BRUSSELS (Reuters): European Union Council and the European Parliament on Tuesday reached a provisional agreement to ban the entry of products made with forced labour into the European single market. The agreement clarifies the different responsibilities the EU Commission and the member states in identifying the companies exploiting forced workers and banning their products. The […]
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado\’s exclusion of him from its ballot. The justices unanimously overturned a Dec. 19 decision by Colorado\’s top court to kick the former president off the state\’s Tuesday
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ADEN (Reuters): A UK-owned ship attacked by Houthi militants last month sank in the Red Sea, the U.S. military confirmed on Saturday, as it echoed a warning from Yemen\’s internationally recognised government that the vessel\’s cargo of hazardous fertiliser posed a risk to marine life. The Belize-registered Rubymar is the first vessel lost since the
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HAVANA: The United States on Friday honored a Cuban dissident who for decades has defied the communist-run government with her on-island advocacy of human rights, a move likely to irritate Havana. Marta Beatriz Roque, 78, a former economics professor and outspoken critic of the Cuban government, will be one of 12 recipients globally of the
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DHAKA (Reuters): A massive fire in Bangladesh that raced through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday. Fire authorities said a gas leak or a stove could have caused Thursday\’s blaze in the capital,
CAIRO (Reuters): Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the
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MOSCOW (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow\’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban
LONDON: It was 10 minutes of shouted accusations of being a \”genocide enabler\” and having \”blood on your hands\” that made a British lawmaker fear for his safety over his decision to voice support for Israel in its war with Hamas. Almost touching noses with his accuser before walking away and warning he would call
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has claimed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was ready to recognize Israel. The US president made the revelation at a time when not only the Muslims but most of the world are pressuring the Zionist state to halt to its killing spree in Gaza that has been going on
KARACHI: The Aga Khan Centre, a unique building, was opened by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at an inauguration ceremony hosted by His Highness the Aga Khan, in London. Among the guests were the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, says a
