04-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Strong loan demand helped State Bank of India (SBI.NS), opens new tab, the country’s largest lender, beat estimates with $2 billion in April-June profits but it also witnessed its provisions for loan losses rise sharply. The state-run bank reported on Saturday its …
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04-08-2024 TEHRAN: The IRGC-affiliated media has vehemently rejected a report by the New York Times regarding the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which claimed he was killed by an explosive device hidden in his room two months before the hit. “These lies are being propagated while the results of …
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04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will debate Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4, in a post on Truth Social late on Friday, though the Harris campaign did not confirm the event. “Rules will be similar to the rules of my …
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04-08-2024 GUANTANAMO BAY: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks. In a memo on Friday, Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the military court who signed the agreement on Wednesday. …
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04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said. Tensions remain high in the region over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and a key commander …
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04-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the UN’s children’s agency has said. The youngest child killed had yet to turn five years old, a UNICEF spokesperson said, adding that most of those who died were bystanders. They were among …
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03-08-2024 CANBERRA: An Australian government review has found that “serious failures” by the Israeli military led to drone strikes on an aid convoy that killed seven workers in Gaza. The strike on 1 April killed charity workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and …
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03-08-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said that the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh “doesn’t help” talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday. Iran and its allies have blamed Israel, although Israel is yet to comment …
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03-08-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters. The escape of Ri Il Gyu from Cuba …
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03-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Emergency workers rescued nearly 1,000 people who were stranded in different parts of the Himalayas following torrential rainfall in northern India, which caused widespread damage and left at least 12 people dead, officials said on Thursday. The capital Delhi received intense rainfall late …
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