19-03-2023 CAIRO: Egypt’s foreign minister has said talks with Turkey on the possibility of restoring ties to the ambassadorial level would happen at “the appropriate time” during the first visit to Cairo by Turkey’s top diplomat since relations ruptured a decade ago. At a joint news conference on Saturday Egyptian …
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19-03-2023 ROME: In 2018, Maria Silvia Fiengo and Francesca Pardi were among Italy’s first same-sex couples to be registered as parents. The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, took a progressive stance and allowed children born to parents of the same gender to be acknowledged in the absence of clear national …
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19-03-2023 ISTANBUL: Finland’s bid to join NATO has finally secured the backing of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey had blocked Finland’s application for months, complaining it had supported “terrorists”. At a press conference in Ankara with his Finnish counterpart, Erdogan praised Finland’s “authentic and concrete steps” on Turkish security. …
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19-03-2023 PARIS: Protesters have clashed with police again in central Paris over the French government’s pension reforms. Thousands of demonstrators lit fires and some threw firecrackers at police, who used tear gas to disperse them. It is the second night of unrest since President Emmanuel Macron decided to push through …
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19-03-2023 HAGUE/ MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, a move dismissed by Moscow as meaningless. The Hague-based court said in a statement on Friday the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected involvement in …
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19-03-2023 Bureau Report BRISBANE/ MELBOURNE: BRISBANE: Tensions have risen here ahead of the Khalistan Referendum voting on March 19 as dozens of pro-Khalistan Sikhs rounded up and forced the closure of India’s honorary consulate in Brisbane and the Australian government issued an updated travel advisory advising its citizens against travelling …
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19-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he expects to be arrested in connection with the investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney next week and called for protests as New York law enforcement prepares for a possible indictment. In a social media post, Trump, referring to himself, said the …
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18-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there’s no danger to the public. “Xcel Energy took swift action to contain the leak to the plant site, which …
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18-03-2023 OUAGADOUGOU/ BAMAKO/ NIAMEY: Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the spiraling conflict. In a report published on Friday, the United Nations children’s agency said nearly four million more children are at risk in neighboring countries …
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18-03-2023 BENGHAZI: Several containers of natural uranium that were previously reported missing in Libya by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog have been located, according to a statement made by a general affiliated with one of Libya’s two rival factions. The war-torn country has been grappling with the issue of missing …
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