03-04-2024 QAIRO: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn in before parliament for his third term as Egyptian president. El-Sisi’s oathtaking on Tuesday marked what should be his final six-year stretch as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country, unless he again ushers through a constitutional amendment prolonging his tenure. …
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03-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in its northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, calling the move “senseless” and reaffirming that the border province is an “integral” part of India. Beijing says Arunachal Pradesh, which its calls Zangnan, is …
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03-04-2024 GAZA CITY: Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said. The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United …
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03-04-2024 VANTAA, HELSINKI: A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say. Police said earlier that all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had been detained. Parents told Finnish media that the shooting …
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03-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy, were named among the dead. Iran …
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03-04-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state. He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values, and was ordered to pay a $464m penalty. Posting bond means …
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03-04-2024 QUEENSLAND: An Australian politician accused of murdering his stepfather has failed in his attempt to be re-elected as a city councilor, officials say. Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden faced heavy criticism for standing given the serious criminal charge against him. Ahead of the vote, he had defiantly told media that it was …
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02-04-2024 DAMASCUS: Iran has promised to respond after two commanders from its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were among seven people killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of the IRGC …
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02-04-2024 MELBOURNE: Israel’s continued assault on Gaza has highlighted a hidden yet crucial component of the world’s weapons manufacturing industry suburban Australia. Tucked away in Melbourne’s industrial north, Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) is an Australian company that plays a vital role in the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters; the …
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02-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however, are still unable to pursue an education and remain unsure what the future …
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