24-11-2022 DOHA: After Takuma Asano scored Japan’s second goal against Germany in their World Cup opener, there was a brief moment of silence inside Khalifa International Stadium. The stunned German fans could not believe what had just happened. The patient Japanese were waiting to see if an offside would be …
Read More »France shocked by 2nd girl rape & murder in a month
24-11-2022 PARIS: France was shocked by the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in the south of the country, just weeks after the brutal killing of a 12-year-old girl in Paris. Police on Friday arrested a 31-year-old man suspected of raping and killing a girl, named Vanesa, after forcing …
Read More »European Parliament declares Russia ‘state sponsor of terrorism’
24-11-2022 STRASBOURG, FRANCE: The European Parliament has declared Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism”, saying Moscow’s “deliberate attacks and atrocities” in Ukraine violate human rights and international humanitarian laws. European lawmakers passed the resolution on Wednesday with 494 members voting in favour, 58 against and 44 abstaining. “The deliberate attacks …
Read More »Supreme Court clears Congress to see Trump taxes
24-11-2022 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for ex-President Donald Trump’s tax forms to be released to a Democratic-controlled congressional committee. The justices rejected Trump’s bid in October to block a lower court’s ruling that granted the panel’s request for his financial records. The move is a …
Read More »Indian Adani’s mega port hangs as fishing community protests
24-11-2022 Bureau Report + Reuters NEW DELHI/ VIZHINJAM: On the main road to billionaire Gautam Adani’s planned Vizhinjam mega port on the southern tip of India, a shelter built by the coastal region’s Christian fishing community blocks the entrance, preventing further construction. The simple 1,200 square-feet structure with a corrugated-iron …
Read More »Angry protests at iPhone factory in China’s city Zhengzhou
24-11-2022 BEIJING: Protests have erupted at the world’s biggest iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, according to footage circulated widely online. Videos show hundreds of workers marching, with some confronted by people in hazmat suits and riot police. Those livestreaming the protests said workers were beaten by police. …
Read More »New ground offensive in Syria ‘when convenient’: Erdogan
24-11-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country’s air operations against the YPG militia in northern Syria were only the beginning and that it would launch a land operation there when convenient. Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey was more determined than ever to secure its …
Read More »7 dead in Virginia’s Walmart store shooting
23-11-2022 VIRGINIA: A Walmart employee killed six people and wounded several others before fatally shooting himself at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, authorities said, “Chesapeake Police confirm 7 fatalities, including the shooter, from last night’s shooting at Walmart on Sam’s Circle,” the city wrote on its Twitter …
Read More »One dead, 14 injured in two explosions in Jerusalem
23-11-2022 JERUSALEM: At least one person was killed and 14 others injured in two separate explosions that rocked Jerusalem city, according to Israeli officials. Israeli police said that the incidents on Wednesday morning are suspected of being Palestinian attacks. The explosions came hours after a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager was killed …
Read More »Top Russian official warns of possible nuclear accident
23-11-2022 LONDON: The head of Russia’s state-run atomic energy agency, Rosatom, warned on Monday there was a risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, following renewed shelling over the weekend. Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations of shelling the facility for months since Russian …
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