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23-05-2023 PRETORIA: At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets, and that woefully lopsided figure is not the worst problem. The three toilets are pit latrines, effectively 10-foot-deep (3-metre) holes in the ground that students line up during a …

23-05-2023 TEHRAN: Ali Shamkhani, one of the top figures within the Iranian establishment, has left his post as the country’s security chief after almost a decade. State media confirmed on Monday that President Ebrahim Raisi, as the head of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has appointed Ali Akbar Ahmadian, …

23-05-2023 GEORGETOWN: At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a “horrific” school dormitory fire in the South American country of Guyana, officials said on Monday. “It is with great sadness that we bring to you a heart-wrenching update on the fire at the dormitory at …

23-05-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters …

23-05-2023 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has carried out military exercises near the country’s southern border with Israel in a show of its military power. About 200 Hezbollah fighters used live ammunition and an attack drone to take part in the exercises on Sunday in Aaramta, 20km (12 miles) north of …

23-05-2023 NEW YORK: Facebook’s owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people’s data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, it is the largest fine imposed under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation privacy law. GDPR rules require companies to …

23-05-2023 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI: An Indian court has issued a summons to the BBC in a defamation case over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to reports in the Indian media. The Delhi High Court on Monday issued the summons to the British broadcaster for its …

23-05-2023 BEIJING: China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese ambassador to register protests over “hype around China-related issues” at the Group of Seven (G7) summit over the weekend, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The heads of the world’s richest countries who met in the Japanese …

23-05-2023 ATHENS: In the Greek election, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative party secured a resounding victory, according to initial results. However, falling short of an outright majority, Mitsotakis would likely call for a new ballot in about a month’s time. With over half the ballots counted, his New Democracy party …

23-05-2023 NEW YORK/ RIYADH: A private mission organized by Axiom Space successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This second-ever private mission to the ISS marks a significant milestone in space exploration. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, became …