Trump holds fresh talks with Netanyahu to end Gaza ‘tragedy’
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for the second time in 24 hours Tuesday as the US president intensified the...
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Five IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured in roadside bombing in Northern Gaza
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others injured late Monday night when a roadside bomb exploded during an ongoing...
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Ukraine asks Turkey to detain Russian cargo ship
Ukraine on Friday asked Turkey to detain a Russian-flagged cargo ship that Kyiv alleged had set off from a Kremlin-occupied...
- Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara said the ship had set sail from Ukraine's Kremlin-occupied port of Berdyansk
- The Marinetraffic.com website said the 140-metre general cargo vessel was sailing under the Russian flag
Strong earthquake shakes southern Iran, killing five
At least five people were killed and 19 injured when a strong earthquake shook southern Iran early Saturday, the state...
- Situated on the edge of several tectonic plates and crossing various fault lines, Iran is an area of strong seismic activity
- Hormozgan governor said most of the damage occurred in the village of Sayeh Khost, close to the epicenter
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High up in Turkish valleys, Afghan shepherds dream of home
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan estimates that 300,000 Afghans now live in Turkey, which also hosts 3.7 million people from war-ravaged...
- President Erdogan estimates that 300,000 Afghans now live in Turkey, which also hosts 3.7 million people from Syria
- Tunceli native Mustafa Acun says the locals have grown used to Afghans taking care of their herds
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Equity markets mixed as eurozone inflation hits record
Wall Street stocks shrugged off early weakness to begin the second half of 2022 on a solid note Friday, but...
- Investors are coming off the worst six-month start to a year for the S&P 500 since 1970
- The ECB stated last month that it will deliver its first interest rate hike in more than a decade in July to combat inflation
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Libyan protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk
Protesters stormed Libya's parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk on Friday, demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political...
- While recognising "the right of citizens to demonstrate peacefully", parliament condemned "acts of vandalism and the burning" of its headquarters
- Two governments have been vying for power for months: one based in Tripoli, led by Dbeibah, and another headed by former interior minister Fathi Bashagha
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In the ‘borshch war’, Kyiv defeats Moscow
UNESCO inscribes the culture of cooking borshch soup in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage amid Moscow's opposition.
- Ukraine considers borshch, a thick nourishing soup usually made with beetroot, a national dish.
- UNESCO noted that the war had "threatened the viability" of the soup culture in Ukraine.
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Metaverse mass adoption may be years away, says Borget
The metaverse version -- where players largely do the same thing but can earn cryptocurrency rewards and buy extra kit...
- Borget is co-founder of The Sandbox, a platform that began as a game for mobile phones and PCs but is transforming itself into a virtual world
- Brands like Gucci and Adidas, financial firms Axa and HSBC, and Warner Music are among those who have chosen to set up shop in The Sandbox
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Horseshoe crab vital for vaccine safety
Their bright blue blood has been essential for testing the safety of biomedical products since the 1970s, when it replaced...
- Around 10 percent of the population is lost each year as their exposed undersides bake in the Sun.
- Every year around 500,000 horseshoe crabs are harvested and bled for a chemical called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate, vital for testing against a type of bacteria.
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Siemens writes off $2.8 billion
The move came after share price of its former energy unit fell sharply.
- The drop in the value of Siemens Energy meant the parent company's 35 percent holding in the spin-off at "significantly below the book value".
- Siemens Energy's wind-energy subsidiary Siemens Gamesa has struggled to turn a profit despite surging demand for renewable energy.
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Qatar gives cash-strapped Lebanese army $60m
Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented financial crisis, branded by the World Bank as one of the planet's worst since...
- Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented financial crisis, branded by the World Bank as one of the planet's worst since the 1850s
- The small Mediterranean country defaulted on its debt in 2020, the local currency has lost around 90 percent of its value
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Trump holds fresh talks with Netanyahu to end Gaza ‘tragedy’
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Israeli lawmakers approve revised wartime budget
The new budget passed by a vote of 62 lawmakers to 55. It modifies the budget passed in May 2023,...
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China to take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect interests after US TikTok vote
Beijing, China--China on Thursday slammed the approval of a US bill that would ban TikTok unless it severs ties with its...
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OpenAI partners with Le Monde and Prisa Media
Prisa Media chief executive Carlos Nunez called the OpenAI alliance a "step toward the future of news" where technology and...
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Israeli strike kills Hamas member and two others in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon--Palestinian resistance group Hamas said one of its members was killed in an Israeli strike in south Lebanon on Wednesday...
- The Palestinian resistance group said the man killed in the strike was Hadi Mustafa, a member of its armed wing in Lebanon
- Lebanon's official National News Agency said three people were killed in the strike, including a Syrian passing by on a motorcycle
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Biden and Trump gird for marathon White House race
Both are unpopular with large sections of a populace wary of handing the keys to the most powerful office in...
- President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump - the oldest pair of nominees in history - emerged this week from a primary season that has inflicted battle scars on both
- The 81-year-old incumbent Democrat and his Republican foe, 77, see their rematch on November 5 as an existential moment for America and have spent months trading personal insults
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Gaza aid port plans ‘sign of international weakness’: Amnesty
Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty, said nobody was holding Israel to account over the delays to deliveries by land...
- Gaza is suffering a severe humanitarian crisis as Israel's war on the strip drags on
- Israel's war on the enclave has killed at least 31,272 people in the besieged enclave