23-06-2024 NIAMEY: Niger’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, as it continues to cut ties with former colonial power France. State-owned Orano said on Thursday that it had been ordered out of the Imouraren mine …
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23-06-2024 SEOUL: A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group in Busan …
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23-06-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 42 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli attacks on the Shati refugee camp and the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office told media. The WHO says the health system in Gaza is near collapse as casualties from an Israeli attack …
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23-06-2024 NEW YORK: Justin Timberlake has admitted it’s been “a tough week” after he was charged for driving while intoxicated. Addressing fans at a concert in Chicago on Friday night, the singer also thanked them for continuing to support him. The 43-year-old pop star was arrested in New York on …
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23-06-2024 LONDON: Four members of the UK’s richest family have received prison sentences for exploiting staff brought over from India to work at their Geneva villa. Prakash and Kamal Hinduja, as well as their son Ajay and his wife Namrata, were found guilty of exploitation and illegal employment by a …
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22-06-2024 GENEVA/ GAZA CITY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says dozens of people have been killed in a shelling attack that damaged its Gaza office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced Palestinians living in tents. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said there were 39 …
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22-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli military pounded Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip even as it intensified its attacks in the north and centre of the besieged Palestinian territory. Residents said Israeli forces seemed to be trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern …
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22-06-2024 TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan’s ruling party are expected to gather outside parliament on Friday after it pushed ahead with a hugely controversial “contempt of parliament” bill. The opposition Kuomintang party (KMT) says the new law is badly needed to redress the power imbalance between the …
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22-06-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people. Slurs cause “immense pain”, Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero said during an online video panel with other Catholic university students and the pope. His comments come after reports that …
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22-06-2024 MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making “a big mistake” if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia. His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea’s new pact to help each other in …
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