04-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has unveiled an annual budget focused on appealing to the country’s middle class and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and manufacturing. Announcing the annual budget in parliament on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said people earning up to …
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04-02-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to introduce laws against artificial intelligence tools used to generate sexualized images of children, in an attempt to curb a phenomenon that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said was increasing. The government announced on Saturday that it would make …
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04-02-2025 KHARTOUM: Shelling at a busy market near Sudan’s capital has filled a mortuary with bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says. MSF and the Sudanese authorities said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for Saturday’s attack in the city of Omdurman, which killed and injured more …
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04-02-2025 WASHINGTON: Air traffic control staffing was “not normal” at the time of a mid-air collision between a military helicopter and passenger plane in Washington, DC that killed 67 people, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has acknowledged. US media reported that Reagan National Airport tower was understaffed during Wednesday’s crash, according …
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04-02-2025 BERLIN: Sabrina Carpenter has won the first Grammy Award of 2025, taking home best pop solo performance for her percolating summer anthem, Espresso. British star Charli XCX also won a clutch of early prizes including best dance/pop album for her razor sharp club album Brat; and best dance/pop song …
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04-02-2025 WASHINGTON/ PANAMA CITY: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make “immediate changes” to what he calls the “influence and control” of China over the Panama Canal. America’s top diplomat said Panama must act or the US would take necessary measures to protect its rights under …
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03-02-2025 GAZA STRIP: Dozens of Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said following the latest batch that was released on Saturday. As part of ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, 183 Palestinians were released from Israeli jails. They emerged wearing stained …
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03-02-2025 Bureau Report SYDNEY: One person died on Sunday in Australia’s north Queensland state in heavy flooding, authorities said, urging thousands of people to move to higher ground due to torrential rains. Queensland authorities said major flooding was underway in coastal Hinchinbrook Shire, a locality of around 11,000 people located …
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03-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India plans to cut personal income tax rates to boost middle-class spending power, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, as she announced an annual budget that also sought to increase private investment to strengthen growth. The world’s fifth-largest economy is expected to post its …
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03-02-2025 TOKYO: Japan is considering offering support for a $44 billion gas pipeline in Alaska as it seeks to court US President Donald Trump and forestall potential trade friction, according to three officials familiar with the matter. Officials in Tokyo expect Trump may raise the project, which he has said …
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