17-01-2025 LA GUINERA, CUBA: Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week. Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Tuesday removed Cuba from a blacklist of nations that sponsor terrorism and rolled back a raft …
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17-01-2025 NEW DELHI: Meta may have to “roll back or pause” some features in India due to an antitrust directive which banned its WhatsApp messaging service from sharing user data with Meta for advertising purposes, according to a court filing by the US company seen by Reuters. Meta is seeking …
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17-01-2025 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s political parties have agreed that dual citizens who commit crimes that threaten national security should lose their citizenship. A cross-party committee recommended that the change could be applied to anyone who had used bribes or false information to obtain their citizenship; and also if they committed crimes …
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17-01-2025 TBILIS: Giorgi Gakharia, a former prime minister of Georgia who now leads one of the country’s main opposition groups, was hospitalized after being severely beaten late on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for his party told media. Ana Buchukuri said Gakharia had sustained injuries on his face and head during an …
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17-01-2025 SEOUL: South Korean investigators have arrested South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over accusations of insurrection for briefly imposing martial law in a move swiftly overturned by the country’s National Assembly. “The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am …
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17-01-2025 LOS ANGELES: Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up on Wednesday after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed. Forecasters have again identified an area of “extreme fire danger”, emphasizing the risk level in a …
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17-01-2025 BERLIN: Germany’s cabinet has decided to authorize the army to shoot down suspicious drones seen near military sites or other critical infrastructure. A statement from Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that, “especially since [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, we have seen that drones are being …
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16-01-2025 QATAR/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said the agreement would come into effect on Sunday so long as it …
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16-01-2025 LONDON: The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said …
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16-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KOCHI: Police in India’s southern state of Kerala have arrested 44 men accused of raping an 18-year-old girl over a period of five years, a police official said on Tuesday, in a case that has shocked the coastal tourist resort. The victim, an athlete who …
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