17-12-2022 ISTANBUL: Thousands of people in Istanbul have protested against the conviction and political ban of the city’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, voicing criticism of Turkey’s government ahead of elections next year that are set to pose a major test to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule. A Turkish court on …
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17-12-2022 LONDON: Two British members of Parliament are demanding answers from the country’s government after publication of media reports that members of an infamous Bangladeshi anti-crime unit travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) multiple times this year to receive training. Media reports revealed last week that the UK in late …
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17-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States Congress is considering legislation that would restrict the use of TikTok by government employees over security concerns that user data could be passed along to the Chinese government. The US Senate passed a bill earlier this week that would ban federal workers from using TikTok …
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16-12-2022 BERLIN: An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, prompting around 100 emergency responders to rush to the scene at an inner-city leisure complex, emergency services said. “In addition to the unbelievable maritime damage… two people were injured by glass splinters,” …
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16-12-2022 PARIS: Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Another four people were seriously injured in the fire, which started …
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16-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Britain’s leading defence think-tank International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) has said in a report it appears that both India and the Taliban in Afghanistan are eager to build trust and develop bilateral relations. The report titled …
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16-12-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in new funding for Africa at a summit of dozens of the continent’s heads of state. “The United States is all in on Africa’s future,” President Biden told the 49 African leaders attending the Washington DC summit. It is …
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16-12-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A massive turnout of Sikhs at the ‘Australian Sikh Genocide Referendum’ car rally here has shocked India as all so-called ‘efforts’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government failed to stop activities of pro-Khalistan Sikh groups in western countries. More than 2,000 cars, jeeps and trucks took …
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16-12-2022 MEXICO CITY: Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC). The agency, based in New York and led by former UK politician David Miliband, …
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16-12-2022 NEW YORK: After a substantial decline in the value of his shares in the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla this year, Elon Musk is no longer the richest man in the world. According to Forbes and Bloomberg, Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods company LVMH, has surpassed Elon Musk …
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