08-07-2025 NAIROBI: Eleven people have been killed nationwide during antigovernment protests in Kenya on the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising, the country’s police has said. A statement from the police on Monday added that 52 police officers had been injured. Police fired live rounds and water cannon at protesters …
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08-07-2025 DOHA: The latest round of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have ended without a breakthrough, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told media. According to the official, the session lasted for nearly three and a half hours and took place in two separate buildings in Doha. …
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08-07-2025 GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected Eritrea’s attempt to shut down an independent investigation into alleged rights abuses, in a move hailed as vital to preventing impunity. Eritrea’s rare bid to scrap the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on its human rights record was defeated …
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08-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is ready to make trade deals in the national interest, but not just to meet deadlines, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday when asked whether a deal could be reached with the US in time for a July 9 deadline set …
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08-07-2025 NEW YORK: On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days earlier, Trump had enacted a proclamation barring citizens …
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08-07-2025 DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama has said that he hopes to live for another 40 years until he is 130 years old, on the eve of his 90th birthday, days after he sought to assuage rife speculation over his succession by saying he would reincarnate upon his death. The Tibetan …
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08-07-2025 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister has promised to take strong action following an apparent arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. Police are looking for a man who poured liquid on the synagogue’s front door before setting it on fire on Friday night. Some 20 people having dinner inside …
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08-07-2025 HOUSTON: Hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for survivors in central Texas, after flash floods killed hundreds of people, including 22 children. “The work continues and will continue, until everyone is found,” promised Larry Leitha, the sheriff of Kerr County. As the search goes into a second …
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08-07-2025 PARIS: The River Seine in Paris has reopened publicly to swimmers for the first time since 1923 after a century-long ban. The seasonal opening of the Seine for swimming is viewed as a key legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics, when open water swimmers and triathletes competed in its …
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07-07-2025 BOSTON: Eight migrants in United States custody have lost a last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation to South Sudan, a country facing ongoing criticism for human rights abuses. Yesterday, Judge Brian Murphy of Boston denied the eleventh-hour appeal, which has been the subject of a flurry of legal activity throughout …
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