21-02-2023 ANTAKYA: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border late on Monday, setting off panic and further damaging buildings two weeks after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history left tens of thousands dead. Two reporters said the tremors were strong and lasting, damaging buildings and …
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21-02-2023 WELLINGTON: New Zealand has said rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle will cost billions of dollars, on par with the Christchurch earthquake from 12 years ago. Gabrielle brought widespread flooding to the North Island in mid-February, damaging roads and bridges. At least 11 people have died so far and thousands are …
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21-02-2023 PORT MORESBY: Several researchers including local academics and an Australian professor have been taken hostage at gunpoint in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The group was on a study trip in remote highlands when captured by armed men, according to media reports. A ransom has been demanded for their release, …
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21-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will turn some former foreign military bases into economic zones for businesses. Afghanistan has faced a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban regained control of the country in August 2021. Foreign military forces had …
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21-02-2023 LONDON: A vast trove of Cambodia’s Angkorian crown jewelry, some dating back to the 7th Century, resurfaced in London last summer, it has been revealed. The stolen items belonged to British antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford. Experts say they have never seen most of the jewelry before and are stunned …
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21-02-2023 BRASILIA, SAO PAULO: At least 36 people have been killed in flooding and landslides in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, officials say. Dozens of people are missing and while the number of dead is expected to rise, rescue workers say they hope to pull some of those trapped in flooded …
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21-02-2023 ETHIOPIA: The African Union has said that Israel’s observer status at the bloc was suspended which is why it was not invited to attend the weekend summit. The news comes after Israeli ambassador Sharon Bar-li was removed from the African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia on Saturday as she …
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21-02-2023 KYIV: United States President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden’s visit on Monday was the first to Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into the neighboring country on February 24, 2022. …
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21-02-2023 BEIJING: Beijing lashed out on Monday against US claims that China was considering sending arms to Russia to assist in its war in Ukraine. “It is the United States and not China that is endlessly shipping weapons to the battlefield,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said when asked …
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20-02-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has accused billionaire financier-philanthropist George Soros of trying to undermine India’s democracy by predicting that the Adani Group’s woes would loosen the Hindu nationalist leader’s grip on power. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Thursday, 92-year-old Soros said …
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