22-01-2023 LOS ANGELES: Police in California are responding to a shooting that has left several people injured, according to US media reports. The incident happened in Monterey Park, located about eight miles (13km) east of Los Angeles, after 22:00 local time on Saturday (06:00 GMT on Sunday). Thousands of people …
Read More »New search of Biden’s home turns up more classified documents
22-01-2023 WASHINGTON: Officials in the United States have discovered six more classified documents during a new search of President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, according to a lawyer. Some of the classified documents and “surrounding materials” dated from Biden’s tenure in the US Senate, where he represented Delaware from …
Read More »Protests continue in Israel against Netanyahu’s legal changes
22-01-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s new government to overhaul the country’s judicial system and weaken the Supreme Court. Israeli media, citing police, said more than 100,000 people joined Saturday’s protests. The rally followed another demonstration …
Read More »Brazil’s Lula fires Army Chief in wake of pro-Bolsonaro riots
22-01-2023 BRASILIA: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed the country’s army chief General Julio Cesar de Arruda in the wake of the storming of several government buildings by the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula did not immediately release a statement on the replacement, but the …
Read More »Tanzania opposition holds first rally in six years
22-01-2023 DODOMA: Tanzania’s main opposition party has held its first mass rally since the lifting of a 2016 ban, raising hopes of greater political freedom in the East African nation. President Samia Suluhu Hassan this month lifted the ban on Chadema imposed by her hardline predecessor John Magufuli, who was …
Read More »Sydney beaches close after shark attacks dolphin
22-01-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Several popular beaches in Sydney have been closed after sharks attacked a dolphin in waters near the city. At least two bull sharks were spotted in the Shelly Beach area, in northern Sydney, after the attack and authorities closed all nearby beaches as a precaution. The …
Read More »Macron proposes big rise in French defence budget
22-01-202 MONT-DE-MARSAN: France will boost military spending by more than a third in coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, as he unveiled ambitions to transform the French army to deal with the great “perils” of this century. Acknowledging the end of the “peace dividend” of the post-Cold War …
Read More »Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as NZ PM
22-01-2023 WELLINGTON: Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging on Saturday as the only candidate to lead the ruling Labour Party. Hipkins, 44, is expected to be confirmed as the new …
Read More »India orders YouTube to remove Modi’s BBC documentary
22-01-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s government has allegedly ordered Twitter and YouTube to remove links to a BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reported local Indian media. On the microblogging and video-sharing networks, several tweets and YouTube videos from the documentary “India: The …
Read More »60 women & children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping
OUAGADOUGOU: Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Television du Burkina (RTP) said on Friday. The mass kidnapping was unprecedented in Burkina Faso, which is facing a violent terrorist insurgency that spread from neighboring Mali in 2015. …
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