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Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliatory move

August 9, 2024 admin

This combo picture shows Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega Brazil and Nicaragua plunged into a diplomatic crisis after the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva govt. expelled the Nicaraguan ambassador in response to the expelling of its diplomatic representative by Daniel Ortega’s government. | Photo Credit: AFP Brazil’s government…

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Kamala Harris Doesn’t Support Israel Arms Embargo, Says Top Aide

August 9, 2024 admin

Kamala Harris will also be keen not to alienate the majority of US voters whom polls say support Israel. Washington: Kamala Harris does not support an arms embargo on US ally Israel, a top aide said Thursday, in one of the first substantive statements on her Gaza war policy since her July entry to the…

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Kamala Harris Leads Donald Trump By 5 Points In Latest Survey

August 8, 2024 admin

The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos survey. Washington: Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday. The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23…

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ABC says Trump and Harris have agreed to participate in a presidential debate on September 10

August 8, 2024 admin

This combination of file pictures created on August 3, 2024 shows US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking on March 26, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina; and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking in the first presidential debate with US President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, on…

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Israel Vows To Fight Aggression From Hezbollah “with All Its Might”

August 8, 2024 admin

Israel Defence Minister said that it will not allow the Hezbollah militia to destabilise the border. Jerusalem: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel would fight Hezbollah “with all its might” if the Lebanese armed group continued its “aggression” across the border. “We will not allow the Hezbollah militia to destabilise the border…

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Donald Trump Says Will “Peaceful Transfer” Of Power If US Election Is Fair

August 8, 2024 admin

“I just hope we’re going to have honest elections,” Trump said. Washington: Donald Trump said Thursday there would be a peaceful transfer of power after the US presidential vote — but immediately questioned whether there would be “honest elections.” “Of course there’ll be a peaceful transfer, and there was last time,” Trump told a news…

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Donald Trump Offers Three TV Debates Against Kamala Harris Next Month

August 8, 2024 admin

Trump also assured reporters there would be a peaceful transfer of power after November elections. Washington: Donald Trump proposed three September debates against Kamala Harris Thursday as he sought to wrest back some of the attention lavished on his rival since her blockbuster entry into the US presidential election. Harris has ignited the Democratic ticket…

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Pak Spy Agency ISI Fuelling Unrest In Bangladesh, Claims Sheikh Hasina’s Son

August 8, 2024 admin

He expressed gratitude to PM Modi and his government for protecting his mother Kolkata: Sheikh Hasina, who quit as prime minister and fled Bangladesh, will be back in the country as soon as democracy is restored, his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Thursday and blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, for fuelling the ongoing unrest…

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Residents Flee Beirut’s Hezbollah Stronghold Fearing Israeli Airstrikes

August 8, 2024 admin

Almost 10 months of cross-border violence have killed some 558 people in Lebanon. Beirut: Batoul and her family have been scrambling to secure housing outside Beirut’s southern suburbs where an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander last week, but spiking demand has sent prices soaring. Many in the southern suburbs — a packed residential…

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