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Sharjah to be guest of honour at Thessaloniki International Book Fair 2024
Sharjah will be the guest of honour at the 20th edition of the Thessaloniki International Book Fair, scheduled to take place from May 16 to May 19, 2024, in Greece. The announcement…
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QS World University rankings: India surpasses China with more varsities in list
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has retained its top position in India in the QS World University Rankings-Asia and India has surpassed China in the number of ranked…
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Meta to require advertisers to disclose ads created via AI on political issues
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday announced that it will now require advertisers to disclose when they digitally create or alter a political or social issue ad in certain cases, including…
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Popular cities people want to ‘move to’; Dubai tops list
Abu Dhabi: Dubai has been named the most preferred destination for people around the world to move to, according to a study by Remitly, an American online remittance service. The study is…
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US joins Adani Group to build terminal at Colombo Port
Colombo: The US had joined the Adani Group with a half a billion dollar loan to build a new deep water shipping container terminal at the in strategic Colombo Port in the…
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7.2-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia
Jakarta: A massive earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s Maluku province on Wednesday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology agency BMKG said. Having centered at the…
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Eric Garcetti steps in amid high demand for visas at US Embassy in Delhi
New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Monday visited the US mission in the national capital to oversee the “unprecedented demand” for US visitor visas among the Indians. The US…
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Average of 160 kids dying per day in Gaza: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that as the raging Israel-Hamas conflict has completed a month since it erupted on October 7, more than 10,000 people, or some 0.5 per cent…
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Biden believes reoccupation of Gaza by Israeli forces isn’t good: WH official
Washington: A senior White House official said President Joe Biden “believes that a reoccupation of Gaza by Israeli forces is not good” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed his country “will have…
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India, Malaysia looking at expanding cooperation in trade, energy, defence
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks with his Malaysian counterpart Zambry Abdul Kadir with a focus on expanding bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, trade, investment…
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Pak’s Punjab govt declares 4-day holiday to mitigate impact of smog
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab government on Tuesday announced a four-day public holiday in several districts of the most populous province, including provincial capital Lahore, to mitigate the impact of smog. The public holiday…
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Gaza bombing: South Africa recalls diplomats from Israel in protest
Johannesburg: South Africa on Monday recalled its all diplomats from Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and threatened to take action against the Israeli Ambassador in the…
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Ex-White House Press Secy endorses former boss Trump for President
Washington: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House Press Secretary and incumbent Arkansas Governor, has endorsed her former boss Donald Trump for President next year. Sanders will join the 2024 Republican frontrunner at…
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IIT Madras’ first international campus inaugurated in Tanzania’s Zanzibar
Zanzibar: Zanzibar President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council Hussein Ali Mwinyi inaugurated The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Zanzibar on Monday at the Zanzibar campus in the presence of Tanzanian…
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Ukrainian Prez Zelensky questions Trump’s claim of ending war
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has questioned Donald Trump’s claim that he could end Russia’s war against Kiev within 24 hours if he is re-elected in 2024. During an interview with NBC…
