Election officials in Liberia on Monday formally declared Joseph Boakai the president-elect, three days after incumbent George Weah conceded defeat based on the runoff vote’s provisional results. According to the National Elections Commission, Boakai won with 50.64% of the second round balloting while Weah took 49.36%. “We are at the point where we will prepare…
Telecommunications companies in Gaza said Thursday that their networks were down because of a lack of fuel. “All backup power sources have been exhausted,” read posts on social media by Gaza’s main telephone and internet providers, Paltel and Jawwal. Officials in Israel and Gaza said Thursday that Israeli military operations were ongoing around the besieged…
Ethnic armed groups fighting to restore civilian rule in Myanmar have claimed new territory in the country’s northwest near the border with India, amid an escalating offensive against the military regime. According to international media reports, fighters in Chin state reportedly took control of two military outposts on the border of India’s Mizoram state after…
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Representational image of delhi police. — Facebook/@earlypost/File An Indian student allegedly lost a finger in an assault by a senior student for talking to a female classmate in a Delhi school, NDTV reported. Police said that the incident took place on October 21, but it surfaced only when the victim’s parents reported it to the…
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The outside of a Jewish campus organization’s building at Boston University was defaced with graffiti reading, “Free Palestine,” in the latest incident of rising antisemitism on campuses across America. The Boston University Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the vandalism at the Boston, Massachusetts university after graffiti was found written…
DealsEnergy 09 November 2023, 11:33 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Siemens Energy had secured a provisional deal for around 15 billion euros in project-related guarantees from the German government, Siemens AG and commercial banks, marking a breakthrough for the energy equipment maker after weeks of intense discussions. Market Impact Shares in Siemens Energy…
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The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Burma is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Reports in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that the maritime security exercise with Russia was being held until Thursday, 85 miles…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Friday in Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his war cabinet, and is expected to push Israel to implement “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to facilitate aid getting in and foreign citizens getting out. Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah will deliver a speech Friday,…
Deals 01 November 2023, 12:17 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report that US amusement park operators Cedar Fair and Six Flags are in merger talks. A tie-up would help the companies weather a potential economic slowdown. Shares of Cedar Fair and Six Flags rose as much as 9% and 17%. Market Impact A…
Bolivia has severed diplomatic ties with Israel over the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes against humanity in its aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip. The Bolivian foreign ministry made the announcement on Tuesday after Israeli jets bombed the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. At least 400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and injured in…
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