24-05-2025 COPENHAGEN: Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will …
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23-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, a month after a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir led New Delhi to suspend a key river water-sharing treaty between the neighbors. The suspension of …
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23-05-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza’s most vulnerable people on Thursday after Israel let some trucks through but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it allowed 100 trucks also …
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23-05-2025 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines fisheries bureau has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon and sideswiping a Filipino government vessel during a research voyage in the disputed South China Sea (SCS). The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources condemned on Thursday what it said was the “aggressive interference” …
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23-05-2025 LONDON: A British High Court judge has temporarily blocked the government from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The last-minute injunction on Thursday morning came hours before the agreement was expected to be signed at a virtual ceremony with representatives from the Mauritian government. The High Court …
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23-05-2025 WASHINGTON: Two staff members from the Israeli embassy in the United States were shot and killed on Wednesday night as they left a Jewish museum in Washington, DC, prompting outrage from US and Israeli officials. A 30-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, named as Elias Rodriguez, has been arrested in …
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23-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Palestinians have taken to the streets in southern Gaza for a third day to protest against Hamas. Hundreds of demonstrators were seen in videos posted on social media calling for an end to the war and for the removal of the armed group from Gaza. “Out! Out! …
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23-05-2025 WASHINGTON: The US has accepted a plane intended for the Air Force One fleet from Qatar, a gift that has sparked criticism including from some of President Trump’s biggest supporters. “The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations,” …
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22-05-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA STRIP: Video shows some of the thousands of aid trucks that officials say are stuck in Egypt as Israel continues to block supplies getting into Gaza. Palestinians in Gaza are on the verge of starvation and are desperate for aid but despite Israel officially relenting and publicly …
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22-05-2025 TOKYO: Japan’s farm minister has resigned after a gaffe about receiving free rice from supporters drew public fury in a country experiencing soaring prices of the staple. Taku Eto’s comment, which many Japanese saw as out of touch with economic realities, came at a seminar Sunday for the Liberal …
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