29-02-2024 SEOUL: South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial cost of raising children decided to delay childbirth or to not have babies. The average number of expected babies for a South Korean woman …
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29-02-2024 PARIS/ DOHA/ CAIRO: Hamas has received a draft proposal from Gaza truce talks in Paris for a pause in military operations and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages, a senior source close to the talks said on Tuesday. US President Joe Biden said Israel has agreed to …
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29-02-2024 NEW DELHI/ SINGAPORE: Fresh US sanctions on Moscow threaten to dent Russian oil sales to India, the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne crude, and complicate efforts by Indian state refiners to secure annual supply deals, three industry sources familiar with the matter said. Washington on Friday imposed sanctions to …
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29-02-2024 BEIRUT: A senior official from the Palestinian group Hamas has dampened hopes of an immediate ceasefire deal with Israel, saying there was still a long way to go before an agreement could be secured. “The gap is still wide. We have to discuss a lot of points with the …
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29-02-2024 LONDON: Britain unlawfully gave police wider powers to impose conditions on peaceful protests which cause “more than minor” disruption to the public, lawyers for a civil rights organization told a London court on Wednesday. Human rights group Liberty is taking on the government over changes to public order laws …
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29-02-2024 BEIJING/ THE HAGUE: China has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the Palestinians “must not be denied” justice at a hearing on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. “Justice has been long delayed, but it must not be denied,” China’s Foreign Ministry’s legal adviser Ma Xinmin …
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29-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan detained a journalist Monday, the second within a week, while domestic access to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, remained disrupted for a 10th consecutive day. The crackdown comes amid widespread electoral fraud allegations following …
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28-02-2024 SDEROT: Israel held local elections under the shadow of war on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of voters who have been evacuated from areas near Gaza and the northern border with Lebanon forced to wait until later in the year to cast a ballot. While 242 municipalities will be …
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28-02-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden says he hopes to have a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by Monday. His comments come amid reports of some progress in indirect negotiations involving Israeli and Hamas officials. It would involve aid deliveries to Gaza and the release …
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28-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India has unveiled four Air Force pilots who have been shortlisted to travel on the country’s maiden space flight scheduled for next year. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days. …
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