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12-08-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has a lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump in three battleground states that will be key in the upcoming United States election, according to a new poll. The New York Times/ Siena College poll released on Saturday showed Harris with …

12-08-2024 DHAKA: By all quantifiable measures, Bangladesh’s now deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the most entrenched, dominant and brutal dictator the country had seen since its independence. She jailed, exiled and eliminated most of her political peers like no other ruler in South Asia’s history. She brought all the …

12-08-2024 GAZA CITY: Medics and survivors of Israel’s latest attack on a Gaza City school turned shelter collected body parts of victims and searched for the missing as world leaders condemned the bombing that killed more than 100 people. Israel’s military again warned Palestinians living in parts of southern Gaza …

12-08-2024 BELGRADE: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital power source in Europe’s green energy transition. In advance of Saturday’s rally in Belgrade, two leading protest figures said they …

11-08-2024 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia plans to build 11 new stadiums as part of its bid to host the 2034 men’s World Cup. FIFA has unveiled Saudi Arabia’s formal bid book for the tournament which outlines the five proposed host cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Abha and Neom, the futuristic desert …

11-08-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra, opens new tab and China’s Shaanxi Automobile Group have agreed to set up a $3 billion joint venture to build a car manufacturing plant in India and are awaiting New Delhi’s approval, sources told Reuters. A majority stake in the …

11-08-2024 BRASILIA/ APUI:  Fire brigades in the Brazilian Amazon are battling blazes off to their worst start in 20 years for the rainforest, according to government satellite data, following a record-breaking drought aggravated by global warming. Smoke blanketed the horizon along the Transamazonian Highway outside the town of Apui on …

11-08-2024 GLENDALE: Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in a packed arena in Arizona on Friday, hoping to put Republican candidate Donald Trump on the back foot in the West, while Trump held his own rally in Montana to support a Republican candidate for Senate. The Democratic presidential candidate, less than …

11-08-2024 TEHRAN: Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies. “The supreme leader’s orders regarding the …

11-08-2024 AYOUROUS, NIGER: It was just a few minutes before 7 o’clock on a Friday evening in early June when Kani* and 10 others fleeing violence in northeastern Mali arrived at a checkpoint in Labbezanga, close to the border with Niger. Six armed men, three of them wearing military fatigues, …