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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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23-11-2022 BEIJING: Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for COVID-19, as China fights a spike in cases, deepening concerns about its economy and dampening hopes for a quick post-coronavirus reopening. China reported 28,127 new local cases nationally for Monday, nearing …
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23-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah will pick the next prime minister soon, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing the national palace, which did not specify the timing for his decision. The palace statement comes as the incumbent coalition said it would …
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23-11-2022 PARIS: European ministers are meeting in Paris to negotiate a more than 25% funding boost for space over the next three years as Europe seeks to maintain a lead in Earth observation, expand navigation services, and remain a key partner in exploration. The European Space Agency is asking its …
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