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22 migrants including 7 children dead in Aegean Sea

Many migrants try to reach the Greek islands from Turkey’s western coasts. (Sea-Watch/AP pic) ISTANBUL: Twenty-two migrants including seven children have drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said today. Two people were rescued by the Turkish coast guard and another two managed to make it out of the water on their own, officials said. The victims’ nationalities were not yet known. The boat capsized off […]

today15 March 2024

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Thailand mulls legalising casinos to boost tourism

Industry experts believe a legal casino market in Thailand would be a huge success in drawing overseas visitors. (AP pic) BANGKOK: Thailand is again considering legalising casinos to draw investment and tourism, a study submitted to the House of Representative today showed, but such proposals have been losing bets in the past because of public disapproval. The only gambling allowed in Thailand is on state-controlled horse races and the lottery. […]

today15 March 2024

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Russian woman detained after pouring dye into ballot box

Russians began to cast their ballots across the country’s 11 time zones today. (AP pic) MOSCOW: Russian state investigators in Moscow said today they had opened a criminal case against a woman who poured green dye into a ballot box to try to disrupt voting in the country’s presidential election. Russians began to cast their ballots across the country’s 11 time zones today, the start of a three-day election that […]

today15 March 2024

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Catholic confessions to remain confidential under HK’s upcoming security law

Hong Kong’s secretary for justice Paul Lam said last week that it will be difficult to exempt clergy and social workers from the security law.  (AFP pic) HONG KONG: The Catholic Church in Hong Kong said today that confessions by devotees to priests would remain confidential under the city’s upcoming national security law. Hong Kong is fast-tracking a homegrown national security law, following the one Beijing imposed in 2020 after […]

today15 March 2024

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France’s Macron says Europe must be ready for war if it wants peace

French president Emmanuel Macron caused controversy last month after he said he could not rule out the deployment of ground troops in Ukraine. (AP pic) PARIS: French president Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday Europe should prepare for war if it wants peace, calling President Vladimir Putin’s Russia an adversary that would not stop in Ukraine if it defeated Kyiv’s troops in the two-year-old conflict. Macron caused controversy last month after […]

today15 March 2024

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US imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers, 2 West Bank outposts

Washington has repeatedly asked Israel to hold violent settlers in the West Bank accountable. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Israeli outposts and three settlers it accused of undermining stability in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, and appealed to Israel to do more to prevent settler violence that Washington says is an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace. The state department said the outposts known as Moshe’s […]

today15 March 2024

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US Senate leader calls for ‘new election’ in Israel

Chuck Schumer said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tolerance of the death toll in Gaza was ‘pushing support for Israel worldwide to historic lows’. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: The leader of the US Senate called today for the Israeli government to hold new elections in a speech suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu risked making the US ally a “pariah.” “At this critical juncture, I believe a new election is the only […]

today14 March 2024

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Russia sentences Navalny supporters to 3-1/2 years in prison

Russia outlawed Alexei Navalny’s organisations as ‘extremist’ in 2021 and has handed down prison sentences to several of his aides and supporters. (AFP pic) MOSCOW: A Moscow court has sentenced two university students to more than three years in prison for their involvement with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Russia in 2021 outlawed Navalny’s organisations as “extremist” and has handed down lengthy prison sentences to several of the Kremlin […]

today14 March 2024

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Israel says will ‘flood’ Gaza with aid

Aid agencies have warned that Gaza faces a growing risk of famine unless food supplies are stepped up sharply. (AP pic) TEL AVIV: Israel will try to “flood” the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid from a variety of entry points, the main military spokesman said on Wednesday as international pressure mounted to address the growing problem of hunger in the besieged enclave. After more than five months of war in […]

today14 March 2024