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27-03-2023 SAINTE-SOLINE: French police again clashed with protesters Saturday as campaigners sought to stop the construction of reservoirs in the southwest, the latest in a series of violent standoffs as social tensions erupt nationwide. The violent scenes in Sainte-Soline in western France came after days of violent protests nationwide over …

26-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said that he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking the prime minister tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the embattled Adani conglomerate. Gandhi, who represented India’s main opposition Congress party …

26-03-2023 TUNIS: Rescue teams searched Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe capsized off Tunisia’s coast. The International Organization for Migration said 30 people were rescued and 75 people were unaccounted for after the boat sank off the city of Sfax …

26-03-2023 WASHINGTON: An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend – luckily for us, missing both. The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago. At 19:49 GMT on Saturday, it will pass within 175,000km of …

26-03-2023 MISSISSIPPI: Over 23 people have died after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night. More people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twister caused devastation in several rural towns, where trees and power lines were torn down and …

26-03-2023 PARIS: France has banned the “recreational” use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees’ phones because of concerns about insufficient data security measures. The ban is to come into force immediately, the Ministry of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service wrote on Twitter on Friday. …

26-03-2023 DAMASCUS: Pro-Iranian forces in Syria have said they have a “long arm” to respond to further United States air strikes on their positions, after tit-for-tat missile and drone attacks in Syria over the last 24 hours. The online statement, released late on Friday and signed by the Iranian Advisory …

26-03-2023 MADRID: Hundreds of people were evacuated as a major forest fire raged in Spain’s eastern Castellon province on Friday, marking an early start to the nation’s fire season amid bone dry conditions. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised full support to those who had fled their homes. “We’re looking …

26-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks on resuming consular services, Saudi state media said Thursday, more than a decade after the Gulf kingdom cut ties with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “A discussion is underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the …

26-03-2023 OTTAWA: US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defence spending, and a potential international force to stabilize …