20-08-2022 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: A Shanghai court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison and fined his Tomorrow Holdings Co conglomerate a record 55.03 billion Chinese yuan ($8.1bn). Xiao and his Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally absorbing public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and …
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19-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India’s decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of an attempt by the Hindu nationalist government to change the demography of its only Muslim-majority region. The move, announced on Wednesday by …
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19-08-2022 NEW YORK: The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges and has been held without bail. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, just before the “The Satanic Verses” author …
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19-08-2022 TEHRAN: The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates rejected allegations that the country is holding American nationals, including freelance journalist and veteran US Marine Corps Austin Tice. Tice disappeared a decade ago while reporting on the foreign-sponsored conflict in the Arab country. In a statement on Wednesday, the …
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19-08-2022 DUBAI: An India vs Pakistan cricket match is always a huge deal for residents of both countries and fans go to any extremes for tickets. On August 28, a highly-anticipated India vs Pakistan match, which is part of the Asia Cup, is set to take place in Dubai. Tickets …
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19-08-2022 RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian student sentenced to 34 years in prison for her social media activity had been reported to the country’s authorities using a crime-reporting app, highlighting the use of technology by Saudi authorities to clamp down on dissent. Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two children who …
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18-08-2022 NEW YORK/ TEHRAN: The man who allegedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie has said that he admires Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued a call for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Hadi Matar, the suspected attacker, told the New York Post during a video interview that he respects the …
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18-08-2022 SEOUL: Talks with North Korea should not be for political show but contribute to establishing peace, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday, just hours after the North test fired two cruise missiles into the sea. Speaking at a wide-ranging news conference to mark his first 100 days …
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18-08-2022 LONDON: A British-Pakistani woman has been elected as a councillor in Salford for Higher Irlam and Peel Green. Mishal Saeed, who is a graduate of the University of Oxford, won by 1,317 votes on Labour Party’s ticket. Local elections are an important opportunity for residents to make their voices …
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18-08-2022 BANGKOK: An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand’s main airport attempting to smuggle out a menagerie of live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said Wednesday. The Southeast Asian kingdom is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers who often sell the animals to …
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