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06-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Bharti Airtel, opens new tab on Wednesday signed a “multi-billion” dollar deal with Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, opens new tab to boost its 4G and 5G coverage in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Under the deal, which Reuters reported in October, Bharti Airtel …

06-12-2024 TBILISI: Police in Georgia have raided the offices of several opposition parties in what appears to be an attempt to halt a wave of protests against the governing Georgia Dream party’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union. Thousands of people have rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, …

06-12-2024 HAVANA: Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people across the Caribbean island without electricity in the latest such failure in recent months. Authorities said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the country’s top electricity producer, shut down about 2am (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, prompting …

06-12-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Anees Shehzad’s death certificate says he died from a pelvic injury and gunshot wound. He was killed while protesting alongside thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capital, Islamabad, on November 26, following clashes with security forces. Khan’s …

06-12-2024 KHARTOUM: Sara Ismail wears a black hijab and camouflage, and wields an AK-47, in the central market of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The 30-year-old is a member of the Sudan Liberation Army belonging to Minnie Arko Minnawi (SLA-MM), a former Darfur rebel leader now allied with the …

06-12-2024 SANTIAGO NILTEPEC, MEXICO: Carlos Perez, a 30-year-old Colombian migrant from Bogota, was on track to reach the United States border with his wife and 11-year-old son by the New Year. The trouble came, however, when his wife became overwhelmed with fatigue as they reached the city of Tapachula in …

06-12-2024 DAMASCUS/ HAMA: The Syrian government said its counteroffensive has pushed back opposition fighters attempting to advance to the strategic central city of Hama, while opposition forces say they captured more Syrian troops and Iran-backed fighters in fierce battles. Forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have staged their biggest …

05-12-2024 PARIS: The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator …

05-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ PETRAPOLE: Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as well as food staples such as sugar, grain and even onions. “We caught smugglers in August who were …

05-12-2024 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel in the South China Sea. The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted “in accordance with the law”. The US ambassador to the Philippines condemned China’s …