07-03-2025 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis was well-rested and woke up just after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, the Vatican said. The Vatican said the Pontiff who has been in hospital since February to receive treatment for pneumonia spent the night on “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” and is now back …
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06-03-2025 OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his tariffs on Canadian imports were “a very dumb thing to do” and said Ottawa was striking back immediately at its closest ally. Trudeau, who is stepping down at the end of the week, also accused …
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06-03-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s wealthy southern states are up in arms against a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to redraw boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, arguing it will result in less representation for them compared to the poorer, more populous north. M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of …
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06-03-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: Arab leaders are meeting in Egypt’s capital for a summit focusing on Gaza’s reconstruction. Israel’s Foreign Minister demands removal of Hamas from Gaza and return of captives before Israel agrees to phase two of ceasefire deal. Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in southern Gaza after …
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06-03-2025 ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: “I’m scared,” sobs Nabila. The 10-year-old’s life is limited to her one-bedroom home in Islamabad and the dirt road outside it. Since December she hasn’t been to her local school, when it decided it would no longer accept Afghans without a valid Pakistani birth certificate but even …
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06-03-2025 Warning: (This article contains details of sexual violence that some people may find distressing) UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan’s civil war, says the UN children’s agency, UNICEF. So traumatized are the survivors that some say they have …
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06-03-2025 KYIV: Ukrainians have voiced their shock and dismay at the US pausing its military aid to the country, what one politician called a “dangerous” situation. “We’ll see very soon the serious consequences dangerous consequences,” Oleksandr Merezhko, who chairs the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told media. Merezhko said the …
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06-03-2025 MADRID: A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind. The 23-year-old woman who wants to end her life is paraplegic due …
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06-03-2025 BEIJING/ OTTAWA/ MEXICO CITY: Stock markets around the world fell following the introduction of tariffs by President Donald Trump on goods entering the US from China, Canada and Mexico. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 20% tariffs against China. Canada and China announced …
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05-03-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA/ JERUSALEM: The testing second stage of Gaza’s ceasefire was always in doubt; now it seems to be dead at the moment it was meant to start. Concern is mounting that war will return to this ravaged territory, deepening the profound suffering of Palestinians and threatening the lives …
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