‘God’s Influencer’ to become first millennial saint
Computer whiz Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, will be raised to sainthood by Pope Leo...
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Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani dead at 91
Rome, Italy -- Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of...
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French envoy to hold talks with Lebanese leaders to end divisions
Amid continuous divisions plaguing the country, France's new envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, landed in Beirut to hold talks...
- French President Emmanuel Macron appointed the former foreign minister as special envoy to Lebanon earlier this month
- For months, the international coomunity has exhorted Beirut to elect a new leader capable of enacting reforms
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Musk meets Narendra Modi to discuss investment in India
Musk, one of the world's richest men, said that Modi was "pushing us to make significant investments in India, which...
- New Delhi has rolled out the red carpet for top global investors and companies -- including tech giants like Google and Apple -- in the last few years.
- Since the coronavirus pandemic, many companies have expanded their presence in India as a way to cut their supply-chain dependence on China.
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Iraq to prosecute officials accused of torture under past governments
The probe was launched in December by the current government of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after The Washington Post...
- The alleged perpetrators had a free rein in 2020 to interrogate senior officials suspected of having a hand in Iraq's endemic corruption.
- Among the high-profile arrests by Committee 29 were the former director of the Iraqi pension fund, the former president of the Baghdad Investment Commission.
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Iran foreign minister holds talks with Omani counterpart
ran said last week it had been engaged in indirect negotiations with the United States through Oman, with nuclear issues,...
- Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also making stops later in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates during his tour of the Gulf.
- On Wednesday, he met Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, minister of Oman's royal office, for talks on ties between their countries and "several areas of cooperation".
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Rise in executions and raids as Saudi Arabia intensifies war on drugs
Saudi Arabia has seen an influx of the addictive amphetamine captagon flooding in from war-torn Syria and Lebanon. After becoming...
- The result is at least 20 executions for drug offences since last year, according to an AFP tally, and a sharp rise in arrests.
- At least two Saudi security officers have been killed in drug raids, including one last week, according to state media.
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Lufthansa to sell payments subsidiary
The German group will sell AirPlus to Sweden's SEB Kort Bank.
- It comes after Lufthansa in April announced the divestment of its LSG catering business, and last month agreed to buy a 41-percent stake in Italy's ITA Airways.
- The Lufthansa group -- one of Europe's biggest airlines -- was brought to the brink of bankruptcy when the Covid-19 pandemic saw global air travel grind to a halt.
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‘Underwater noises’ detected in missing sub search: US Coast Guard
"Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (remotely operated vehicle) operations were relocated...
- US and Canadian coast guard ships and planes are scouring 7,600 square miles (20,000 square kilometers) of ocean for the vessel
- Submersible was carrying three fee-paying passengers: billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman
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Michael Jackson’s moonwalk fedora up for auction
The King of Pop whipped off the hat, with an estimated value of $65,000-$110,000, while breaking into his hit "Billie...
- Other items include a guitar owned by the legendary bluesman T-Bone Walker that could fetch up to 150,000 euros and a suit worn by Depeche Mode's Martin Gore.
- The hat will be the star attraction at an auction of rock-and-roll items by Drouot on September 26.
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Four shot dead near West Bank settlement: Israeli officials
A day after the Israeli army killed six Palestinians, four people were killed on Tuesday near a settlement in the...
- There were reports of other settler attacks in the evening in Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, near Eli, and in Beit Furik, another town in the north of the West Bank
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces were "working on the ground in order to settle accounts with the murderers"
French football star Kante joins Saudi champions
A dynamic and industrious midfielder Kante, won the World Cup with France in 2018, said said he was "very excited...
- The 32-year-old becomes the latest in a line of European stars choosing to ply their trade in the desert kingdom, which is making big-money moves across elite sport
- Kante's contract with the London club was set to expire this month and he has signed a three-year deal with Al Ittihad, the Jeddah-based team said in a statement
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‘God’s Influencer’ to become first millennial saint
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Netanyahu tells Israel parliament ‘some progress’ on Gaza hostage deal, defence minister admits to killing Haniyeh
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last week, Netanyahu said, however, said he was not going to agree...
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Honda and Nissan expected to begin merger talks
Honda and Nissan were poised Monday to announce the start of talks on a merger to help the Japanese giants...
Pope again condemns ‘cruelty’ of Israeli strikes on Gaza
"And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of...
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Post-Assad Syria seeks peace; Erdogan pushes anti-terror agenda, US warns on Kurdish conflict
Barbara Leaf, Washington's top diplomat for the Middle East, told Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa of the "critical need to...
- On a recent tour to the region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had stressed the need to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State group (IS) jihadists
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who backed Assad's opponents, has stressed reconciliation and restoration of Syria's territorial integrity and unity
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UAE says will not arm Sudan paramilitary RSF: White House
Washington, United States -- The United Arab Emirates has informed the United States that it will not arm paramilitaries in Sudan's...
- Two US lawmakers said the UAE pledged to address their concerns and that, as a result, they would drop their attempt to block $1.2 billion in arms sales.
- The UAE has long denied arming the RSF, with which it has fought Yemen's Houthi rebels. Trump has shown a greater willingness to sell weapons to the UAE
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Biden cancels $4.28 bn more in student debt before leaving office
Washington, United States -- US President Joe Biden said Friday he was canceling student loans for an additional 55,000 Americans, which...
- The beneficiaries include teachers, nurses, service members, law enforcement officials, and other public service workers who have given back to their communities.
- In the United States, colleges can often cost anywhere between $10,000 and $70,000 a year, leaving some graduates with crushing debt as they enter the workforce.