23-11-2022 BEIJING: Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a spike in cases, deepening concerns about its economy and dampening hopes for a quick post-coronavirus reopening. China reported 28,127 new local cases nationally for Monday, nearing …
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23-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah will pick the next prime minister soon, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing the national palace, which did not specify the timing for his decision. The palace statement comes as the incumbent coalition said it would …
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23-11-2022 PARIS: European ministers are meeting in Paris to negotiate a more than 25% funding boost for space over the next three years as Europe seeks to maintain a lead in Earth observation, expand navigation services, and remain a key partner in exploration. The European Space Agency is asking its …
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23-11-2022 JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 268, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Disaster agency chief Suharyanto told reporters that more than 1,000 people had been injured, 58,000 displaced and 22,000 houses damaged. …
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23-11-2022 QATAR: Japanese fans at the FIFA World Cup’s opening match have impressed people across the globe after videos of them cleaning the stadium went viral. After the match on Sunday between Ecuador and host Qatar ended, excited fans left behind cups, wrappers, food waste, and much more at Doha’s …
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22-11-2022 NEW YORK: Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has filed for US bankruptcy court protection, said it owes its 50 biggest creditors nearly $3.1 billion. The exchange owes about $1.45 billion to its top 10 creditors, it said in a court filing on Saturday, without naming them. FTX and its affiliates …
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22-11-2022 DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) ICC Monday announced the format of the T20 World Cup 2024, to be hosted by West Indies and Americas, which it said was markedly different from the previous events. In the next T20 World Cup, 20 teams will be divided into four groups and …
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22-11-2022 TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked positions in northern Iraq held by Kurdish groups, as anti-government protests continue in Iran’s Kurdish-majority western regions and elsewhere. The elite force’s ground division confirmed early on Monday that it had hit three areas in the Kurdish region of …
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22-11-2022 ISTANBUL: Three people have been killed after rockets hit the Turkish district of Karkamis, near the Syrian border, according to the country’s interior minister, Suleyman Soylu. Five rockets were reportedly fired on Monday, one of them hitting a school, leaving six people injured, two of them seriously. According to …
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22-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian app has apologized after viewers complained about the “poor quality” of its broadcast of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Reliance Jio won the rights to livestream the mega sporting event in India. The company made the stream available for …
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