01-05-2025 SYDNEY: Two cookbook authors have accused TikTok influencer Brooke Bellamy of copying their recipes. Nagi Maehashi, the Australian founder of popular food website RecipeTin Eats, said Ms Bellamy’s cookbook contains recipes with “word-for-word similarities to mine”. Bellamy, who owns the popular Brooki Bakehouse, has rejected her allegations, saying her …
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01-05-2025 PRETORIA: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes. The announcement comes three decades after the end of white-minority rule and after a group of survivors and victims’ relatives sued Ramaphosa’s government over a perceived lack …
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30-04-2025 PYONGYANG: North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, and that its forces had contributed to taking back Russian territory held by Ukraine’s military in the Kursk region. In a statement provided to North Korea’s official Korean …
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30-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ SRINAGAR: India said on Monday it had responded to ‘unprovoked’ small arms firing from Pakistan along the de facto border for the fourth consecutive night, as it deepens its search for militants in the region following last week’s deadly attack on tourists …
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30-04-2025 MADRID/ LISBON: Major power outages across large areas of Spain and Portugal, as well as parts of southern France, knocked out traffic lights and disrupted public transportation and airport operations on Monday. Officials did not say what caused the outages, but several denied any foul play. “Grid operators in …
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30-04-2025 THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has opened hearings to gauge Israel’s responsibility for the humanitarian crisis engulfing Gaza during its war against Hamas. The hearings, which began on Monday in The Hague and will run throughout the week, follow a request last year from the United …
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30-04-2025 MOSCOW: Russia has declared a 72-hour unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to coincide with its most sacrosanct national holiday marking the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany, Victory Day, calling on Kyiv to agree to the pause. Ukraine was quick in its response, which came soon after the Russian …
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30-04-2025 BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has called on Lebanon’s government to work harder to end Israel’s daily attacks in the country, a day after an Israeli air strike targeted the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut for the third time since a ceasefire was agreed late last November. Qassem …
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30-04-2025 OTTAWA: Canadians wait to see which candidate will lead their country, and tackle US tariffs and the high cost of living, as the federal election draws to a close. Polls first closed at 8.30pm Newfoundland Time (23:00 GMT) in the far east of Canada and will continue westward until …
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29-04-2025 ISLAMABAD: Tensions between India and Pakistan have soared since the April 22 attack on tourists in the scenic resort town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which at least 26 people were killed. Both countries have announced a series of tit-for-tat measures, raising fears of a wider confrontation. After …
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