13-03-2023 GENEVA/ DAMASCUS: Representatives of Yemen’s government and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels began talks in Geneva on Saturday aimed at implementing a deal on an exchange of prisoners, the United Nations said. The deal, which brought Yemen’s warring sides, the internationally recognized government and the Houthis to Switzerland is being …
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13-03-2023 BEIJING: Xi Jinping has kept the country’s central bank governor Yi Gang in his post and retained his finance and commerce ministers, as the Chinese president defied expectations of a large-scale overhaul of his cabinet at this year’s annual parliamentary meeting. The reappointments, which analysts said would reassure markets …
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13-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Pence was in the Capitol when thousands of …
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12-03-2023 Bureau Report + BBC WILSHIRE BOULEVARD HILLS, CALIFORNIA/ NEW DELHI: All eyes in India will be on the Oscars ceremony as Naatu Naatu vies to win Best Original Song at the prestigious award show. A track from Telugu blockbuster RRR, short for Rise Roar Revolt, Naatu Naatu is the …
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12-03-2023 RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ BEIJING: Middle East regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to restore diplomatic relations, seven years after severing them in a bitter row. The unexpected announcement came after four days of talks between officials from both sides in China. Saudi Arabia cut ties in January 2016 …
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12-03-2023 LOS ANGELES: Torrential rain has brought flash flooding and landslides to California, closing roads, felling trees and raising avalanche fears, in the latest winter storm to hammer the state. President Joe Biden offered emergency federal assistance over the atmospheric surge, known as a “Pineapple Express”. The National Weather Service …
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12-03-2023 JERUSALEM: Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken part in what some are calling the biggest protest in the country’s history. Protests against government plans for a radical overhaul of the judicial system have been running for 10 weeks. Record numbers of demonstrators turned out in cities such as …
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12-03-2023 PARIS: France’s Senate, the upper house of its parliament, approved a contentious reform to the nation’s pension system, a move being considered a win for President Emmanuel Macron during his second presidential term. Senators passed the reforms by 195 votes to 112, bringing the package another step towards becoming …
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12-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in India have arrested three men in eastern Bihar state in connection with the death of a Muslim man who was attacked because he was suspected of carrying beef, a police official said to media. The victim, Naseem Qureshi, 56, died earlier this week …
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12-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors stranded. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley …
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