18-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Nearly five million people in Sudan could suffer catastrophic hunger in parts of the war-torn country in the coming months, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths warned the Security Council on Friday in a note seen by Reuters. Griffiths said acute levels of hunger were being …
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18-03-2024 NIAMEY: Niger’s ruling junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the US Department of Defense on its soil, junta spokesperson Colonel Amadou Abdramane said on Saturday. The decision follows a visit by US officials this week which was led …
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18-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Residents in parts of Australia’s Northern Territory and Queensland State were urged on Sunday to prepare for a tropical cyclone that is forecast to make landfall in coming days. Megan, a category two cyclone sitting in the Gulf of Carpentaria with wind gusts up …
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18-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The UN children’s agency said on Saturday one of its aid containers at Haiti’s main port, stocked with “essential items for maternal, neonatal and child survival,” was looted, as gangs increasingly control the capital. Haiti is struggling to resolve a long-running political and humanitarian crisis that the children’s …
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17-03-2024 PENNSYLVANIA: A suspected gunman in a series of deadly shootings in Pennsylvania has been captured alive in neighboring New Jersey, US police said. The police said the suspect shot three people dead in Levittown on Saturday before fleeing across state lines to the home in nearby Trenton. Residents were …
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17-03-2024 REYKJANES, PENISULA: A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth since December. It is thought to be the most powerful flare-up so far. Lava has reached the eastern defences around the evacuated town of Grindavik, local …
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17-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: The head of Israeli intelligence is expected to lead ceasefire talks with mediators which resume in Qatar on Sunday in direct response to a new proposal from Hamas, a source close to the talks told media on Saturday. The talks between Mossad head David Barnea, Qatar’s prime …
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17-03-2024 WELLINGTON/ PARIS: Boeing has told airlines operating 787 Dreamliners that pilots need to check their seats as an investigation into an incident on a Latam flight continues. It comes after 50 people were hurt this week when a 787 dropped suddenly during a Latam Airlines flight. The Wall Street …
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17-03-2024 GAZA CITY: The first maritime humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza has been unloaded on to the shore. The US charity behind the mission, World Central Kitchen, is carrying out the mission in co-operation with the United Arab Emirates. The shipment contained 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for Gaza, …
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17-03-2024 QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: Australian researchers have found coral bleaching around six islands in the far northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef, after a government agency said last week a major bleaching event was unfolding across the world’s most extensive reef ecosystem. Scientists at the James Cook University said on …
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