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03-10-2024 MEXICO CITY: The passing of the presidential sash every six years is always an important and symbolic occasion in Mexico but on Tuesday, when it was placed over the shoulder of Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the highest office in the country, it was truly an historic …

03-10-2024 BRISBANE: A husband and wife in Australia have been reunited with the long lost footage of their wedding in Scotland after it was found by chance 57 years later. Aileen and Bill Turnbull got married in Aberdeen in 1967 and later emigrated but without the film. The footage was …

03-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran will “pay”, after Iran fired around 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Most of the missiles were intercepted one Palestinian was killed in the West Bank, and a school in central Israel and areas near Tel Aviv were hit. …

03-10-2024 HOUSTON: Hundreds of people remain missing after catastrophic flooding decimated towns, destroyed roads and cut off power for more than a million homes in the US south-east. The death toll has continued to rise since Hurricane Helene which was later downgraded to a tropical storm tore across the region. …

02-10-2024 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Israel says Iran launched more than 180 missiles towards the country in a large-scale attack that further heightened fears of an all-out regional war. Millions of people rushed to shelters before explosions lit up the night skies above Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Paramedics said two were slightly …

02-10-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said and fighting ramped up, as the Israeli military said it had been targeting command centres used by its Islamist militant foe Hamas. Palestinian health officials said at least 13 people, including women and …

02-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Junior doctors in India’s West Bengal state resumed their full strike on Tuesday, complaining that the country’s judiciary has not made adequate efforts to restore justice after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in August. Doctors from the West Bengal …

02-10-2024 TOKYO: Japan’s parliament has confirmed Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister. Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) used their majority to confirm Ishiba’s appointment on Tuesday. The 67-year-old replaces outgoing leader Fumio Kishida. Following the vote, Ishiba revealed his cabinet, comprising 19 ministers. As well as …

02-10-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Israel has launched what it has described as “limited, localized and targeted ground raids” in southern Lebanon, marking an escalation in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah. Lebanese civilians are being warned not to use vehicles to travel south across the Litani river, which is 20 miles north …

02-10-2024 ABUJA: Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has pleaded with his compatriots for “patience” as they continue to grapple with a tough economic situation. In an Independence Day speech, Tinubu defended his controversial economic reforms, saying they were necessary and are beginning bear results. He also insisted Nigeria is “winning the …