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14-03-2024 WASHINGTON: The US may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a much larger US military effort, said three people familiar with the planning and a US official. If funding is secured, the plan could …

14-03-2024 BEIJING: Xiaomi (1810.HK), opens new tab will this month start deliveries of its first electric vehicle (EV) in China, it said on Tuesday, venturing into the world’s largest auto market at a time of aggressive price competition. The smartphone maker, China’s fifth-largest, said in a Weibo post that 59 …

14-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British counterpart Rishi Sunak reaffirmed their commitment to securing a new trade deal in a call on Tuesday, as the prospect of an agreement ahead of elections in India fades. Britain and India have held stop-start …

14-03-2024 WASHINGTON: US air carriers warned on Tuesday that their plans to increase capacity were in doubt due to more jet delivery delays from Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab, as the hit to the airline industry from the planemaker’s safety crisis worsens. The airline industry has cut expectations for deliveries …

14-03-2024 GENEVA: Food aid for hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Chad, some of whom are close to starvation, will be suspended next month without more funding, the World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday. Since conflict broke out in Sudan nearly a year ago, more than half a …

13-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India on Tuesday rejected Chinese objections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s weekend visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the northeastern border state has always been “an integral and inalienable part of India”. The Indian foreign ministry’s comments came a day after Chinese foreign …

13-03-2024 WELLINGTON/ SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission said on Tuesday it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a LATAM Airlines (LTM.SN), opens new tab Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 787 after an incident that left more than 50 people injured. The airline and …

13-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month. Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being held for a week in detention, …

13-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticized for being anti-Muslim. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to seek citizenship. The authorities say it will help those …

13-03-2024 GAZA CITY: Nader Abu Sharekh, an Islamic preacher, has told media from Rafah that “the whole world has forsaken” Gaza. “We address Muslims in every corner of the world. How can you accept seeing Gaza people suffer in this holy month,” he said. Abu Sharekh said Gaza’s residents are …