25-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australian police are investigating after a senator was allegedly thrown to the ground at a protest outside parliament in Canberra. Senator Lidia Thorpe was attempting to confront British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who was holding an event outside the building. Footage showed Ms Thorpe …
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25-03-2023 JERUSALEM/ LONDON: The beachside highway beside the British embassy in Tel Aviv descended into a scene of bitter division between Israelis a week ago, and blood was spilled on the tarmac. The crowd started to block traffic, by now a frequent tactic of protesters when a driver attacked one …
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25-03-2023 OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON: The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say. Large numbers of migrants have been making unsanctioned crossings on Roxham Road at the US-Canada border. The move closes a loophole created by a 2004 asylum agreement with the …
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25-03-2023 CITY OF VICTORIA: A digital billboard artwork in Hong Kong which included secret references to local dissidents has been removed. The No Rioters piece by US artist Patrick Amadon had been displayed the past week on the side of a department store in central Hong Kong. The artist revealed …
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25-03-2023 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China’s defence ministry has said that it had for a second time monitored and driven away the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Milius after it entered what Beijing claims as its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands. Friday marked the second …
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25-03-2023 PARIS/ LONDON: A planned visit to France from Sunday by King Charles III has been postponed due to ongoing protests over pension reform, the French presidency announced. “Given the announcement yesterday of another national day of protests against pension reform on Tuesday March 28, the visit of Charles III, …
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24-03-2023 PARIS: Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion. Coe said no female transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty would be permitted to …
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24-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: India’s parliament on Friday disqualified the leader of the main opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, a day after a court jailed him for two years in a defamation case loosely linked to the prime minister, parliament said in a statement. Gandhi “stands disqualified from …
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24-03-2023 WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok’s CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children’s mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the app’s power over Americans. CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before Congress did little to assuage US worries over TikTok’s …
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24-03-2023 PYONGYANG/ SEOL: SEOUL: North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un warned joint military drills by South Korea and the US should stop. During the test, the new North Korean drone cruised underwater at a depth of …
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