The fate of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah is back on the agenda after Israel agreed to reschedule talks with the US in an apparent bid to ease tensions between the allies. The White House said they are working to find a convenient date, with some officials saying Israeli Prime…
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See AllMALE: China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said on Thursday (Mar 28), a gift from the world’s highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas. The Indian Ocean nation of 1,192 tiny coral islands is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with salt levels seeping into the land and corrupting potable water, leaving it dependent on desalination plants. Scientists say…
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday (Mar 27) that she intends to…
Ekaterina Alexandrova backed up her win over world number one Iga Swiatek with a 3-6…
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View MoreSINGAPORE — A domestic helper who punched, slapped and bit her 101-year-old bedridden charge, then taped the woman’s mouth to suppress her screams of pain, has been sentenced to 20 weeks’ jail. Aye Aye Aung, a 32-year-old Myanmar national, had been caring for the victim, who is on a feeding…
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View MoreSPREADING THE COST Moody’s Ratings analyst Brandan Holmes said approximately 80 different reinsurers provided that cover to the ship’s insurers. “While the total claim is expected to be high, it is unlikely to be significant for individual reinsurers since it will be spread across so many,” he said. Insurer Britannia…
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View MoreSEOUL: South Korea’s exports are expected to have risen in March for a sixth straight month, as strong demand for semiconductors continued to lead growth, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday (Mar 28). Exports out of Asia’s fourth-largest economy are forecast to have increased 5.2 per cent in March from…
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View MoreThis retro-styled hybrid instant camera features a 28mm, bright F2.0 prime lens. Its 1/5-inch CMOS image sensor has a resolution of 2,560 x 1,920 pixels. The Instax mini Evo stores about 45 images in its internal memory. This can be expanded thanks to a built-in microSD / microSDHC card slot.…