Category: World
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Bear rampaging through Japanese city shot dead
TOKYO: Hunters shot and killed a brown bear in northern Japan on Friday after it rampaged through a city, injuring four people including a soldier and lumbering across busy roads. The city of Sapporo tweeted that the bear had been “exterminated,” with a local television station saying hunters had shot the bear. Earlier, dramatic news…
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Cleric Raisi tipped to win as Iran votes for new president,
TEHRAN: Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election in which cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory after all serious rivals were barred from running. After a lacklustre campaign, turnout was expected to plummet to a new low in a country exhausted by a punishing regime of US economic…
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Robots start serving Aabe Zamzam in Makkah ahead of Hajj
NUT Desk- MAKKAH: Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water (Aabe Zamzam) in Makkah this week in preparation for a socially distanced Hajj pilgrimage in Islam´s holiest city, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that 60,000 residents vaccinated against the coronavirus would be able to perform the July pilgrimage —…
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Germany buys data from Dubai in crackdown on tax fraud
NUT Desk- BERLIN: Germany has purchased data from an anonymous source in Dubai on millions of taxpayers worldwide in a bid to crack down on tax evasion, the finance ministry said. The data provides information on people who own land, property and other assets in the Gulf emirate, including several thousand Germans, the ministry said in…
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Global science spending increases by 19% in four years
NUT Desk- NEW YORK: Global R&D spending grew faster than the economy between 2014 and 2018 as countries around the world turned to research to bring on the green and digital transitions, says a new UNESCO report. Worldwide, science spending increased by 19% over the four years, while the number of scientists grew by 13.7% to…
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Kylie Jenner planning to get married!
NUT Desk- Kylie Jenner has settled the dust regarding her future of getting married. The Kylie Cosmetics founder opened up on the Keeping Up With the Kardashians reunion episode saying while she does not see herself getting married in the near future, she hopes that one day she can. “[I am] not thinking about marriage…
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Kim Kardashian talks about future dating chances
NUT Desk- Kim Kardashian wore her heart on her sleeve and got candid about her broken marriage to Kanye West. In the Keeping Up With the Kardshians reunion episode the Skims founder looked back fondly at the golden days of her relationship with the Yeezy designer. “We saw glimpses into your relationship with Kanye over…
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Major banks, airlines hit in new global online outage
NUT desk- SYDNEY: Major banks and airlines were among businesses hit by a fresh global online outage Thursday, with the problem traced to US-based tech provider Akamai. An hour-long blackout hit a number of US airlines and several Australian financial firms as well as other companies dotted around the world, with angry customers unable to access…
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Virus cases surge in Africa as third wave gains pace WHO
NUT desk- BRAZZAVILLE: Coronavirus infections in Africa are surging as a third wave of the pandemic gathers pace on the continent, fuelled by the spread of more contagious variants, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. “Africa is in the midst of a full-blown third wave. The sobering trajectory of surging cases should rouse everyone into…
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First astronauts arrive at China s space station
NUT desk- JIUQUAN, China: The first astronauts arrived at China”s new space station on Thursday in the country”s longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China”s Gobi desert, and their craft…