04-11-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States announced sanctions Thursday on individuals and companies it accused of abetting Russia’s war against Ukraine, targeting entities in Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a bid to disrupt Moscow’s supply chains. This comes as Russia has offshored the production of technology, equipment …
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04-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel continues deadly air attacks on Gaza early on Friday, even as the number of people killed in the Palestinian enclave rises to at least 9,061. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel. The Israeli military says it has surrounded Gaza City and is …
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04-11-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people to leave or face arrest and deportation, officials said Thursday. The majority rushed to the border in the past several days as the November 1 deadline approached …
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03-11-2023 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday broke weeks of silence since war broke out between Hamas and Israel, accusing the US of being entirely responsible for the war in Gaza and calling Israel merely ‘an executive tool’. In a televised speech, the Hezbollah chief said that the …
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03-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The air quality index (AQI) in several areas of the Indian capital became “severe” on Friday, prompting the closure of some schools for two days. Every winter, a dense layer of dirty smog descends upon New Delhi, trapping vehicle emissions, construction dust, and …
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03-11-2023 LONDON: Faryal Makhdoom, wife of former boxing champion, Amir Khan, recently received a warning message from an Israeli organization offering to reward her “lucratively” if she would support Israel instead of Palestine. Makhdoom, who runs a successful makeup company, has been visibly supportive of Palestinians on social media since …
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03-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: How many hours should a person work in a week? That’s the question being asked in India over the past few days after software billionaire NR Narayana Murthy, the father-in-law of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – said that young people should be …
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03-11-2023 TOKYO: Japan’s Foreign Minister announced Thursday that she would meet with her Palestinian counterparts during her visits to Israel and Jordan and convey Japan’s willingness to continue to provide aid for the Palestinians. Yoko Kamikawa, the minister, will also be meeting with Eli Cohen, the foreign minister of Israel, …
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03-11-2023 BERLIN: The German president has expressed “shame” for the colonial atrocities his country inflicted on Tanzania. German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s, one of the bloodiest anti-colonial uprisings. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was speaking at a museum in Songea, where the …
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03-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: An Australian woman has been arrested over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people. The trio had fallen ill after attending a family lunch in the Victorian town of Leongatha in July. A fourth person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. …
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