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26-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s business activity accelerated at its fastest pace in three months in July thanks to strong demand, especially in the services sector, according to a survey that also showed companies hired at the fastest pace in over 18 years. The data reflected …

26-07-2024 TAIPEI: Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast, bringing gusts of around 240km/h (150mph). Gaemi, which has landed near the city of Hualien, is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years. Taiwanese officials said two people had been killed and …

26-07-2024 NOUAKCHOTT: Twenty-five migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania, according to the country’s news agency, with dozens missing. The incident took place near the capital city of Nouakchott. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 190 people were still missing and …

26-07-2024 CAIRO/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress “full of lies”, shows he is not serious about a ceasefire and has “thwarted all efforts to end the war and reach a deal to release hostages”, Reuters news agency reports. Protesters gathered in Washington, …

26-07-2024 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has heeded calls to withdraw his re-election bid, thrusting this year’s already high-wire race for the White House into an uncertain territory. The announcement on Sunday by the oldest sitting president in US history came amid mounting pressure from his fellow Democrats, with …

26-07-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers “our enemies are your enemies” in a landmark speech to Congress intended to rally support for the war in Gaza but marked by protests inside and outside the Capitol. “When we fight Iran, we’re fighting the most radical and murderous enemy …

26-07-2024 GAZA CITY: More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said. Khan Younis, which is situated in the south of the Gaza Strip, has been the focus of a new Israeli military offensive which it says is aimed at …

25-07-2024 HUEHUETAN: About 3,000 people carrying bags, water and small children trod through intense heat along a highway in southern Mexico on Tuesday, traveling in two groups aiming to reach the US border. Over the past week migrants have launched two caravans large groups of people walking together bound for …

25-07-2024 DHAKA: The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week of some of the country’s deadliest protests in years but students raised fresh demands including the scrapping …

25-07-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency staff. She had faced calls from both Democrats …