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26-01-2024 BUENOS AIRES: In the biggest show of resistance to date against far-right President Javier Milei, Argentinian workers have taken to the streets for a general strike, bringing swaths of downtown Buenos Aires to a standstill. It was an unprecedented mobilisation. Never before in modern Argentinian history has a mass …

26-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Journalist Amir Mehmood* was getting ready for work when his phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message. As a member of the top management at a private news channel in Pakistan’s second-largest city, Lahore, Mehmood was used to getting non-stop …

26-01-2024 KIGALI: With shovels and garden hoes, villagers stood this January digging where a house once stood in Rwanda to reveal a mass grave filled with bones victims of the genocide still being found 30 years on. Around 100 volunteers, many wearing face masks and rubber gloves turn over the …

26-01-2024 GAZA CITY:  At least 20 killed and 150 wounded as Israeli tanks fire shells and live rounds at people in northern Gaza City who lined up to receive much-needed humanitarian supplies, health officials say. UN says heavy fighting has “encircled” two hospitals in Khan Younis Nasser and Al-Amal leaving …

26-01-2024 ROI-NAMUR, MARSHAL ISLAND: A clean-up operation is underway after giant waves Saturday flooded a United States military base in the Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific damaging infrastructure and forcing dozens of people to evacuate last weekend. “On the night of January 20, 2024, a series of weather-driven waves …

25-01-2024 RIYADH: In a significant move towards expanding its appeal for tourism and business, Saudi Arabia is set to open its inaugural alcohol store in Riyadh, exclusively catering to non-Muslim diplomats, NDTV reported. Spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, this initiative is aligned with the broader Vision 2030 plan …

25-01-2024 NEW DELHI: One of India’s most well-known meals outside of the country is butter chicken, which is both tasty and controversial, with two Indian restaurant groups battling it out in court over who invented it. The Gujral family, owners of a famed Delhi restaurant brand, Moti Mahal, filed a …

25-01-2024 BAMAKO: Over 70 individuals lost their lives in a tunnel collapse at a gold mining site in Mali last week, as confirmed by a local gold mining group leader and a regional official on Wednesday, Times of India reported. The incident occurred in the southwestern town of Kangaba, where …

25-01-2024 ADDIS ABABA: Festivities for the Orthodox Christian celebration of epiphany have been muted this year in Gondar, in the northwest Ethiopian region of Amhara where conflict has raged for months. “How can you celebrate when many people are dying?” said an auto rickshaw driver, who wished to remain anonymous. …

25-01-2024 PYANGYONG: South Korean media reported Wednesday that North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, days after conducting two separate weapons testing. According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the launches took place at around 7am, without giving further details, Yonhap reported. “While strengthening …