21-08-2024 LONDON: The recent UK riots ignite memories of racist violence in 20th century. Immediately after a stabbing attack on young girls, rumors started circulating on social media about the background of the British born 17-year-old suspect and these false posts claimed that the suspects name was Ali Al Shakti …
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21-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KATHMANDU: Indian Instagram users were much tickled by an Australian company selling Himalayan shilajit for Indian Rs. (₹) 3,700 per 15 grams. A desi product in videshi packaging has once again taken the internet by storm. Indian Instagram users were much tickled by …
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20-08-2024 JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has described his three-hour meeting with Antony Blinken as “positive” and says it was “conducted in good spirit”. The US Secretary of State is making his ninth trip to the region since Israel’s war on Hamas began in October. The US expressed optimism about a ceasefire …
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20-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: The murder and rape of a trainee doctor as she took a rest during a long shift in a Kolkata hospital has highlighted the vulnerability of medics left without proper protections and facilities, her colleagues and friends said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, …
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20-08-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: A prison break in central Haiti has resulted in the deaths of at least 11 inmates, the authorities said, the third such incident this year amid a continuing humanitarian crisis fueled by gang violence. Police said inmates broke out of a prison in the coastal city of Saint-Marc, …
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20-08-2024 GAZA CITY/ KHAN YOUNIS: Israeli forces wounded a Palestinian journalist, covering the expanding ground invasion of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, after shooting her in the back, according to local media reports. Israel’s military said its soldiers are operating in central Deir el-Balah, which has so far largely been …
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20-08-2024 LONDON: UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism”. Cooper said the strategy will “map and …
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20-08-2024 KHARTOUM: Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed dozens people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement on Sunday that at least 22 people have died from the disease, and that at least …
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20-08-2024 DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader of Bangladesh, has delivered his first major government policy address in which he promised to support the Rohingya community seeking refuge in the country and maintain Bangladesh’s garment trade. Setting out his priorities in front of diplomats and UN representatives on Sunday, Yunus …
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20-08-2024 BANGKOK: Thailand’s king has endorsed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister two days after parliament elected her. Paetongtarn, 37, was sworn in on Sunday, becoming the youngest prime minister of Thailand. She nabbed the spot just days after Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by the Constitutional …
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