18-10-2024 DARWIN: Children as young as 10 will soon be able to be jailed once again in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), after the government there lowered the age of criminal responsibility. Australian states and territories have been under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14, …
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18-10-2024 ATLANTA. GEORGIA: A judge in the US state of Georgia has blocked seven new state election rules favored by Republican Donald Trump after finding that they would unnecessarily interfere with the voting process. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Wednesday struck down a rule that requires that …
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18-10-2024 OTTAWA/ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a “massive mistake” that Canada could not ignore if Delhi was behind the death of a Sikh separatist leader last year on Canadian soil. Trudeau made the comments two days after Canadian officials accused India of being …
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18-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A: The US says it has carried out “precision strikes” against five weapons storage locations in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were part of the operation that targeted hardened underground facilities housing missiles and other munitions …
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18-10-2024 BRUSSELS: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU could “draw lessons” from a contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania, as leaders of the 27 member states hold an EU summit focusing on migration. Ahead of the Brussels summit, she wrote to EU …
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Sports; 18 Oct 2024 (PMI): A brilliant unbeaten 74 from Anneke Bosch fired South Africa into the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 and ended Australia’s reign after three successive titles. A fine bowling display from the Proteas restricted the defending champions to 134 for five, Beth …
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17-10-2024 GENEVA: Millions of people across southern Africa are facing the worst food crisis in decades, the World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday, warning that its ability to provide relief risks being stymied by funding shortfalls. Amid unprecedented drought conditions, a record five countries Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and …
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17-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s main opposition Congress party has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to take all political parties into confidence regarding worsening ties with Canada a day after the two countries said they expelled each other’s diplomats. Ties deteriorated further on Monday with …
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17-10-2024 BEIRUT: At least 10 people have been killed in Israeli bombings of homes and a healthcare centre in Qana, a Lebanese village that suffered Israeli massacres in 1996 and 2006. Israeli attacks killed at least 61 people across Gaza on Tuesday, including 10 members of the Abu Taamiya family. …
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17-10-2024 The US has hit Lufthansa with a record $4m (3m) penalty after the airline barred Jewish passengers from a 2022 flight because some allegedly refused to follow rules requiring face masks. The Department of Transportation said Lufthansa discriminated against the passengers, treating them “as if they were all a …
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