17-07-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in the streets of Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, promising “days of disruption”, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government advanced its plan to overhaul the judiciary. The rallies on Saturday marked the 28th straight week of demonstrations against Netanyahu’s …
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16-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BRITISH COLUMBIA: A prominent Sikh leader was brazenly murdered last month outside a temple in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The death has outraged his supporters and intensified global tensions between Sikh separatists and the Indian government. On a mid-June summer evening in the …
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16-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States is deploying additional fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior US defence official said, according to a news report. Speaking to Pentagon reporters on Friday, the official said the US will send F-16 fighter jets to …
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16-07-2023 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis gave in to China’s unilateral appointment of a new bishop in Shanghai, formally recognizing Beijing’s installation of Bishop Shen Bin three months after the fact. A Vatican statement on Saturday said the pope had named Bishop Joseph Shen Bin to head the vacant Shanghai diocese …
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16-07-2023 NEW YORK: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter, has revealed plans for his latest venture, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI, to collaborate with both companies in order to advance AI technologies. Musk aims to leverage the “silicon front” and “AI software front” of Tesla to …
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16-07-2023 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: As India and China search for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties between the two Asian countries need to be stabilized. Wang’s remarks came on the sidelines of Association …
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16-07-2023 WASHINGTON: More than a third of Americans are under heat advisories as extreme temperatures are likely to hit several states in the United States this weekend, media reported yesterday. About 113 million people in the US have been affected by the advisories from Florida to Texas to California up …
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15-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India on Friday launched the Chandrayaan-3 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, aiming to become the fourth country to achieve a controlled landing on the moon, after Russia, the United States, and China. Television footage showed the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) LVM3 …
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15-07-2023 MISSISSIPPI: Torrential rains triggered flash floods, which washed through Mississippi Thursday, forcing authorities to declare emergency rescue missions however, no injuries have been reported so far. “The worst rain was reported in Louisville and Ackerman, where more than 6-12 inches had already fallen with 3-5 more inches of rain …
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15-07-2023 NEW YORK: Fox News, the popular right-wing network, finds itself under fire as longtime host Geraldo Rivera exposed internal turmoil and bias within the organization. In a candid interview with The View on Thursday, Rivera disclosed a toxic environment where his co-hosts were unduly favored, raising questions about the …
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