25-11-2023 BEIJING: Computer chipmaker Broadcom has completed its $69bn (£55bn) acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware, wrapping up one of the biggest takeover deals in the technology sector. The deal was scrutinized by regulators around the world ahead of last clearance from China. There were concerns it could be affected …
Read More »13 hostages to be released from Gaza on Friday: Qatar
24-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ DOHA/ GAZA CITY: Qatar has announced key details of the planned pause in fighting and release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas. An official says the temporary ceasefire will begin at 07:00 local time on Friday and that the first group of 13 hostages will be …
Read More »Dublin riot sees clashes with police after 5 hurt in stabbings
24-11-2023 DUBLIN: Vehicles have been set on fire and shops looted in Dublin after a knife attack that left a number of people, including three children, injured. A five-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were seriously hurt in the attack after 13:40 local time. It happened on Parnell …
Read More »Rat plague spreads to Australia’s fishing towns
24-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: Thousands of rats dead and alive have swept up on beaches in Queensland Australia, overwhelming residents. The state has been battling a rat and mouse plague for months now. A surge in the native rodent population has forced the rats to move coastwards …
Read More »Climate crisis compounds woes for Somalis
24-11-2023 MOGADISHU: At a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa city in southwest Somalia, Halima Abdi, 57, walks through the flooded compound to access her makeshift house. It is partly submerged in the water, which had forced her to leave the previous day. Most of her …
Read More »US warship shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea
24-11-2023 SANA’A/ DUBAI: A US warship cruising the Red Sea has shot down drones fired from Houthi-held territory in Yemen, according to the US Central Command. The USS Thomas Hudner, a guided-missile destroyer, shot down “multiple one-way attack drones” launched on Thursday morning from Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas, CENTCOM said in …
Read More »‘Muslim country group to push for Gaza truce’
24-11-2023 ANKARA: A newly formed group of senior officials from several Muslim countries will visit the U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members and others to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Tuesday. The group was formed earlier this month at a summit …
Read More »Obama’s ex-advisor sparks fury with anti-Muslim rant
24-11-2023 NEW YORK: Stuart Seldowitz, a former advisor to the National Security Council under ex-US president Barack Obama, has been charged with five counts after attacking a halal street vendor in New York City. Seldowitz, 64, allegedly targeted Mohammad Hussein, a 24-year-old Muslim street vendor in an Islamophobic attack, referring …
Read More »WHO asks China for more details on pneumonia outbreak
24-11-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of …
Read More »Sikh leader reacts to India’s assassination plot on US soil
24-11-2023 NANTUCKET/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the general counsel of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and a pro-Khalistan Sikh leader, has responded to his assassination plot by India which was exposed in a report by the Financial Times (FT). After reports of the United States warning India over Pannun’s …
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