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13-11-2024 TOKYO: Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extra-marital affair with a model was “basically true”. “I apologize for the trouble caused,” the Democratic Party for the …

12-11-2024 BAKU: Scientists say 2024 it is on track to become the hottest year on record. In its latest State of the Climate report, released on the first day of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Meteorological Organization paints a sobering picture. The report shows 2015-2024 to …

12-11-2024 NEW DELHI: Global oil prices “would have hit the roof” if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India’s oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where the country buys oil from. India, the world’s third largest oil importer and consumer, has …

12-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s economy has stopped functioning,” said a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report released late on Thursday. …

12-11-2024 BEIJING/ MANILA: China has reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea after the Philippines defined its sea boundaries in the contested waters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed two laws on Friday to define the country’s maritime entitlements and set designated sea lanes and …

12-11-2024 RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia’s top military official has visited Tehran for talks with Iranian officials in a rare high-level meeting since the countries restored ties last year, Iran’s state media reported, General Chief of Staff Fayyad al-Ruwaili of the Saudi armed forces met his Iranian counterpart, General Mohammad Bagheri, …

12-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: A suspected rebel has been killed in a gunfight with security forces in the Indian-administered Kashmir, the army said, days after rebels killed two members of a government-backed militia. “One terrorist has been neutralised by the security forces (in Zabarwan forest near …

12-11-2024 PORT LOUIS: People in Mauritius have casted their ballots in the parliamentary election that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal. Polls opened at 7am (03:00 GMT) and closed at 6pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday in the 12th election since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Results are …

12-11-2024 GAZA/ BEIRUT. DAMASCUS: Palestinians and Lebanese mourned their dead after Israeli forces killed 36 people in a single attack on Jabalia in northern Gaza and 23 people in another strike on the village of Almat, north of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Medical sources in Gaza said Israeli forces killed at …

11-11-2024 BEIJING/ JAKARTA: Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV CCTV reported, as the two countries seek increased partnerships in key areas. The deals covered issues including water conservation, maritime resources and mining, the report said, and come …