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This year, two people have lost their lives in wildfires while 20 were reported dead last year. (File) Athens: Greek authorities have ordered the evacuation of Marathon town, the birthplace of the Marathon race, due to a raging wildfire. Residents of Marathon were on Sunday asked to move towards the neighbouring settlement of Nea Makri,…
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A man poses for pictures in front of new graffiti on a street wall at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday (August 11) acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the misappropriation of funds from the Grameen Telecom…
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Air crash could be due to any number of factors, according to experts. (File) Rio de Janeiro: An ATR-72 turboprop plane operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed on Friday in a residential area near Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 passengers aboard. Investigators have recovered the plane’s so-called black box containing voice recordings and flight…
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Two of the helicopter’s propellers came off and one landed in the hotel pool: Report (Representational) Sydney: Hundreds of hotel guests in a popular Australian tourist town were evacuated after a helicopter crashed into the roof of the hotel, authorities said on Monday. Emergency crews were called at about 2 a.m. on Monday (1600 GMT…
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A fire broke out on August 11, 2024, at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is under the control of Russian forces, a Moscow-installed official said. File | Photo Credit: AFP A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern…
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Mediators have invited both Israel and Hamas for a round of negotiations on Thursday. (File) Palestinian Territories: Hamas on Sunday called on US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators to implement a ceasefire plan for Gaza put forward by US President Joe Biden, instead of holding “more talks”. “Hamas calls on the mediators to present a roadmap…
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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attend his swearing-in ceremony after a landslide win in last month’s election at the Amahoro Stadium, Gasabo District of Kigali, Rwanda, August 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in Sunday for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a…
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Five Iran-backed fighters were killed on Sunday (August 11, 2024) in a drone strike in Syria’s east, near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said, adding it was not clear yet who was behind the attack. “Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed and others were injured, some severely… after an unknown drone targeted the military vehicle…
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Tel Aviv: The Israeli intelligence community believes Iran has decided to attack Israel directly and may do so within days, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on Sunday, citing two sources. The attack would be in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in late July, Ravid added. Israel has not claimed…
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Police have blamed pro-UK loyalist paramilitary groups for helping to fuel the violence in the Northern Irish capital. File | Photo Credit: AFP Northern Irish police on Sunday criticised “disgusting” rioting by pro-Irish unity youths in Londonderry overnight that injured 10 police, the latest night of disorder to rock the UK region. The violent scenes…
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