CASABLANCA: Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in the country braving increasingly common heatwaves. “Every time a weather alert is issued, I go on the media to warn Moroccans,” Youabd, 52, a meteorological […]
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WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday (Jul 8) cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision that could lead to tens of thousands of layoffs while dramatically reshaping the federal bureaucracy. Tuesday’s ruling stemmed […]
WASHINGTON: When Donald Trump said on Thursday he’d give himself two weeks to decide on bombing Iran, critics wrote it off as the US president using a familiar timeframe to put off difficult decisions. The next evening he left the White House for a fundraising dinner at his New Jersey […]
GAZA: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday (Jun 7) that Israeli forces had killed at least 36 Palestinians, six of them in a shooting near a US-backed aid distribution centre. The Israeli military told AFP that troops had fired “warning shots” at individuals it said were “advancing in a way […]
GELES: Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday (Jun 7) in what the White House said was an effort to quell “lawlessness”, after sometimes-violent protests erupted over immigration enforcement raids. The US president took federal control of California’s state military to push […]
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk yesterday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail. The New York Times reported Friday that the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic, that he developed bladder problems. The newspaper […]
SEOUL: Shops selling steaming snacks line the streets of Seoul’s Daerim neighbourhood, home to thousands of ethnic Chinese, some feeling the pressure from mounting anti-Beijing sentiment ahead of South Korea’s election. China has displaced longtime foe and former colonial power Japan in many South Koreans’ minds as the country’s most […]
WASHINGTON, May 13 — The United States announced new sanctions Monday against Iran over its nuclear programme, despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries over the sensitive issue. The latest sanctions target three Iranian citizens and an Iranian entity with links to Tehran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, also […]
JERUSALEM: An Israeli-American hostage was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting on Monday and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes on the battered enclave soon resumed. Israel’s military received Edan Alexander, 21, from the International Committee of the Red Cross, which […]
WASHINGTON: Top officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday (Apr 27) pressed Russia and Ukraine to make headway on a peace deal following a one-on-one meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican a day earlier. “It needs to happen soon,” US Secretary of State […]