05-03-2025 GUANTANAMO BAY: We, the undersigned former Guantanamo prisoners, strongly condemn US President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand detention facilities for undocumented people at Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo is not just a prison, it is a place where law is warped, dignity is stripped, and suffering is hidden behind barbed …
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05-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria has deployed security forces in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus, to restore order after a dispute at a checkpoint led to the killing of a Syrian security officer and the injury of another by a militia linked to Bashar al-Assad’s former regime. The move to deploy forces …
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05-03-2025 TOKYO: More than 2,000 firefighters, backed by military helicopters, are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three decades, as the blaze burns thousands of hectares of land every day. Officials on Monday said about 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, …
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05-03-2025 GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Chief has expressed deep concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” by the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and polarize people. “We have enjoyed bipartisan support from the US on human rights over …
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05-03-2025 LONDON: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “for peace to be real, we need real security guarantees” after he met European leaders at a summit in London. Russia says “someone should make (Zelenskyy) want peace” after the fiery blow-up at the White House with US President Donald Trump. France and …
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04-03-2025 LOS ANGELES/ RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here,” about a matriarch whose husband is taken away by the military regime that ruled the country in the 1970s, won the Academy Award for best international feature film on Sunday. The film, which also earned nominations for best actress …
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04-03-2025 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: US President Donald Trump on social media announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in a new US strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies on Sunday, spiking the market value of each. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his January …
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04-03-2025 NEW YORK: Nine people were arrested during a raucous demonstration outside a New York City Tesla, opens new tab dealership on Saturday, protesting owner Elon Musk’s role in sweeping cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of President Donald Trump. The protest, which police said involved hundreds of …
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04-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Palestinians in Gaza fear hunger and starvation during Ramadan after Israel blocked all humanitarian aid into the enclave, with one woman in the Jabalia refugee camp warning “there will be famine and chaos”. The United Nations and countries around the world condemned the Israeli move, with …
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04-03-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BHARARISAIN, UTTARAKHAND: Rescuers recovered the eighth and final body from the site of an avalanche in a remote area of northern India, the army has said, marking the end of a marathon operation in subzero temperatures. More than 50 workers were submerged under …
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