14-02-2023 BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry says the US has flown balloons into its airspace more than 10 times in the past year. It comes after the US on 4 February shot down a suspected spy balloon over its airspace which China said was one of its weather balloons gone astray. …
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14-02-2023 BOGOTA: Peace talks between the Colombian government and the largest remaining rebel group in the South American country, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are to resume this week in Mexico City. While left-wing President Gustavo Petro’s administration has expressed optimism over the renewed negotiations, tensions between Bogota and the …
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14-02-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India is scouting for billions of dollars’ worth of military planes, completing jetliner deals to meet civilian demand and pressing global aircraft manufacturers to produce more locally at a major air show this week. Flanked by nuclear-armed rivals China and Pakistan, India has the …
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14-02-2023 BEIJING/ TEHRAN: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is expected to depart from Tehran late on Monday as he leads a large delegation to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The three-day trip is Raisi’s first state visit to the Asian economic giant and the first by an Iranian …
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13-02-2023 PARIS: Police were out in force across France as protesters held a sometimes restive fourth round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform the country’s pension system. Over 960,000 people marched in Paris, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes and other cities, according to the Interior Ministry. Protesters …
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13-02-2023 TUNIS: Tunisian police have arrested influential businessman Kamel Eltaief, once a confidant of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as well as two key political activists, lawyers say. Eltaief, 68, was arrested from his home in the capital, Tunis, on Saturday, lawyer Nizar Ayed said without providing further …
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13-02-2023 BERLIN: People affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will be allowed to stay temporarily with relatives in Germany, it has said. “This is emergency aid,” German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told media on Saturday. “We want to allow Turkish or Syrian families in Germany to bring their …
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13-02-2023 LONDON: A cross-party group of MPs are urging the government to block a planned visit to the UK by a senior Chinese official accused of overseeing severe human rights violations in Xinjiang. If the trip goes ahead, the MPs argue, a private prosecution should be allowed to be brought …
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12-02-2023 ISTANBUL: The wounded children in Adana City Hospital are too young to know how much they’ve lost. I watched doctors in the intensive care unit bottle-feed an injured six-month-old girl whose parents can’t be found. There are hundreds more cases of unidentified children whose parents are dead or untraceable. …
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13-02-2023 MOSCOW/ BUENOS AIRES: More than 5,000 pregnant Russian women have entered Argentina in recent months, including 33 on a single flight on Thursday, officials say. The latest arrivals were all in the final weeks of pregnancy, according to the national migration agency. It is believed the women want to …
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