Thu 07 November 2024: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted more than half a dozen times on Thursday, catapulting a colossal ash tower five miles into the sky against a backdrop of lightning as nearby residents fled in panic. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Monday and Tuesday, killing nine people and forcing the relocation of […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: Russia on Wednesday said it has “no illusions” about the projected re-election of Donald Trump as U.S. president for a second term, saying his anti-Russia stance and support for policies aimed at “containing Moscow” would likely continue. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Trump’s victory reflects a notable public discontent with the current administration’s policies and […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a phone call with Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. Xi told Trump that China and the US would “benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation,” according to an official statement released by Chinese Foreign Ministry. He said the two […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: Germany’s left-liberal coalition government collapsed Wednesday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner due to disputes over economic policy. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Chancellor Scholz heavily criticized Lindner for blocking his efforts to reach a compromise on the budget and the government’s economic policy. “He […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: Israel’s military is facing a critical manpower problem as it runs short of thousands of troops, a report said. The Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Monday that there has been a 1% average decline in male soldier enlistments over the past years. The report said 33% of the soldiers […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Three Muslim candidates were reelected to the US House of Representatives in last night’s congressional elections. Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American in Congress, held onto her seat in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District. She has been one of the leading voices standing against America’s military aid to Israel amid its […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost the swing state of Michigan, where Arab and Muslim communities’ votes are decisive, according to The Associated Press. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump secured 15 electoral votes in the battleground state, where a majority of American Muslims felt betrayed and were angered by the Biden-Harris […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Authorities in the Pakistani province of Punjab have ordered educational institutions in several areas to close until November 17 and shift to online teaching to protect children and curb pollution. The province, home to more than half of Pakistan’s 240 million people, had earlier closed primary schools, curbed tuk-tuks and shuttered some […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Iran’s currency, the rial, fell on Wednesday to an all-time low as former President Donald Trump was on the verge of clinching the US presidency again. The rial traded at 703,000 rials to the dollar. In 2015, at the time of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, it was at 32,000 […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump early Wednesday thanked Americans for the apparent “honor of being elected” to the nation’s highest office. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump told supporters in Palm Beach, Florida, referring […]
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