09-02-2021 FLORIDA: A computer hacker gained access to the water system of a city in Florida and tried to pump in a “dangerous” amount of a chemical, officials say. The hacker briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide (lye) in Oldsmar’s water treatment system, but a worker spotted it and …
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08-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BEIJING/ CANBERRA: Another Chinese-born Australian citizen arrested in China on severe spying charges like many other Australians those have been arrested in China in different masked faces or under-covered characters like teachers, journalists, doctors, tourists, smugglers and engineers etc., sources revealed. According to …
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08-02-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KABUL: Afghanistan has received 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine from India, the first vaccines it has received to date. The country is still waiting for emergency approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) before it can use the vaccine, according to Afghanistan’s Acting Minister …
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08-02-2021 JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister (PM), Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to court and pleaded not guilty to corruption charges as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before an election. The Monday hearing, which was pushed back multiple times because of coronavirus restrictions, is where he has to deliver …
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08-02-2021 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: US President Joe Biden says he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal. Biden was speaking in a CBS News interview aired on Sunday but Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran would only …
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08-02-2021 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DAMASCUS: United States President Joe Biden last week announced plans to end US support for Saudi Arabia’s “offensive operations” in war-torn Yemen, including ceasing relevant arms sales to the government in Riyadh. The move signaled a distinct shift in Washington’s approach to the conflict and a renewed emphasis …
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07-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Almost 110 to 160 of people are feared dead in India after a Himalayan glacier broke apart and crashed into a hydroelectric dam with people hurriedly being evacuated amid rising water levels on a nearby river. Footage from TV channels …
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07-02-2021 MYANMAR/ NAYPYITAW: Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Myanmar for a second consecutive day to protest against the country’s military seizing power, despite a nationwide internet blackout imposed to stifle dissent. In the main city Yangon, large crowds gathered on both Saturday and Sunday …
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07-02-2021 BAGHDAD: The Yazidi community of northern Iraq has brought home 104 of its members who were killed by the Islamic State group during its reign of terror in 2014. Their remains had been identified and exhumed from mass graves, and they were laid to rest in the village of …
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07-02-2021 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump should not continue to receive intelligence briefings normally available to former presidents because of his “erratic” behaviour, President Joe Biden said in a US media interview. “I just think that there is no need for him to have intelligence,” President Biden said in an interview with …
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