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Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza tops 20,000

25-12-2023 RAFAH/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said Friday, as Israel expanded its offensive and ordered tens of thousands more people to leave their homes. The deaths in Gaza amount to nearly 1 percent of the territory’s prewar …

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Ukrainian triplets born into war

25-12-2023 KYIV: Ukrainian couple Hanna and Andriy Berezynets were delighted when they found out they were expecting triplets. But on the day the babies were due, war broke out and the little girls were born to the sound of Russian shells falling around them. When Hanna went for her first …

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IMF debt warning a worst case scenario: India

24-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has said that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projection of the country’s debt exceeding 100 percent (%) of the GDP by 2027-28 is “misconstrued”. The Finance Ministry said the IMF projection was “a worst-case scenario and is not fait accompli”. …

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London stocks finish higher ahead of Christmas break

24-12-2023 LONDON: British equities logged solid weekly gains heading into the Christmas holidays on Friday amid rising hopes that major central banks, including the Bank of England, could consider interest rate cuts next year. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) edged 0.04% higher, extending gains to a fourth week, while FTSE …

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