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Protesters block train tracks, buses in eastern India

29-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Thousands of protesters blocked train tracks, halted buses and shouted slogans in India’s state of West Bengal on Wednesday in the latest demonstration following the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which …

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Japan issues warning as Typhoon Shanshan approaches

29-08-2024 TOKYO: Japan has issued an emergency warning as a powerful typhoon approaches its southwest, prompting carmaker Toyota to shutter factories and airlines to cancel flights. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Wednesday estimated that Typhoon Shanshan was situated 70km (43 miles) from Yakushima Island at 2pm (05:00 GMT), heading …

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Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families

29-08-2024 DHAKA: Ekramul Haque was stunned when his uncle called him late in the afternoon of August 21 to inform him that floodwaters had inundated their ancestral home in southeastern Bangladesh’s Feni district, close to the Indian border. At the time, Haque was about 10km (6 miles) away in the …

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SpaceX delays first private spacewalk mission

29-08-2024 NEW YORK: SpaceX has postponed its attempt to launch an expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens. The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, had been scheduled to take off from NASA’s space centre in Florida early on Wednesday morning. …

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Israeli military launches major West Bank operation

29-08-2024 JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK: At least nine Palestinians have been killed in a major operation by Israeli forces in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says. Israeli security forces said they had begun “a counterterrorism operation” in Jenin and Tulkarm overnight and they had so …

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New indictment for Trump over 2020 US election

29-08-2024 WASHINGTON: US Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against former president Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election following his loss to Joe Biden. The new charging document tailors the allegations against Trump to the recent US Supreme Court …

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