India expulsions to Bangladesh unlawful, target Muslims: HRW
New Delhi, India - India has pushed hundreds of ethnic Bengali-speaking Muslims into Bangladesh without due process, Human Rights Watch...
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Trump announces ‘massive’ Japan trade deal including 15% tariff
US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, cutting a threatened 25-percent tariff to 15 percent...
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Iran gunbattles leave 19 dead, including colonel
While Iran is struggling to contain rising wave of protests over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality...
- Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, is a flashpoint for clashes with drug smuggling gangs, as well as rebels from the Baluchi minority
- State media reported that security forces had returned fire when a police station in the provincial capital Zahedan came under attack by gunmen
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Morocco court toughens migrants’ sentences over border tragedy
The Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta have long been a magnet for people fleeing violence and poverty across Africa...
- The migrants, from Sudan and Chad, had been arrested after some 2,000 people, stormed the frontier with the Spanish enclave of Melilla
- Rights groups have accused border guards on both sides of responding with excessive force, leaving at least 23 migrants dead
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Eurozone inflation jumps to record 10% on back of rising energy prices
Stoked by a staggering 40.8 percent rise in energy prices, the yearly inflation rate in the 19-country single currency area...
- The ECB is desperate to prevent inflation from taking root in the economy and is taking measures that will reduce demand and could therefore slow growth.
- To tame prices, European Union energy ministers agreed on Friday to peak-hour power consumption and to impose windfall levies on energy companies.
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India to host MotoGP for first time in 2023: organisers
India represents a key market to expand the sport, organizers said, citing a population of 1.4 billion people and more...
- The race is scheduled to take place at Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh, to the south of New Delhi
- The track has already played host to Formula One, staging three F1 grands prix between 2011 and 2013
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Opposition wins majority in Kuwait Parliament elections
Winning 28 of the 50 seats in the fresh election to parliament, opposition candidates in Kuwait have ousted 20 former...
- Shiite candidates won nine seats, while Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood members and independents -- took eight
- Two candidates won from prison, a first for Kuwait, after they were charged with participating in illegal by-elections
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NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its lifespan
Arguably among the most valuable instruments in scientific history, Hubble continues to make important discoveries, including this year detecting the...
- The renowned observatory has been operating since 1990 about 335 miles (540 kilometers) above Earth, in an orbit that slowly decays over time
- One of the main obstacles would be that the Dragon spacecraft, unlike the Space Shuttles, does not have a robotic arm and would need modifications for such a mission
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Google to shut down cloud gaming service Stadia
Google said it will refund purchases of Stadia hardware, such as controllers, as well as game content bought through its...
- Xbox-maker Microsoft, meanwhile, offered a rival Game Pass service "with a ton of games," making it a more tempting option for players
- Microsoft recently announced that the ability to play Xbox games will be built into Samsung smart televisions in its latest cloud gaming move
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Meta to freeze hiring to tighten budget: report
Big tech platforms have been suffering from the economic climate, which is forcing advertisers to cut back on marketing budgets,...
- Zuckerberg said during an earnings call that teams would shrink in order to "reallocate our energy" as it battled a turbulent economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok
- Meta had long delivered seemingly endless upward growth, but reported early this year its first decline in global daily users
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Morocco tells Adidas to withdraw Algeria jersey design
Taking offense at what it calls "cultural appropriation", Morocco has asked Adidas to cancel newly designed footfall tops for Algeria....
- Adidas released on Twitter a photo of the new 2022-2023 season kit for the Algerian national team it said was "inspired by culture and history"
- Morocco and Algeria have long been at odds over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, where the Algiers-backed Polisario Front is seeking independence from Rabat's rule
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Qatar allows non vaccinated fans at FIFA World Cup
But players and match officials may be forced into a secure "bio-bubble" if Covid-19 cases take off again, with the...
- The 29-day tournament will be the first major global sporting event with fans since the eruption in December 2019 of the Covid pandemic.
- All visitors aged over six will have to produce negative Covid-19 tests before taking flights to Qatar for the tournament that starts November 20.
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India expulsions to Bangladesh unlawful, target Muslims: HRW
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Israeli strikes target eastern Lebanon: source close to Hizbollah
Israel and Hizbollah have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian group Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern...
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US, Russian, Belarusian astronauts return to earth after 14 days in space
Moscow, Russia - A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and Belarus's first ever space traveler on Saturday returned to Earth safely...
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Seven children killed in Syria’s as explosive device goes off
Damascus, Syria - Seven children were killed in southern Syria's Daraa province on Saturday when an "explosive device" detonated, state media...
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Hamas to stick on truce conditions amid renewed Cairo talks
"The demands ... are complete ceasefire, withdrawal of the occupation forces from Gaza, the return of the displaced to their...
- "Hamas confirms its adherence to the position it presented on March 14 ... and we will not back down from this position," it said in a statement.
- Negotiators were expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to strike a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.
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Iran vows to make enemy ‘regret’ killing of revolutionary guards
Tehran, Iran - Iran on Saturday again threatened retaliation for the deaths of seven Revolutionary Guards in a strike on Damascus,...
- Tehran has vowed to avenge Monday's air strike on the Syrian capital it blamed on its arch-enemy Israel, which has not commented.
- The attack levelled the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus, killing seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members.
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Israeli information on aid worker death ‘not sufficient,’ says Australia
US-based World Central Kitchen -- founded by Spanish-American celebrity chef Jose Andres -- said a "targeted attack" by Israeli forces...
- The aid group which were killed Gaza included 43-year-old Australian national Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, as well as British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian employees
- "Australia had made clear that we have not yet received sufficient information to satisfy our expectations" about Frankcom's death, the Foreign Minister Penny Wong said