Paris points to environmental concerns and Qatar’s human-rights record in joining giant-screen boycott of World Cup next month
Rekha Selvamani PARIS (AP) — Paris will not broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over…
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Qatar media hits back at Europe’s World Cup ‘rights’ attacks
arun564 Doha: Qatar’s tightly-controlled media on Monday stepped up an offensive against European criticism of the Gulf state’s human…
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Indonesia tourist bus smashes into billboard, killing 14
Nithin Rosh SURABAYA, Indonesia: A tourist bus with an apparently drowsy driver slammed into a billboard Monday on a highway…
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US vice president Kamala Harris heading to UAE to pay respects late Sheikh Khalifa
DUBAI: A high-powered American delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the United Arab Emirates on…
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Saudi doctors separate conjoined twins from war-torn Yemen
RIYADH: Doctors in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated Yemeni conjoined twins after a “complicated” 15-hour operation, Saudi state…
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Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence
Nisham Ismail Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence after thousands…
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President Erdogan pledges Turkey will ‘not expel’ Syrian refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged that his country would not drive Syrian refugees back to their…
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Russia-Ukraine live news: History will hold Russia ‘responsible’
The White House says Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered “a version of revisionist history” in Victory Day speech.…
Read moreRussian ceasefire to begin at Mariupol plant as Zelensky pleads for more UN help
Sekar Rao A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian city…
Read morePM Modi, Macron Call For “Immediate End To Suffering” Of Ukrainians
India and France in a joint statement said they would “respond in a coordinated and multilateral way” to…
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