09-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti’s main port says it is suspending operations due to sabotage and vandalism as the capital city descends further into violence and chaos. Local media report that armed men broke into the port in capital Port-au-Prince, looting containers. It follows attacks by gangs on the airport, police stations …
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08-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first official visit to the main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir since New Delhi scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Addressing a crowd in a football stadium in Srinagar, Modi on Thursday announced development …
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08-03-2024 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A/ DUBAI: A Houthi missile attack on a Red Sea merchant ship left several people dead, the US military said. These are the first fatalities reported since the Houthis began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes in November. Three crew members have been …
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08-03-2024 MINNESOTA/ OKLAHOMA: Donald Trump vowed to cheering supporters that he would “take back our country” after dominating the Super Tuesday primary contests. Hours later he became the lone Republican White House contender after rival Nikki Haley dropped out. President Joe Biden who largely sailed through the Democratic nominating contests …
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08-03-2024 LOS ANGELES: A former Google software engineer has been charged in the US with stealing trade secrets about artificial intelligence (AI) while secretly working for two Chinese companies. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted in the state of California on four charges and arrested on Wednesday. …
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08-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The World Food Program (WFP) says its first attempt in two weeks to bring food aid to northern Gaza was blocked by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The UN agency says the convoy of 14 Lorries was “turned back” at a checkpoint and was later …
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08-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a “civil war” if Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down. Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the capital’s airport to stop Henry …
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08-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: Victoria police have arrested a 22-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy, who vanished more than one month ago. Murphy, 51, was last seen at about 7am on 4 February, captured on CCTV footage in her family home’s …
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07-03-2024 CAIRO: An exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages in Gaza can only happen after a ceasefire, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Tuesday, as ceasefire talks in Cairo between Hamas, Egypt and Qatar continued with no sign of a breakthrough. Hamdan, speaking at a press conference in …
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07-03-2024 SAO PAULO: Japanese auto maker Toyota (7203.T), opens new tab officially announced on Tuesday an 11 billion real ($2.22 billion) investment in Brazil, saying it will be made in two parts by 2030, and include the output of a new vehicle specially designed for the country’s costumers. Brazil’s vice …
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