10-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory. “The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia. The elections come amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the cost of basic …
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10-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Footage has shown prisoners being freed from Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison including a small child being held with his mother after rebels took control of the country. The child is shown in video showing women being released that was posted by the Turkey-based Association of Detainees and The …
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10-12-2024 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian breaker Rachael Gunn’s legal team has stopped a musical parody about her journey to the Paris Olympics from taking to the stage. The show titled ‘Raygun: The Musical’ was created by Australian comedian Steph Broadbridge, who was also due to feature in the cast. It …
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10-12-2024 KYIV: Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation’s casualties. In a post on social media, the Ukrainian president said 370,000 injuries had been reported, though this figure included soldiers who …
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09-12-2024 LONDON: Millions of Britons have been warned to brace for further disruption as more strong winds are set to sweep across the UK following Storm Darragh. Northern Ireland was exposed to wind gusts of up to 80mph overnight, while a Met Office yellow wind warning came into force across …
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09-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, has expressed “cautious hope” after opposition fighters declared the rule of President Bashar al-Assad had come to an end. Opposition forces on Sunday said they had “liberated” the capital, Damascus, in a fast-moving offensive that saw them seize control …
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09-12-2024 MANAMA/ BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The US believes that an alleged sweeping Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon targeted and recorded telephone calls of “very senior” American political figures, a White House official said on Saturday. The comments by Anne Neuberger, the US deputy national security advisor for cyber …
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09-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana voted in a presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial crisis in a generation, which led to a major debt default in the West African nation. President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down next month after serving the two …
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09-12-2024 Bureau Report DOHA: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reacted to President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations, stating that India has “no interest” in weakening the US dollar. Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Jaishankar reflected on the positive relationship …
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09-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “free” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital, losing his decades-long grip on power. “We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” the Military Operations …
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