Chaos, Israel-aided gangs and gunfire: Gaza aid fails to reach most needy
Nearly 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for aid since May 27, the majority by...
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Qatar to expand scheme to boost Syria power supply
Qatar is to expand its scheme to boost the power supply in Syria by paying for deliveries of Azerbaijani gas...
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Five Palestinians dead, soldier wounded as West Bank violence flares
Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, and a suspected car-ramming attacker was...
- Two brothers were killed by Israeli fire in Kafr Ein, near Ramallah, while a third man died of bullet wounds to the head
- The Israeli army said it had opened fire on "rioters" who "hurled rocks and improvised explosive devices at the soldiers"
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EU uncovers US$2.3-billion cross-border tax fraud
The EU announced the discovery of a sophisticated US$2.3-billion VAT tax fraud that triggered raids in 14 countries, including France,...
- Prosecutors uncovered a network of "criminal activities" operating in almost all 27 EU member states.
- These activities also operated in Albania, Britain, China, Mauritius, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
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UK ousts China from new nuclear project Sizewell
LONDON, UK - Britain on Tuesday ousted China's nuclear firm CGN from construction of its new Sizewell C nuclear power...
- The announcement came one day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that the "golden era" of UK-China relations was "over"
- Sizewell C, which is under development on the Suffolk coast in eastern England, will power the equivalent of about six million homes.
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‘Russian targeting of Ukraine energy is war crime’
BERLIN, GERMANY - Russian missile strikes on energy infrastructure in Ukraine constituted a "war crime", German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann...
- A Russian campaign of missile strikes has severely damaged Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
- The members of the G7 group of industrial democracies had to cooperate to combat war crimes.
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HSBC sells Canada ops for $10bn
Bank will use funds for core business, give cash to investors.
- The large sale comes after UK-listed HSBC faced calls from biggest shareholder Ping An Insurance Group to cut costs and shift more resources to Asia.
- The Canadian divestment is expected to be completed in late 2023.
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Qatar reaches long-term gas supply deal with Germany
QatarEnergy's partner, US firm ConocoPhillips, will supply the gas from Qatar's North Field East and South projects from 2026 to...
- QatarEnergy's partner, US firm ConocoPhillips, will supply the gas from Qatar's North Field East and South projects from 2026 to the Brunsbuttel LNG terminal
- Negotiations with European countries had previously struggled as Germany and others balked at signing the type of long-term deals made with Asian nations
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Tunisia ex-speaker in court again over alleged jihadist links
Tunis, Tunisia—The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian jihadists travel...
- The judge is expected to decide whether or not to charge the 81-year-old at the end of the hearing
- Rivals of Ennahdha, which dominated Tunisian politics from 2011 until Saied's power grab, accuse the party of helping them leave
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More than 300 dead in Iran unrest: Guards general
More than 300 people have been killed in Iran since protests erupted over the death in morality police custody of...
- Latest official toll is much closer to the figure of at least 416 "killed in the suppression of protests in Iran" published by Iran Human Rights
- The group says its toll includes those killed in violence related to the Amini protests and in distinct unrest in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan
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Iran takes on US in supercharged World Cup showdown
Doha, Qatar—The United States and Iran meet in a politically charged winner-takes-all World Cup clash on Tuesday as England aim...
- The Group B game between the US and Iran has stood out as one of the highlights of the first phase in Qatar
- Iran counterpart Carlos Queiroz brushed off suggestions that the flag furore would be used to motivate his players
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After FTX collapse, BlockFi files for bankruptcy in US
A few weeks after the unravelling of FTX, BlockFi, a lender in the cryptocurrency world, has filed for bankruptcy protection...
- During the course of summer, FTX provided $400 million in credit to BlockFi, enabling the lending firm to avoid bankruptcy
- BlockFi said it was focused on recovering obligations from counterparties, including FTX
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WFP warns of ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in southern Gaza
"The exodus that we've seen in the past 20 days or so out of Rafah has been an awesome and...
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Israel troops push into central Rafah
In central Gaza, the Israeli army said it was "intensifying operations" and had carried out air strikes that "eliminated several...
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US, UK air strikes hit several sites in Yemen
The British defence ministry said in a statement that its planes launched strikes in "a joint operation with US forces...
- AFP journalists heard loud explosions in the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida overnight from Thursday to Friday
- The Houthi-controlled television channel Al-Masirah said strikes had also targeted telecoms infrastructure in the town of Taez
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Humanity in ‘race against time’ on Artificial Intelligence: UN
Geneva, Switzerland -- Humanity is in a race against time to harness the colossal emerging power of artificial intelligence for the...
- "We've let the genie out of the bottle," said Doreen Bogdan-Martin, head of the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
- "I believe we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to guide AI to benefit all the world's people," Bogdan-Martin told AFP ahead of the summit.
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Rafah battles intensify as Israel takes over Gaza-Egypt border strip
Israel said on Wednesday its forces had taken over the 14-kilometre Philadelphi corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border
- The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections
- A strike over the weekend that started a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp drew a wave of fresh condemnation