28-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions or risk a worldwide catastrophe. “The Pacific is today the most vulnerable area of the world,” he told media at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga. “There …
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28-08-2024 VIENNA/ WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: Jake Sullivan has arrived on his first visit to China as US national security adviser. He will hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries try to stabilize relations. Sullivan and Wang have met four times over 16 months in Vienna, Malta, Washington …
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28-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli military evacuation orders in the centre of the Palestinian territory. A senior UN official told reporters that its humanitarian staff had been unable to operate …
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28-08-2024 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not agree to a government led by the left-wing New Popular Front alliance (NFP), which won the most seats in last month’s legislative election. Macron said France needed institutional stability and the left could not win a confidence vote in …
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27-08-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/ KARACHI: More than 77 people have been killed in four assaults amid several reported incidents of violence in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan while over 30 militants have also been shot dead by Security Forces and almost 4 Pak …
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27-08-2024 BERLIN/ UNITED NATIONS: Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. The government will provide the World Health …
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27-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Gold demand in India during the upcoming festive season is likely to remain robust, as the substantial reduction in import duty has made prices appealing, providing comfort to retail consumers and encouraging purchases, industry officials said. Higher demand in the world’s second-largest …
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27-08-2024 CANBERRA: A “right to disconnect” rule has come into effect in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to take calls or read messages from employers after they finish their day’s work. The new law allows employees to ignore communications after hours if they choose to, without fear …
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27-08-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ GAZA CITY: Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah. Jets destroyed thousands of the Iran-backed armed group’s rocket launchers on Sunday morning, Israel’s military said. Hezbollah and its Amal allies …
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27-08-2024 LONDON: The ride-hailing app Uber has been hit with a €290m (£246m; $324m) fine for transferring the personal data of European drivers to US servers in violation of EU rules, the Dutch data protection regulator said on Monday. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) said the transfers were a …
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