23-11-2022 JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 268, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Disaster agency chief Suharyanto told reporters that more than 1,000 people had been injured, 58,000 displaced and 22,000 houses damaged. …
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23-11-2022 QATAR: Japanese fans at the FIFA World Cup’s opening match have impressed people across the globe after videos of them cleaning the stadium went viral. After the match on Sunday between Ecuador and host Qatar ended, excited fans left behind cups, wrappers, food waste, and much more at Doha’s …
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22-11-2022 NEW YORK: Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has filed for US bankruptcy court protection, said it owes its 50 biggest creditors nearly $3.1 billion. The exchange owes about $1.45 billion to its top 10 creditors, it said in a court filing on Saturday, without naming them. FTX and its affiliates …
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22-11-2022 DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) ICC Monday announced the format of the T20 World Cup 2024, to be hosted by West Indies and Americas, which it said was markedly different from the previous events. In the next T20 World Cup, 20 teams will be divided into four groups and …
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22-11-2022 TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked positions in northern Iraq held by Kurdish groups, as anti-government protests continue in Iran’s Kurdish-majority western regions and elsewhere. The elite force’s ground division confirmed early on Monday that it had hit three areas in the Kurdish region of …
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22-11-2022 ISTANBUL: Three people have been killed after rockets hit the Turkish district of Karkamis, near the Syrian border, according to the country’s interior minister, Suleyman Soylu. Five rockets were reportedly fired on Monday, one of them hitting a school, leaving six people injured, two of them seriously. According to …
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22-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian app has apologized after viewers complained about the “poor quality” of its broadcast of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Reliance Jio won the rights to livestream the mega sporting event in India. The company made the stream available for …
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22-11-2022 BEIJING: A Chinese coast guard ship has been accused of “forcefully retrieving” a floating object, believed to be rocket debris, from a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea. Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos of the Philippine Navy said a Chinese vessel blocked their course twice, before finally seizing the …
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22-11-2022 TEHRAN: Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests, the country’s state-run media reports. Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran’s authorities, Irna news agency says. Both women earlier appeared in public without their headscarves, a gesture of …
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21-11-2022 JAKARTA: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday killing 46 people, the national disaster agency said, as rescue workers and authorities worked to determine the full extent of the damage. The quake struck on land in Cianjur town, about 75 km southeast of the capital, Jakarta, …
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