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Sri Lanka said Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a foreign joint venture, as the island nation’s bankrupt government seeks to offload loss-making assets. The small airport near a wildlife sanctuary on the southern coast opened in 2013 but was immediately plagued by problems, and has been…
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As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the first time. It was at this school on April 27, 1994, that Kunene joined millions of South Africans to brave long queues…
Blinken made this remark while closing his three-day visit to China. Beijing: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while closing his three-day trip to China, said that the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s earlier commitment to not do…
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The Israeli army said Friday a civilian was killed near the country’s northern border with Lebanon, as near-daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah rage. Both sides have stepped up attacks this week, with Hezbollah increasing rocket fire and Israel saying it had carried out “offensive action” across southern Lebanon. The violence has fuelled fears of…
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Police officers watch students outside the Sciences-Po university on April 26, 2024 in Paris. | Photo Credit: AP Students at a prestigious university in Paris resumed pro-Palestinian protests on Friday, inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses around the United States, two days after French police broke up another demonstration. Dozens of students at the…
Firefighters work at the scene of a Russian missile strike that destroyed a train station, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine February 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russia said Friday it had used missiles and artillery to target railway infrastructure and Western arms being transported by rail in Ukraine. Moscow’s defence ministry…
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Chinese app TikTok is facing ban in US after President Joe Biden signed law on Wednesday. Washington: Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, said on Friday he will step down from the role in June, according to a company statement. Andersen will become special counsel to the company to focus…
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The arrested individual has been identified as Vijay Sahani (30), a native of Bihar. Gurugram: A man, who recently walked out of prison, has been arrested again for allegedly killing his brother’s seven-month-old daughter in a fit of rage as he found that his wife had married him (his younger brother) while he was incarcerated….
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The bypoll to the Bagidora Assembly seat in Banswara recorded a voter turnout of 77 per cent. Jaipur: Rajasthan recorded a voter turnout of 64.6 per cent (provisional figures) in the 13 remaining Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls on Friday. Elections to the state’s other 12 Lok Sabha seats were held in…
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TAIPEI: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan’s eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a depth of 24.9 km (15.5 miles), the weather administration said. Taiwan has been hit by more than…
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