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04-03-2024 SANA’A/ DUBAI: A British cargo ship sank in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants, taking some 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer down with it, posing a significant environmental risk to one of the world’s busiest waterways and the home of many coral reefs. The Rubymar was …

04-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Armed groups were closing in on Haiti’s largest prison on Saturday night, defying police forces who called for help after days of gunfire in parts of the capital as a major gang leader seeks to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Two of the Caribbean country’s main police unions …

04-03-2024 CAIRO/ RAFAH: A delegation from Hamas arrived in Cairo on Sunday for crunch talks on a Gaza ceasefire, billed as a potential final hurdle towards an agreement that would halt the fighting for six weeks. Washington said a ceasefire deal was already “on the table”, approved by Israel and …

Blizzard ‘as bad as it gets’ hits California & Nevada 03-03-2024 SACRAMENTO: A massive blizzard is pounding parts of California and Nevada in the western United States. The snowstorm has closed major roads, shut down ski resorts and left tens of thousands of homes without power. The blizzard was especially …

03-03-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave. Biden said the US …

03-03-2024 ZURICHBERG: Saudi Arabia launched its campaign to host the 2034 soccer World Cup, a bid that is all but certain to succeed due to the absence of any other expressions of interest before FIFA’s deadline late last year. With Morocco, Portugal and Spain set to share the hosting of …

03-03-2024 OVIEDO: Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse. Last spring, in an unprecedented conflagration there, nearly 300 wildfires leapt across …

03-03-2024 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand court has ordered NZ$10m (£4.8m; $6m) in compensation to the victims of the White Island volcano disaster, where 22 people died. Some 47 people were touring the volcano when it erupted in December 2019. Many of the survivors were gravely injured. The firm that owns …

03-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The head of a Gaza City hospital that treated some of the Palestinians injured in the bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy said more than 80 per cent had been struck by gunfire. At least 115 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured …

03-03-2024 ABUJA: The Nigerian government says it has demanded almost $10bn (£8bn) in compensation from the cryptocurrency firm, Binance. It says Binance manipulated foreign exchange rates through currency speculation and rate-fixing, which have seen the naira lose nearly 70% of its value in recent months. Two Binance executives were arrested …