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22-11-2024 HOUSTON: Texas authorities say they are prepared to offer President-elect Donald Trump 1,400-acres (567 hectares) of land along the US-Mexico border to build detention facilities for undocumented migrants. In a letter, the Texas General Land Office said the plot could be used to build facilities for “processing, detention, and …

22-11-2024 CANBERRA: Albanese says the ban which will cover platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is about protecting kids from the “harms” of social media. “This is a global problem and we want young Australians essentially to have a childhood. We want parents to have peace of mind,” …

22-11-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress” during a second day of talks in Beirut. Amos Hochstein, who has led the Biden administration’s efforts to end more than one year of conflict, was …

22-11-2024 LAS VEGAS: A 43-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Las Vegas after he called 911 for help while fighting off an intruder in his home. The family of Brandon Durham, including his 15-year-old daughter who was hiding in a nearby room, have asked for the officer to …

22-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in overnight Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza. Paramedics and Hamas-affiliated media said at least 66 were killed, including women and children, when several houses sheltering displaced people were hit near Kamal Adwan hospital in the town of …

22-11-2024 BAKU: A row has broken out at COP29 climate talks as leading countries said a draft deal risked going back on a historic agreement to reduce the use of planet-warming fossil fuels. “Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the …

22-11-2024 THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas’s military commander. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav …

21-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: Gunmen in northern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in two attacks on Thursday, officials told media, part of a sectarian conflict that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months. Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes have been engaged in intermittent …

21-11-2024 JAKARTA: Indonesia have shocked Saudi Arabia with a 2-0 win in Jakarta in Group C of the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. A goal in each half from Marselino Ferdinan, who plays for Oxford United in England’s second tier, nailed down a victory on Tuesday for …

21-11-2024 NEW DELHI/ MANSA: Swaran Singh is among a handful of farmers in Bhikhi village in India’s northern state of Punjab who, instead of burning his crop waste this year, has invested in a tractor and equipment to collect it for removal by a private contractor. The paddy waste, or …