19-11-2023 BERLIN/ ISTANBUL: No speeches in front of cheering crowds. No joint public appearances between leaders and a rumoured joint visit to a Germany-Turkey football match in Berlin that is not happening after all. For a state visit, Friday’s visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Germany is remarkably …
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19-11-2023 ARMONK, NEW YORK: IBM has suspended advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, after a report said its ads were placed next to posts praising Adolf Hitler and Nazism. The company said it was “completely unacceptable” that its content appeared in such threads on the platform. X said it …
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19-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel’s war cabinet says it will allow two fuel trucks into the Gaza Strip each day for the UN to continue aid work. An Israeli official says fuel will give “minimal” support for water and sewage systems, and will be tracked to make sure it doesn’t …
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19-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his …
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18-11-2023 LONDON, ONTARIO: A Canadian man, Nathaniel Veltman, has been convicted of murder after he ran over and killed four members of the Afzaal family with his car in London, Ontario, but the jury did not specify if he was motivated by terrorism, sources reported. The case marked the first …
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18-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is not home-free with regards to the pressures of high prices but the moderation in retail inflation over the last two months is a relief, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its November bulletin published on Thursday. “We are not out …
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18-11-2023 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the U.N. voiced concern no aid would be delivered to Palestinians on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt The army released a video it said showed …
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18-11-2023 NEW YORK: Palestinian photojournalist Hosam Salam was fired from the New York Times on 7 October over social media posts supporting Palestinian resistance factions against the Israeli occupation. The freelance journalist was dismissed after a pro-Israeli organization alerted the publication of Salam’s previous Facebook posts in which he had …
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18-11-2023 MADRID: After weeks of haggling, Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has clinched a vote in parliament to lead Spain for another term as prime minister. He has secured a four-seat majority in the 350-seat chamber, after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from …
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18-11-2023 GAZA CITY/ OHIO: Israeli strikes continue across Gaza, with the enclave under a communications blackout as the main telecommunications provider ran out of fuel for its generators. Ashraf al-Qudra, the spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, says “thousands of women, children, sick and wounded are in danger of …
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