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America's most influential newspaper, The New York Times, called in an editorial Friday for President Joe Biden to step aside and allow another Democrat to challenge Donald Trump for the White House in November.Describing Biden as "the shadow of a great public servant," the newspaper&#...
World
Islamic State fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in Syria since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor said Saturday.IS overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a so-called caliphate and launching a reign of terror in June of that y...
A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city.Five "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the ...
Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the UN called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory.An AFP correspondent reported ongoing ...
Fourteen people were killed when a truck ploughed into Muslim worshippers outside the northern Nigerian city of Kano, Nigeria's road safety agency said.The goods-laden truck lost control and ran over worshippers leaving a mosque shortly after observing Friday prayers in Imawa village, 30 kilomet...
A Panamanian court on Friday acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering at the center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, the court said.Judge Baloisa Marquinez "acquitted 28 people accused... of money laundering" relating to the now-defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca...
At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African country, Human Rights Watch monitor said Saturday."Kenyan security forces shot directly into crowds of protesters on (Tuesday) June 25, 2024, including protester...
Business & Commerce
The UK economy's recovery from recession was stronger than previously thought in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, partly lifting embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before next week's election. Gross domestic product expanded by 0.7 percent in the first three months of this y...
A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults.A bombastic Trump lashed out at his successor, calling him a failure on the economy and the world stage.Biden looked to hit back,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that the ruling Communist Party was planning and implementing "major" reforms, ahead of a closely watched political conclave that is expected to put economic recovery high on the agenda.Chinese policymakers have struggled to reignite growth since th...
Mars is bombarded with basketball-sized meteorites on a nearly daily basis, fives times more often than previously estimated, seismic recordings from a NASA spacecraft have revealed.Before the new study was published on Friday, the best guess for how many meteorites strike Mars was made by looking a...
French authorities said Thursday that more than 150 migrants trying to reach Britain had been rescued from overloaded boats in the Strait of Dover and returned to France."Two migrant vessels in trouble" in the English Channel strait were reported early Thursday, maritime officials said in ...
The United Nations children's fund said Thursday that Israel had agreed to restore power to a key desalination plant in southern Gaza, which could provide much-needed water to a million displaced people."UNICEF confirms an agreement (with Israel) was reached to re-establish the medium volta...
Sports,Cricket
Fan frenzy mounted Friday in India after their team reached the T20 World Cup final with a big win over England, putting the country on the brink of a first major title in over a decade.Despite cricket's huge popularity in India and the nation being the epicentre of the T20 game through the lucr...
Sports,Football
Euro 2024 hosts Germany come into today’s last 16 clash with Denmark in Dortmund hoping to have learned from Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Switzerland, their final group stage match.After almost a decade of struggles at major tournaments, Germany were riding high after dominant wins over Scotla...
Gianluigi Donnarumma has reprised his role as European Championship hero for Italy as he leads the uncertain holders into their Euro 2024 last 16 clash with Switzerland on Saturday.Named player of the tournament at the last Euros, Donnarumma has a decent claim to have been the best player of this ye...
Japanese scientists have used human cells to develop an equivalent to living skin that can be attached to robotic surfaces to flash a realistic -- if creepy -- smile.The University of Tokyo researchers published their findings this week along with a video of the gooey-looking pink material being str...
Bolivia's army chief was arrested Wednesday after sending soldiers and tanks to take up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup.The troops and tanks entered Plaza Murillo, a historic square where the presidency and Congress are situated, in ...
UK police on Thursday said officers will investigate a "small number" of bets made on the timing of the general election, as part of a joint probe with the gambling watchdog.The announcement by London's Metropolitan Police heightens the possibility that politicians or party officials c...
Junior hospital doctors in England began a five-day strike on Thursday, a week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue.It follows nearly a dozen similar protests by doctors below specialist, consultant level over the last 18 months...
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