08-07-2024 KYIV: A children’s hospital has been seriously damaged in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv by Russian strikes, as 33 people were killed across the country in an early morning barrage. At least 19 people were killed in Kyiv by the rare daytime attack, including two who died at the Ohmatdyt …
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08-07-2024 HOUSTON: Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen as it heads towards the US state of Texas, after cutting a deadly trail across the Caribbean. The storm is expected to hit the coast of Texas on Sunday night, two days after it made landfall in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl …
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08-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Two Indian soldiers have been killed alongside six rebels in two separate gun battles in the Indian-administered Kashmir, according to the police, raising concerns about the security situation in the disputed Himalayan region. Kashmir police’s Inspector General Vidhi Kumar Birdi told media …
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08-07-2024 PARIS: French voters are casting ballots in parliamentary run-off election, which will be decisive in determining its political future that might see the far right become the largest bloc in parliament for the first time. Voting began at 8am (06:00 GMT) on Sunday and will close between 6pm (16:00 …
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08-07-2024 GAZA CITY: At least five journalists among dozens were martyred in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified. Gaza’s Government Media Office said separate Israeli strikes killed three journalists in the Nuseirat refugee camp in …
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08-07-2024 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Millions of people across the Western United States were broiling under record-breaking heat on Saturday, with little relief in sight over the coming days, according to forecasters. From Oregon to California to the deserts of Arizona, several cities have seen stifling temperatures in recent days. Jacob …
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07-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BAHADURNAGAR: Just a pat on the back by preacher “Bhole Baba” and Ramkumari said a stone in her kidney vanished. The 85-year-old gave no proof but this story and countless others of similar “miracles” led to Baba’s following rocketing in India’s northern states. …
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07-07-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s Friday night TV interview does not seem to have quelled an uprising within his own party to end his re-election campaign after a halting debate performance against Donald Trump. A fifth House Democrat, Angie Craig of Minnesota, on Saturday joined colleagues in calling for the …
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07-07-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more have been injured. The building was sheltering thousands of displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Hamas-run …
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07-07-2024 TEHRAN: Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran’s new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian’s favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Jalili polled at 44.3%. The run-off came after no candidate secured …
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