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What led to Kashmir decision by India's top court?
Reuters 11 Dec 2023
NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court upheld on Monday a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to revoke special status for Kashmir and split the region into two federally administered territories ... Here are some facts about Kashmir and the constitutional change.WHAT HAPPENED AT PARTITION? ... Our Standards.
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Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates to fight for months or more to beat Hamas
Korea Times 11 Dec 2023
Smoke billows over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during an Israeli strike, Dec. 11. AFP-Yonhap ... Russia backed the resolution ... Netanyahu told Putin that any country assaulted the way Israel was "would have reacted with no less force than Israel is using,” the statement added ... 6 ... U.S ... “Thank God, today they drew our name,” he said.
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All eyes on Polish parliament as Tusk set to become PM
Reuters 11 Dec 2023
15 election gave a majority to a broad alliance of pro-European Union parties headed by Tusk ... "This will be a very good framework for our future political endeavours, showing our voters what we want to achieve and if actually someone else is elected as prime minister this will be a very good way to make comparisons," he said ... Our Standards.
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Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, four wounded - Ukraine
Reuters 11 Dec 2023photo: AP / Ohad Zwigenberg
Israel battles militants in Gaza's main cities, with civilians still trapped in the crossfire
CTV 11 Dec 2023
Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in Gaza's two largest cities on Monday, with civilians still sheltering along the front lines even after massive waves of displacement across the besieged territory ... .
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Europe's support for Ukraine teeters as Hungary plays hardball
Reuters 11 Dec 2023photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili
COP28 enters crunch time amid dispute over fossil fuels
The New Arab 11 Dec 2023
Secretary General Antonio Guterres sought to encourage a consensus, saying a central benchmark of success for COP28 would be whether it yields a deal to reduce coal, oil and gas use fast enough to avert disastrous climate change ... It creates uncertainty in parts of our country.
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Rohingya face rejection in Indonesia after surge of boat arrivals
Reuters 11 Dec 2023
"Why should we take care of thousands of Rohingya who cause many problems?" she added. "They have a bad influence ... "I don't want to pay tax if it is used for Rohingya," one user, with the handle trianiwiji9, said on the social platform X, formerly called Twitter ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ... ....
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The Bridge That Divides Italy
The Atlantic 11 Dec 2023
The bridge will, in Salvini’s words , serve as “a model for the Italy that believes in itself.” This summer, I spent three weeks in the country, asking politicians, academics, and friends if they thought that Italy would at last link Sicily to the mainland ... How fortunate one would be, I thought, to live at this beautiful threshold.
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UN council envoys to visit Gaza crossing as crisis spirals
Hong Kong Standard 11 Dec 2023
UN Security Council ambassadors arrived Monday in Egypt to visit the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip, days after the United States vetoed a council resolution for a ceasefire ... Around a dozen ambassadors are taking part in the visit from countries including Russia and the United Kingdom ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android.
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Oil extends gains on US strategic reserve purchases
Reuters 11 Dec 2023
NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday, extending gains for a second session as U.S ... Our Standards ... Acquire Licensing Rights ... Reports on everything from how Asia’s fuel use recovers from the fallout of COVID-19 to tracking how the global energy transition impacts refinery expansion plans and fuel supplies in the coming decades ... ....
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Ukraine says no green light for EU membership talks would be ‘devastating’
CyprusMail 11 Dec 2023
14-15 summit ... WHAT ORBAN WANTS ... “We did our homework,” Kuleba said, pointing to reforms of the judicial and education systems demanded by the EU ... A proposal to use an EU-run military fund – the European Peace Facility (EPF) – to give Ukraine 20 billion euros in arms and other support over the next four years faces resistance from Germany.
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India’s transforming economic landscape
Asiatimes 11 Dec 2023
India, boasting robust GDP growth of 7.8% in the first quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year, positioning it as the fastest-growing nation in the Group of Twenty, is on track to achieve its ambitious US$5 trillion economy target by 2026-27 ... Sectoral opportunities ... Or sign up for our newsletters Newsletters ... OR ... Sign up for one of our free newsletters ... ....
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Rudy Giuliani defamation damages trial set to begin in DC
CNN 11 Dec 2023
Rudy Giuliani’s defamation damages trial is set to begin Monday as the court considers the monetary damages the former Donald Trump attorney must pay two election workers ... Giuliani’s efforts also factor into the criminal allegations Trump faces, and Trump, his legal team and campaign are legally considered co-conspirators in the defamation case ... .
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Elon Musk brings conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X following poll
Al Jazeera 11 Dec 2023
list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Donald Trump cancels plans to testify at civil fraud trial in New York ... end of list ... Musk, who runs several companies including Tesla and SpaceX, had previously said he would not let Jones back on the platform, saying he had “no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame” ... .