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12-11-2024 GAZA/ BEIRUT. DAMASCUS: Palestinians and Lebanese mourned their dead after Israeli forces killed 36 people in a single attack on Jabalia in northern Gaza and 23 people in another strike on the village of Almat, north of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Medical sources in Gaza said Israeli forces killed at …

11-11-2024 BEIJING/ JAKARTA: Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV CCTV reported, as the two countries seek increased partnerships in key areas. The deals covered issues including water conservation, maritime resources and mining, the report said, and come …

11-11-2024 BAKU/ KABUL: Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021. The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku will be among …

11-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Consumer price inflation in India climbed to a 14-month high of 5.81% in October primarily due to a spike in vegetable and edible oil prices, a Reuters poll of economists predicted, a shade below the central bank’s tolerance threshold of 6.0%. Food …

11-11-2024 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied U.S. charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday for confidence-building between the two hostile countries. “Now … a new scenario is fabricated … as a killer does not exist in reality, …

11-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ REHOBOTH BEACH: US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday at the White House on Biden’s invitation, a White House spokesperson said on Saturday. Trump will take office on Jan. 20 after defeating current Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 presidential election. …

11-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Flooding in South Sudan has displaced more than 379,000 people, according to a United Nations update that warned about a surge in malaria. Aid agencies have said the world’s youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the grip of its worst flooding in decades, …

11-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: During his campaign for re-election, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened major tariffs on imports from a range of countries. Beijing bore the brunt of his attention, he threatened a 60 percent tariff on Chinese products. But India was a major target, too he described the country …

11-11-2024 DOHA: Qatar has suspended its work as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage release talks between Israel and Hamas, officials say. The country said it would resume its work when Hamas and Israel “show their willingness” to negotiate. It comes after senior US officials reportedly said Washington would no …

10-11-2024 VALENCIA/ MADRID: Huge numbers of people have protested in Valencia against authorities’ handling of recent deadly floods, demanding the resignation of regional head Carlos Mazon. Spanish outlets, including news agency Efe, cited a government body as saying 130,000 people took to the streets on Saturday – with protesters chanting …