16-12-2022 MEXICO CITY: Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC). The agency, based in New York and led by former UK politician David Miliband, …
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16-12-2022 NEW YORK: After a substantial decline in the value of his shares in the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla this year, Elon Musk is no longer the richest man in the world. According to Forbes and Bloomberg, Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods company LVMH, has surpassed Elon Musk …
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16-12-2022 LONDON: Nurses in the United Kingdom have staged an unprecedented one-day strike as a “last resort” in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are stopping work from 08:00 GMT to …
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16-12-2022 TEHRAN: Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s group on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran’s crackdown on protests over the death of a young woman in custody. The 54-member UN Economic and Social …
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16-12-2022 LOUISIANA: A vast and volatile storm system ripping across the United States has killed at least three people in Louisiana. Several injuries were reported around the southeastern state by authorities and more than 40,000 power outages statewide as of Wednesday night. The system spun off a suspected tornado that …
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15-12-2022 RABAT: Moroccan hopes of becoming the first African nation to reach the World Cup final have ended in despair after their side lost 2-0 to France. Supporters gathered across Morocco, in Europe, and in the host nation Qatar were hoping they could overcome their former colonial rulers but it …
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15-12-2022 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: The fighting began early on a bright autumn morning 60 years ago. On 23 October 1962 Chinese solders entered and engaged in intense artillery fire in what was then a far-flung Himalayan region in north-eastern India called North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), bordering China …
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15-12-2022 KINSHASA: More than 120 people have been killed following the worst floods in years in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, the authorities say. Major roads in the city centre were submerged as heavy rains continued for hours and several homes collapsed. Many of those who …
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15-12-2022 TEHRAN/ BRUSSELS: Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to 28 years in prison on unknown charges, his family has said. Olivier Vandecasteele, 41, was arrested during a brief visit to Tehran in February and accused of espionage. On Wednesday, his family said they had been informed of his …
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15-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone a spotlight on high rates of sexual violence in India. Jyoti Singh, 23, and a male friend boarded a bus on …
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