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Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, Fulham Football Club said in a statement. “On behalf of everyone at Fulham Football Club, I send my sincere condolences…
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Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam is Singapore’s new President New Delhi: Singapore’s former Indian-origin Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected President on Friday, comfortably securing victory in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. “My fellow Singaporeans, I am truly humbled by the strong endorsement you have given…
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Eighteen suspected robbers were killed during a shootout with South African police. (Representational) Johannesburg, South Africa: Eighteen suspected robbers were shot and killed during a shootout with South African police in the Limpopo province, the police said on Friday. Addressing the media from the crime scene in Makhado in South Africa’s northernmost province, national police…
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In this picture taken on August 31, 2023, Pakistani army personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province about 61km from the border. | Photo Credit: AFP A suicide attack by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on a security forces convoy has killed nine soldiers and injured…
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Four Armenian servicemen were killed and three Azerbaijani soldiers wounded on Friday, the two countries said, as they accused each other of engaging in a new round of clashes. Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of cross-border attacks. “As a result of an Azerbaijani…
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Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. The claim came as Kyiv said the police in the Capital were responding to bomb threats as children returned to classrooms for a second academic year…
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September 01, 2023 10:31 pm | Updated September 02, 2023 01:33 am IST – Singapore According to official results, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as the President of Singapore, on September 1, 2023. Here he is seen meeting his supporters. | Photo Credit: Reuters Singapore’s former deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, earning…
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September 01, 2023 10:29 pm | Updated 10:29 pm IST – Al Aqaba, Palestinian Territories Palestinian gunmen wait to escort the body of Abdulrahim Ghannam, 36, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Aqaba, near Tubas, on September 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli forces on Friday killed a Palestinian in the…
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Denmark said Friday that it had told Russia to reduce the number of staff at its Copenhagen embassy following Russian requests for visas for “intelligence officers”. Denmark’s ministry of foreign affairs said the Russian mission would need to reduce its staff to match the level of the Danish embassy in Moscow, and that it had…
Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president. (File) Singapore: Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, according to official results, in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two…
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