31-12-2024 ABUJA: The glitzy parade had floats and dancers from many of Nigeria’s different ethnic groups taking part. A month of celebrations in December draws many partygoers to Calabar, the capital of Cross River state and home to many Christian communities. The organizers say up to two million people attend, …
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31-12-2024 TBILISI: Thousands of Georgians protested in the capital Tbilisi as a new president allied with the ruling Georgian Dream party was inaugurated. Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former pro-footballer, has been sworn in during a critical political period for the country after the government suspended its application to join the European …
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31-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Holding new elections in Syria could take up to four years, rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said in a broadcast interview. This is the first time he has given a timeline for possible elections in Syria since his group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a rebel offensive that …
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30-12-2024 KHARTOUM: In Sudan, 20 months of armed conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army (SAF) have killed at least 20,000 people and left some 25 million half of the country’s population suffering from severe hunger and in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, 14 …
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30-12-2024 BEIRUT: Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war monitor said. Many senior Syrian officials and people close to the former ruling family of Bashar al-Assad …
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30-12-2024 WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over the use of the H-1B visa, saying he fully backs the program for foreign tech workers opposed by some of his supporters. Trump’s remarks followed a series of …
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30-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s banking system liquidity deficit is set to widen further in the upcoming quarter, leading to more voices demanding durable liquidity injection. The banking system’s liquidity shortfall has jumped to its highest level in nearly seven months due to tax outflows and central bank’s …
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30-12-2024 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident” following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this week in Kazakhstan. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital …
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30-12-2024 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban forces have targeted “several points” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside the country. The statement from the defence ministry on Saturday did not directly specify that Pakistan was hit, but said the …
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30-12-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have detained and interrogated medical staff after forcibly evacuating the last major hospital in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, was among those taken for questioning by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which accused …
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