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US vetoes call for immediate Gaza ceasefire at UN

21-02-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire. Washington said the Algerian-proposed resolution would “jeopardize” talks to end the war but the move has been condemned, with US allies expressing regret …

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US calls for temporary Gaza ceasefire in UN text

21-02-2024 WASHINGTON/ UNITED NATIONS: The US has proposed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. It has also warned Israel against invading the overcrowded city of Rafah. The US has previously avoided the word “ceasefire” during UN votes on the war, …

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Indian airlines ordered to stop baggage delay chaos

21-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Some of India’s top airlines have been ordered to start sending out passengers’ bags within 10 minutes of the plane’s engine shutting down. The civil aviation ministry has said that passengers’ luggage should be delivered to them within 10 to 30 minutes …

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Crew abandon cargo ship after attack off Yemen

21-02-2024 CAIRO/ SANA’A: The crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement. The Rubymar was in the Gulf of Aden and nearing the Bab al-Mandab Strait when it was struck, security firms said. The vessel, …

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Israeli PM ‘missed chance’ to cut off Hamas cash

21-02-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH: Israel’s Prime Minister missed the chance to starve Hamas of cash, years before its murderous attack last October, according to a former senior Israeli intelligence officer. Udi Levy has told media he advised Benjamin Netanyahu to target Hamas’s finances. He believes this would have hampered the group’s …

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India offers protesting farmers to procure 3 crops

20-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Indian government has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said after week-long clashes between security forces and protesters. Tear gas and barricades were used …

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