13-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces sent tanks into the western side of Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Monday in a new incursion into the enclave’s central area, and Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes had killed at least 11 people since Sunday night. Residents said Israeli tanks opened fire as they …
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13-11-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December’s presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him ahead of his main challenger, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president Mahama, 65, and current Vice President Bawumia, 60, are the two main contenders for …
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13-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: A court in the eastern state of West Bengal began the trial on Monday of a police volunteer accused of raping and murdering a doctor at a government hospital in August, a case that has sparked outrage over the lack of safety …
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13-11-2024 TAIPEI: There is no new “stage of talks” with the United States at the moment for arms sales, Taiwan’s government said on Monday, as the island considers how best to respond to US President-elect Donald Trump’s previous demands that Taipei pay for protection. Trump, who won a second term …
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13-11-2024 WEST PALM BEACH/ WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation said, but the Kremlin denied the two had spoken. The source told Reuters on Sunday that Trump, who has criticized …
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13-11-2024 TOKYO: Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extra-marital affair with a model was “basically true”. “I apologize for the trouble caused,” the Democratic Party for the …
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12-11-2024 BAKU: Scientists say 2024 it is on track to become the hottest year on record. In its latest State of the Climate report, released on the first day of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Meteorological Organization paints a sobering picture. The report shows 2015-2024 to …
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12-11-2024 NEW DELHI: Global oil prices “would have hit the roof” if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India’s oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where the country buys oil from. India, the world’s third largest oil importer and consumer, has …
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12-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s economy has stopped functioning,” said a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report released late on Thursday. …
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12-11-2024 BEIJING/ MANILA: China has reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea after the Philippines defined its sea boundaries in the contested waters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed two laws on Friday to define the country’s maritime entitlements and set designated sea lanes and …
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