Jordan sees decrease in number of tourists over Gaza war
Amman, Jordan -- Jordan has seen a decrease in the number of tourists visiting its famed ancient city of Petra...
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Tunisia’s Jaouadi pushes through pain for second world gold
Singapore, Singapore -- Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi added the 1,500m freestyle world title to his 800m crown on Sunday for a...
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Kazakhstan threatens to ban ArcelorMittal after worker death
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan threatened Thursday to ban global steel giant ArcelorMittal from operating in the Central Asian country after...
- ArcellorMittal, the world's second largest steel producer, operates a dozen factories and mines in this polluted industrial Kazakh region.
- Kazakhstan has in the past imposed fines on ArcelorMittal for non-compliance with ecological standards.
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WHO urges malaria funding boost as deaths stay stubbornly high
The World Health Organization called for more funds to help overcome towering challenges in the battle against malaria, which continues...
- A report highlighted significant remaining challenges, including limited donor funding.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded several challenges facing efforts to battle malaria.
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US oil futures drop 3%, finishing at new low for 2022
Analysts note that conditions in the oil market have loosened compared with earlier in the year, adding to oversupply worries...
- WTI futures for delivery in January ended the day at $72.01 a barrel after US Energy Information Administration data showed a jump in gasoline stockpiles
- WTI also closed at a 2022 low on Monday, while international benchmark Brent slipped to a level not seen since January
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Elon Musk briefly loses top spot as world’s richest person
According to Bloomberg's ranking, calculated after US markets closed on Tuesday, had Musk in the lead at $178.9 billion, followed...
- Musk's fortune is primarily tied to the share price of Tesla, and the entrepreneur has been at the Centre of controversy after the Twitter takeover
- Indian businessman Gautam Adani was in third place at $134.8 billion, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos fourth at $111.3 billion
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US state brings two lawsuits against TikTok over child safety, security fears
The legal salvo came as problems are mounting for TikTok in the United States, with multiple accusations that the extremely...
- US sued TikTok for allegedly deceiving customers into believing that "reams of highly sensitive data and personal information" were protected from China
- TikTok is facing a growing front of opposition in the United States, with several states and the US military banning its use on government devices
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Two killed in Iraq clashes after activist given prison term
Riot police confronted the crowd in the central Habboubi Square with "brutal" force and "fired live ammunition", said demonstrator Mohammed...
- Haidar al-Zaidi, 20, was sentenced to three years over a tweet of disputed origin deemed insulting to a pro-Iran ex-paramilitary force
- The protesters deplored the jail term and also demanded compensation for demonstrators wounded by security forces in late 2019
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Pentagon gives cloud contracts to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
Pentagon announced Wednesday it has awarded $9 billion in cloud computing contracts to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.
- Commander Jessica McNulty, Defense Department spokesperson, told AFP that JWCC is "composed of four contracts with a shared ceiling of $9 billion
- In 2019, Microsoft won the contract, sparking a challenge by Amazon on grounds that vengeful politics by then-president Donald Trump may have improperly influenced the outcome
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Nuclear tensions ‘rising’ but Moscow won’t deploy first: Putin
Russian forces have missed most of their key military goals since February, raising fears that the battlefield stalemate could see...
- Speaking more than nine months after his forces launched their military operation, Russian President warned the conflict could be "lengthy"
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared that the risk of nuclear weapons being used in the Ukraine conflict has lessened thanks to international pressure on Russia
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Tunisian bakers strike again over unpaid subsidies
Subsidies on basic goods are a highly sensitive political issue in Tunisia, where a public finance crisis has caused repeated...
- The national bakery owners' union said more than 3,100 bakeries have joined the open-ended strike
- The bakery owners are demanding payment of 14 months of overdue subsidies, which the union estimates at $80 million
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Saudi Arabia posts budget surplus, first in nearly a decade
Thanks to high oil prices, Saudi Arabia has recorded its first annual budget surplus in almost a decade, beating its...
- The kingdom's budget approved for 2023 foresees a surplus of 16 billion Saudi riyals ($4 billion) and GDP growth of 3.1 percent
- This year's surplus is the first since the 2014 collapse of oil prices from more than $100 a barrel,
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Jordan sees decrease in number of tourists over Gaza war
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Saudi Aramco says foreigners grab ‘majority’ of share offering
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday that international investors had snatched up the bulk of shares sold...
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Israel army says senior commander resigns over Oct 7 attack
Israel's army said Sunday that a senior commander had resigned over what he called his failure to prevent the October...
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US destroys drones, missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
Houthi television channel Al-Massirah meanwhile said there were air strikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and elsewhere in the country...
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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
Bonn, Germany -- The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his country...
- the COP29 organizers said they would also call for a "COP truce" and ask nations to observe a conflict ceasefire during the marathon negotiations in Baku in November.
- It is estimated that emerging markets and developing countries, excluding China, will need more than $2 trillion a year by 2030 to meet their climate and development needs.
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Unemployment rate nearly 80 percent in Gaza, says United Nations
Geneva, Switzerland -- The war in Gaza has seen the unemployment rate in the besieged Palestinian territory surge to nearly 80...
- The UN's labor agency said the war between Hamas and Israel had "caused loss of jobs and livelihoods on a massive scale".
- The average unemployment rate across the West Bank and Gaza combined stood at 50.8 percent, it said.
Palestine create history by reaching third round of World Cup qualifiers
Hong Kong, China - Palestine created history when they booked a place in the third round of the FIFA World Cup...
- Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, the Palestinian team has already claimed footballing history this year by making a debut appearance in the Asian Cup knockout phase
- On Thursday, Palestine, who came into the Group I match with seven points, only needed a draw to progress, and they got the desired result