15-10-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States will send Ukraine an additional $725m package of weapons and other military assistance, the White House has said, as Washington added to a flurry of aid announcements from European allies this week amid Russia’s renewed missile attacks on Kyiv and other targets. US Secretary of …
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15-10-2022 LONDON: Crowds can attend London’s New Year fireworks on December 31 for the first time since 2019, the mayor announced Friday, after Covid-19 restricted the spectacle to television for two years. More than 100,000 people will be able to watch the annual display in the British capital on the …
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15-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Narottam Mishra, Home Minister for India’s Madhya Pradesh, has asked Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan to avoid acting in ads that “hurt religious sentiments” after the actor’s recent ad commercial sparked outrage. The ad was for a bank where Khan and a co-actress Kiara Advani act …
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14-10-2022 RALEIGH-CAROLINA: Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, triggering a massive manhunt that shut down part of city for hours and resulted in the arrest of a juvenile suspect, officials said. Two people were wounded: a police …
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14-10-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Thousands of people across Australia’s southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Large parts of Victoria State, southern New South …
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14-10-2022 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after a national election in October last year. The presidency, traditionally occupied by a Kurd, is a largely ceremonial position, but the vote …
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14-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LONDON: In a major setback to India, the Interpol (International Police) has rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s request to issue a Red Corner Notice (RCN) on terror charges against the prominent Khalistan campaigner Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The Interpol has confirmed that it …
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14-10-2022 LONDON: Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP showed on Friday. CDP’s report “Protecting People and the Planet” surveyed 998 cities from across the globe and showed that in addition to …
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12-10-2022 BERLIN/ MOSCOW: A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa’s western coast may only be 80 percent complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany. The initial field near Senegal and Mauritania’s coastlines is expected to contain …
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12-10-2022 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday “there will be consequences” for US relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut oil production over US objections. His announcement came a day after powerful Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, …
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