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28-07-2025 OTTAWA/ NEW YORK: An air quality health advisory has been issued for New York City and its surrounding areas because of smoke from wildfires in Canada. In a post on social media, New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Health (DOH) issued the advisory for …

28-07-2025 BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: Donald Trump said yesterday that he had called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, pressing them for an immediate ceasefire following border clashes. At the beginning of a private visit to his Scottish golf courses, the US president wrote on Truth Social that both nations “have …

28-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Hackers have stolen personal information of a majority of insurance firm Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers in North America, its parent company said. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America …

28-07-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ GILGIT/ LAHORE: Pakistan has issued a warning about glacial flooding in the northwest with more rain forecast in the coming week, as the country experiences above-average rainfall this monsoon season and continues to struggle to recover from devastating floods in 2022. Downpours are heavier in the …

28-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ QUETTA: As Israel loudly beat the drums of war one day before its unprovoked surprise attack on Iran, a small but significant piece of news slipped by almost unnoticed; the announcement of a new research project on the website of a Washington, DC think tank. On June 12, …

28-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PALAKKAD: On July 12, a new deadly Nipah virus infection was confirmed in a 52-year-old man in the Palakkad district of Kerala, marking the tenth instance of Nipah virus spillover (transmission of the pathogen from animals to humans) in the southern Indian state …

28-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military says it has “recently” made an airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, following weeks of international pressure and a growing hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory. In a statement early on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the airdrop “included seven …

27-07-2025 DROSOPIGI ATHENS: Firefighters were battling wildfires near Athens and across Greece on Saturday as the Mediterranean country sweltered under the third heatwave of the summer, with some villages and settlements being evacuated. Explosions could be heard as huge clouds of smoke covered Drosopigi village 25 km north of Athens, …

27-07-2025 JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal. Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling “alternative” options to …

27-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s biggest paints maker, Asian Paints, opens new tab, is seeking to quash an antitrust inquiry, arguing that officials damaged its reputation by publishing and then deleting, allegations against its CEO from the investigation order, legal papers show. Rapid infrastructure and real estate …