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04-04-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a fresh appeal for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, deploring the killing of aid workers in an Israeli airstrike and paying tribute to a Ukrainian soldier who died in the war against Russia. Seven people working for the aid charity World Central …

04-04-2024 LOS ANGELES: Residents throughout Southern California were fascinated by a mysterious spectacle as numerous streaking objects illuminated the sky overnight. The bright streaks were observed around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, with reports flooding in from various areas including Temecula, Orange County, Los Angeles, and beyond. Many people turned to …

04-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Tuesday warned the nation’s most popular yoga guru and his company of stern legal action for not complying with its directive to stop advertisements saying traditional ayurvedic medicines can fully cure some diseases. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, dressed in …

04-04-2024 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: US President Joe Biden sought to manage tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan’s May presidential inauguration in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, their first direct talks since meeting in November. Biden used the call to emphasize “the importance of maintaining peace …

04-04-2024 MOSCOW: A Ukrainian drone struck Russia’s third-largest oil refinery on Tuesday about 1,300 km (800 miles) from the front lines, hitting a unit that processes about 155,000 barrels of crude per day, though an industry source said strike caused no critical damage. A Ukrainian intelligence source said Ukraine hit …

04-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Iran said on Tuesday it would take revenge on Israel for an airstrike that killed two of its generals and five military advisers at its embassy compound in Damascus, raising the risk of further escalation in conflict in the Middle East. The strike marked one of …

03-04-2024 TAIPEI CITY: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday, setting off tsunami warnings on the island and its neighboring countries. The epicentre is located about 18km (11mi) south of Taiwan’s Hualien city, according to the US Geological Survey. It is Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 …

03-04-2024 REDMOND, WASHINGTON: Microsoft has said it is splitting the Teams business messaging and video app from its Office software globally. The firm separated the two products in Europe last year as it faced a possible fine from competition watchdogs. Teams was added to Office in 2017. The European Commission …

03-04-2024 QAIRO: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn in before parliament for his third term as Egyptian president. El-Sisi’s oathtaking on Tuesday marked what should be his final six-year stretch as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country, unless he again ushers through a constitutional amendment prolonging his tenure. …

03-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in its northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, calling the move “senseless” and reaffirming that the border province is an “integral” part of India. Beijing says Arunachal Pradesh, which its calls Zangnan, is …