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DUBAI : At least 35 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in the past day, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV channel reported. According to the broadcaster, an Israeli attack on a tent camp in the al-Mawasi...

HONG KONG : Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as some stability returned to markets after last week's rollercoaster ride, with auto firms boosted by Donald Trump's possible compromise over steep tariffs on the sector. However, the US president's unorthodox approach...

WASHINGTON : The United States opened the door on Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned can have "no winner." After weeks...

NEW YORK : Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. The call...

GAZA CITY : Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital early Sunday after Israel seized a corridor in the war-battered Palestinian territory and said it planned to expand its military offensive. There were no...

SAN FRANCISCO : OpenAI says its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid by Elon Musk, reports UNB. “OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his...

BEIJING : Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province battled against time Sunday to locate 28 people missing after a rain-triggered landslide killed one person and buried homes, reports AP Nearly 1,000 personnel, including armed police, firefighters and medical professionals,...

NEW YORK : The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. Trump said the WHO had failed to...

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) powers on Thursday called the ceasefire deal in Gaza "a significant development" and urged Israel and Hamas to work on its "full implementation." "This is a significant development," the G7 said in a...