14-03-2023 PARIS: Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics say they plan to make the Games the world’s first ‘climate positive’ sporting event, a boast experts claim is ‘misleading’. “We want to show that we can do these Games with half the emissions,” Georgina Grenon, Paris 2024’s director of environmental excellence, …
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14-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister (FM) Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the Saudi government is preparing for the resumption of bilateral relations with Iran in a couple of months and expressed hope to exchange visits with Iran. In a Chinese-mediated deal, Saudi Arabia and Iran have decided to resume …
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13-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A Japanese tourist left India after she was harassed and manhandled by a group of boys during the celebrations of the religious festival Holi, NDTV reported. After the video of the incident went viral on social media, the police said that they took three people …
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13-03-2023 MOSCOW/ BAKHMUT: The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner has said that his forces are close to the centre of the front-line city of Bakhmut. In a video posted on messaging app Telegram on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building in what …
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13-03-2023 OCCUPIED WEST BANK: The Israeli military says its forces shot and killed three Palestinian men who opened fire on soldiers in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the men were killed on Sunday …
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13-03-2023 TEHRAN: The Iranian Foreign Ministry hailed the agreement on the resumption of ties with Saudi Arabia as a testimony to Tehran’s balanced foreign policy, dynamic diplomacy, smart interaction and materialization of the good neighborliness policy. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday night in relation to the rapprochement …
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13-03-2023 LOS ANGELES: All eyes will be on Hollywood later to see whether Everything Everywhere All At Once can cap its extraordinary awards season by sweeping the Oscars. The eccentric multiverse adventure is the favorite to win best picture after success at a host of precursor events but it faces …
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13-03-2023 HOUSTON: Authorities in the US state of Texas have advised American citizens not travel to Mexico during the spring break holidays for security reasons. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said that drug cartel violence represented a significant threat for anyone crossing into Mexico. It comes after four …
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13-03-2023 ISTANBUL: The crack in Mesut Muttaliboglu’s bedroom wall is so wide, he can fit a car key into it. He turns it sideways, and with a flick of his wrist, a large chunk of plaster flies off the wall and crashes to the ground. It’s why he and his …
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13-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi oil giant Aramco has announced a record profit of $161.1bn (£134bn) for 2022, helped by soaring energy prices and bigger volumes. It represents a 46.5% rise for the state-owned company, compared with last year. It is the latest energy firm to report record profits, after energy prices …
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