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Singapore’s oppn leader pleads not guilty to charges of lying to parl

Singapore’s oppn leader pleads not guilty to charges of lying to parl

Singapore: Singapore’s leader of the opposition and chief of the Workers’ Party, Pritam Singh, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of lying to a parliament committee, according to a statement issued on his social media. Singh noted that he was charged with two counts under the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities, and Powers) Act for providing […]

Palestinian death toll in Gaza climbs to 31,726: ministry

Palestinian death toll in Gaza climbs to 31,726: ministry

  Gaza: The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. The Israeli army killed 81 Palestinians and wounded 116 others during the past 24 hours, according to the ministry. The […]

Putin leading in presidential election in Russia with 87.33 pc of vote – EC

Putin leading in presidential election in Russia with 87.33 pc of vote – EC

Moscow: Vladimir Putin is leading in the presidential election in Russia with 87.33% of the votes, according to data from the Russian Central Election Commission after processing 99.01% of ballots. Nikolay Kharitonov, the chairman of the lower house Far East and Arctic development committee, has received 4.31% of votes, Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the […]

Palestinian presidency warns against Israeli military operation in Rafah

Palestinian presidency warns against Israeli military operation in Rafah

Ramallah: The Palestinian presidency warned against the Israeli government’s decision to carry out a military operation in the city of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. In a statement published by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the presidency called for the urgent intervention of the international community to prevent such “dangerous aggression,” which exacerbates the […]

China arrests 14,560 for counterfeit crimes in 2023

China arrests 14,560 for counterfeit crimes in 2023

Beijing: Chinese procuratorial agencies approved the arrest of 14,560 individuals and prosecuted about 38,900 for the production and sale of counterfeit and inferior goods in 2023, according to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) on Thursday. As online shopping has become an important consumption channel, procuratorial agencies have intensified crackdowns on fake and shoddy products on […]

Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies at the age of 78

Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies at the age of 78

The polio survivor known as “the man in the iron lung” has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. The disease left him unable to breathe independently, leading doctors to place him in the metal cylinder, where he would […]

Trapped man dies after gold mine collapse in Australia’s Victoria

Trapped man dies after gold mine collapse in Australia’s Victoria

Sydney: A trapped worker was declared deceased at the scene on Thursday after a gold mine collapsed in the Australian state of Victoria. At about 4:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, emergency services were called to an operational mining site on Woolshed Gully Drive in Mount Clear, an outlying suburb of Ballarat. Fallen rocks pinned […]

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 31,184: ministry

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 31,184: ministry

Gaza: The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. Within the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 72 Palestinians and injured 129 others, pushing the total death toll to 31,184 and injuries to 72,889 since the […]

Nine killed, 2 injured as residential building collapses in Pakistan

Nine killed, 2 injured as residential building collapses in Pakistan

  Islamabad: At least 9 people were killed and two others severely injured on Tuesday after a residential building collapsed in Multan city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local authorities said. The three-storey building fell early morning near Haram Gate area of the city, Kaleem Ullah, district emergency official of Multan who was leading the […]

India-Maldives relations cannot be broken easily due to some stupid people: Manta Air CEO

India-Maldives relations cannot be broken easily due to some stupid people: Manta Air CEO

  Male (Maldives): Manta Air CEO Mohammed Khaleel said the diplomatic rift between India and Maldives is persisting due to the actions of certain stupid middle-level politicians and the influence of social media, but exuded confidence that the relations between the countries cannot be broken easily due to years of strong bonds and shared interests. […]

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