23-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KERALA: Health authorities in India’s Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus. According to the state’s health minister, an additional 60 people have been identified as being in the high-risk category of having the disease. …
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US foreign policy fails again, against the Houthis 23-07-2024 WASHINGTON: On July 20, the Israeli air force attacked the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, controlled by the Yemeni militia, Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. Local media reported a large explosion at a fuel storage facility and a power plant …
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23-07-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race, saying it’s “in the best interest of my party and the country” but will stay on for the final six months of his term. He endorses Kamala Harris, his vice-president, to be the new Democratic nominee. Harris says she …
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23-07-2024 KAMPALA: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has warned protesters that they will be “playing with fire” if they press ahead with plans to stage an anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday. Young Ugandans have been organizing the march on social media to demand an end to corruption in government. They …
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22-07-2024 THE HAGUE/ WASHINGTON: International reaction has poured in since a ruling by the top United Nations court that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should swiftly be brought to an end. Palestinian officials have hailed the International Court of Justice ruling as a “watershed …
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22-07-2024 DHAKA: Bangladesh Supreme Court scales back controversial government job quota system, which triggered deadly nationwide unrest last week. Student leaders vow to press on with demonstrations until key demands are met, including the release of those jailed, and officials responsible for deadly violence resign. It says 93 percent of …
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22-07-2024 Health Ministry says at least 64 people killed and 105 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in past 24 hours. Many victims are still under rubble and on roads, with civil defence crews not able to reach them, it adds. In Yemen, at least three people killed and 87 …
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22-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PRAYAGARAJ: Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a job in the Indian government. Packed with scores of others in makeshift classrooms under tin roofs with barely enough light and air, Kumar has spent years cramming …
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22-07-2024 NEW YORK/ LONDON/ PARIS: Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage. It’s the first time a figure has been put on the incident and suggests it could be the worst cyber event in history. The glitch came from a …
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22-07-2024 MICHIGAN: Donald Trump has told a rally in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy” when an attempt was made on his life last week. Attended by thousands, it was Trump’s first rally with new running mate JD Vance – and first since he survived the assassination attempt. …
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