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Boeing freezes hiring and weighs furloughs

18-09-2024 SEATTLE: Boeing is freezing hiring and weighing temporary furloughs to cut costs as a strike by more than 30,000 workers entered its fourth day on Monday. The planemaker and union leadership badly misjudged anger among union members who backed a strike with 96% support last week, stopping production of …

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US strategy for anti-ship weapons to counter China

18-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of American efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific region and gear up US forces there. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed US thinking toward a new philosophy “affordable mass,” as …

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Atishi to be new Chief Minister of India’s capital Delhi 17-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Delhi minister Atishi will take over as the new chief minister of India’s national capital territory after the resignation of incumbent Arvind Kejriwal, says the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The announcement was …

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Children among dozens killed in Israeli attacks

17-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces pounded Gaza City’s Zeitoun and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods, killing 10 Palestinians, including several children. The attacks followed a day of assaults that killed more than a dozen people across the enclave. The Israeli military, reversing months of denials, admitted there was a “high probability” that …

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America faces a new normal in political violence

17-09-2024 WASHINGTON: After decades without political violence directed at a presidential candidate from one of the major parties, the US has now experienced this twice in the space of two months with former president Donald Trump the target on both occasions. In mid-July, he narrowly avoided being shot in the …

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US denies claim CIA plotted to kill Venezuela president

17-09-2024 WASHINGTON: The United States has dismissed claims made by Venezuela that the CIA plotted to assassinate President Maduro and other top officials. Three US citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech national have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to destabilize the country, the Interior Minister said. Calling the detainees …

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