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Pakistan charging refugees $830 to leave

25-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/ KARACHI: Pakistan has confirmed that it is charging an $830 fee to undocumented refugees who want to leave the country. The exit fee applies to people who arrived without a visa. In October Pakistan announced that it would deport 1.7 million undocumented …

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China approves $69bn US technology merger

25-11-2023 BEIJING: Computer chipmaker Broadcom has completed its $69bn (£55bn) acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware, wrapping up one of the biggest takeover deals in the technology sector. The deal was scrutinized by regulators around the world ahead of last clearance from China. There were concerns it could be affected …

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Rat plague spreads to Australia’s fishing towns

24-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: Thousands of rats dead and alive have swept up on beaches in Queensland Australia, overwhelming residents. The state has been battling a rat and mouse plague for months now. A surge in the native rodent population has forced the rats to move coastwards …

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Climate crisis compounds woes for Somalis

24-11-2023 MOGADISHU: At a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa city in southwest Somalia, Halima Abdi, 57, walks through the flooded compound to access her makeshift house. It is partly submerged in the water, which had forced her to leave the previous day. Most of her …

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US warship shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

24-11-2023 SANA’A/ DUBAI: A US warship cruising the Red Sea has shot down drones fired from Houthi-held territory in Yemen, according to the US Central Command. The USS Thomas Hudner, a guided-missile destroyer, shot down “multiple one-way attack drones” launched on Thursday morning from Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas, CENTCOM said in …

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‘Muslim country group to push for Gaza truce’

24-11-2023 ANKARA: A newly formed group of senior officials from several Muslim countries will visit the U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members and others to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Tuesday. The group was formed earlier this month at a summit …

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Obama’s ex-advisor sparks fury with anti-Muslim rant

24-11-2023 NEW YORK: Stuart Seldowitz, a former advisor to the National Security Council under ex-US president Barack Obama, has been charged with five counts after attacking a halal street vendor in New York City. Seldowitz, 64, allegedly targeted Mohammad Hussein, a 24-year-old Muslim street vendor in an Islamophobic attack, referring …

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WHO asks China for more details on pneumonia outbreak

24-11-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of …

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