Joe Biden said yesterday. Biden said Israel has the right to retaliate for the recent Iranian strikes, unlike what happened in April when Iran targeted Israel and the White …
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04-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Last week, authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata announced plans to eliminate trams entirely, retaining only a small heritage loop. In response, a group of activists is fighting to ensure that trams remain a vital mode of transport rather than mere …
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