09-09-2024 PARIS: More than 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the appointment of the centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the new prime minister. His appointment follows an inconclusive election in which the left-wing bloc, the New Popular Front (NPF) won the largest number of seats. The protests were …
Read More »Rise of far right in Germany’s east isn’t over yet
09-09-2024 BERLIN: “If the old parties had done their jobs properly then the AfD would not exist,” Ingolf complains, echoing a common sense that the rest of Germany looks down on so-called “Ossis” in the east. Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have already won the most votes in regional elections …
Read More »Police launch manhunt after multiple people shot in US
09-09-2024 CITY OF LONDON, KENTUCKY: A manhunt is underway in Kentucky after a number of people were shot along a highway near the city of London on Saturday. The incident began at about 18:00 local time when police responded to a report of vehicles being fired upon near Interstate 75. …
Read More »Venezuela opposition candidate leaves country
09-09-2024 The Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain. Gonzalez has been in hiding, and a warrant issued for his arrest after the opposition disputed July’s presidential election result in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolas Maduro …
Read More »Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after casualties in China
08-09-2024 HANOI/ HAIPHONG/ BEIJING: Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, after tearing through China’s southern island of Hainan where it reportedly killed two people and injured dozens. Yagi, the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024, …
Read More »Dozens hurt in India’s Manipur Ethnic violence
08-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR/ GUWAHATI: Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur on Saturday, authorities said. The majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last …
Read More »Trump’s criminal sentencing delayed until after election
08-09-2024 NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s sentencing in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial has been postponed until after the November election. Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed the sentencing to 26 November, citing “the unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in” among his reasons. Lawyers for Trump, the …
Read More »Israeli forces pull out of Jenin after major operation
08-09-2024 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin city and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after a major nine-day operation there. The area, a stronghold of militants and with a civilian population of about 60,000 was targeted in one of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) biggest …
Read More »French left plans protests over new PM Barnier
08-09-2024 PARIS: Protests across France are set to take place against the appointment of Michel Barnier as the country’s new prime minister. The demonstrations were called by parties on the political left, whose candidate for prime minister was rejected by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron chose the former EU Brexit negotiator …
Read More »Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without astronauts
08-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft travelled in autonomous mode after undocking from the orbiting lab. The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched …
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