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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to head interim government in Bangladesh
Date: 2024-08-06 20:39:39 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:74 - ID:10818666
DHAKA, Aug 6 (MENA) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has been named chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a popular uprising, Financial Times reported. ....
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UN chief urges calm and restraint by all sides in Bangladesh
Date: 2024-08-06 18:57:17 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:67 - ID:10818380
NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplored the further loss of life during protests in Bangladesh over the weekend. In a press release by UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq posted on the UN official website, the UN ....
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S. Korea: Heat wave death toll rises to 14
Date: 2024-08-06 07:56:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:10817321
SEOUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - Two women in their 70s have died due to extreme heat, raising the death toll from this year's heat wave to 14, Yonhap reported Tuesday quoting the South Korean interior ministry. On Sunday, a 71-year-old woman was found ....
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SWISS prolongs suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv until Aug 12
Date: 2024-08-06 07:32:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:10 - ID:10817265
BERN, Aug 6 (MENA) - Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has announced an extension of its flight suspension to and from Tel Aviv until Monday, August 12, Swiss Radio Lac said. This decision comes in response to the latest developments in the ....
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Google loses massive antitrust lawsuit over search dominance
Date: 2024-08-06 06:49:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10817187
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online ....
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4 dead after Debby slams Florida
Date: 2024-08-06 06:24:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:10817192
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hurricane Debby has been downgraded to a tropical storm, with 70 mph winds, after making landfall early Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. At least one person has also died from the storm, ABC News quoted officials as ....
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US judge rules Google is monopoly in key anti-trust case
Date: 2024-08-05 21:34:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:10817048
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) – A US judge on Monday handed Google a major legal blow, ruling in a closely-watched anti-trust case that it has a monopoly with its dominant search engine, media outlets reported. "After having carefully considered and ....
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US Secretary of State underlines need for SAF's participation in ceasefire talks
Date: 2024-08-05 19:38:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:10816962
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone on Monday with Head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to a statement issued by the US Department of State. Secretary Blinken ....
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UN Commissioner: Concerned about increasing risk of widening scope of conflict in ME
Date: 2024-08-05 17:22:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:10816627
GENEVA, Aug 5 (MENA) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Monday expressed his deep concern about the increasing risk of widening the scope of the conflict in the Middle East. In a statement on the Commission's website, ....
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Bangladeshi PM leaves on military helicopter for safer place
Date: 2024-08-05 09:51:27 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:18 - ID:10815975
DHAKA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed from Bangabhaban at around 2:30pm on Monday on a military helicopter, accompanied by her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana for a "safer place.", Dhaka Tribune reported. Meanwhile, according ....
