26-07-2024 GAZA CITY: More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said. Khan Younis, which is situated in the south of the Gaza Strip, has been the focus of a new Israeli military offensive which it says is aimed at …
Read More »Over 3,000 migrants travel in caravans to US border
25-07-2024 HUEHUETAN: About 3,000 people carrying bags, water and small children trod through intense heat along a highway in southern Mexico on Tuesday, traveling in two groups aiming to reach the US border. Over the past week migrants have launched two caravans large groups of people walking together bound for …
Read More »Bangladesh accepts court ruling to cut state job quotas
25-07-2024 DHAKA: The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week of some of the country’s deadliest protests in years but students raised fresh demands including the scrapping …
Read More »US Secret Service Boss resigns over Trump shooting failures
25-07-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency staff. She had faced calls from both Democrats …
Read More »US Secret Service Boss resigns over Trump shooting failures
25-07-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency staff. She had faced calls from both Democrats …
Read More »150,000 have fled Gaza’s Khan Younis since Monday: UN
25-07-2024 GAZA CITY: More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said. Khan Younis, which is situated in the south of the Gaza Strip, has been the focus of a new Israeli military offensive which it says is aimed at …
Read More »Kamala Harris slams Trump at first rally as he hits back
25-07-2024 WISCONSIN: US Vice-President Kamala Harris has gone on the offensive against Donald Trump in the first rally of her White House campaign, portraying November’s election as a choice between a former prosecutor and a convicted felon. Speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 in the battleground state of Wisconsin, …
Read More »Paris puts 75,000 troops on the streets
25-07-2024 PARIS: A scrum of disappointed tourists stared, wistfully, through the maze of metal fences lining the River Seine. Ahead of them, Notre Dame cathedral and other Parisian treasures lay, tantalizingly, out of reach. “We don’t have a code,” said a woman from Mexico, watching others armed with the requisite …
Read More »US police fatally shoot woman in her home
24-07-2024 SPRINGFIELD: Illinois police have released bodycam footage that shows the chaotic moments that led to the fatal shooting of a woman who had called 911 to report a suspected intruder at her home. The killing of Sonya Massey, 36, over Independence Day weekend has led to criminal charges against …
Read More »India’s Modi spends billions on jobs
24-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India unveiled spending of billions of dollars to create new jobs and satisfy key coalition partners in the first budget by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government after an election setback, aiming to win back voters and retain political support. Among a host of …
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