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The X service remains available to the people of Brazil (Representational) Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. The decision to close the office in Brazil was difficult, but, if we had agreed to…
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Palestinians grieve at the funeral for more than 15 people, including several children and women, killed in an Israeli strike, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP As mediators expressed optimism for an imminent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, violence raged on Saturday (August…
Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike. File | Photo Credit: AP Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh City in south Lebanon, State news agency NNA said…
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Intelligence agencies in Pakistan continue to abduct social media activists and vloggers for criticising the government. File | Photo Credit: AP Intelligence agencies in Pakistan continue to abduct social media activists and vloggers for criticising the government and the powerful military establishment in the country, their families have alleged, and approached Courts in Punjab province….
“We await your future products that will help us finish the special army operation,” Ramzan Kadyrov said. The leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video on Saturday of himself driving a Tesla Cybertruck with what looked like a machinegun mounted on top, saying he would send it to the Ukraine conflict zone….
Kyiv claims to have taken control of more than 80 settlements in the lightning incursion. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces were “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive for more than 11 days. His comments came a day after Moscow accused…
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Smoke is seen rising into the sky from a fire located in the roof of Somerset House beside the River Thames in London on August 17, 2024. Around 100 firefighters tackled a large blaze at London’s historic Somerset House cultural centre on Saturday, with images posted on social media showing flames leaping out from underneath…
1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel near the Gaza border on October 7 (File) Tel Aviv: During the past month, Israeli combat engineers have destroyed approximately 50 Hamas tunnel routes in the area of the Egypt-Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. The announcement came as Israeli and Arab leaders…
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File picture of Olympics javelin throw gold medallist Arshad Nadeem celebrating with the Pakistan flag | Photo Credit: Reuters Arshad Nadeem, the javelin throw gold medallist in the recently-concluded Paris Games, said Pakistani women athletes should be given modern facilities so that they can perform at the highest level. Since returning home with Pakistan’s first…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the third edition of the Voice of Global South Summit, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on August 17, 2024. Head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Mohammad Yunus and other world leaders also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI The caretaker government in Bangladesh is committed to ensuring a transition to inclusive…
