Canada further tightens rules on temporary workers, students
Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down on the number ...
Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says
Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source ...
Venezuela’s Gonzalez says he was forced to sign letter accepting court ruling of Maduro victory
Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who stood against President Nicolas Maduro in July’s election, on Wednesday said he was forced to sign a letter accepting a ruling from the ...
Fed cuts rates by half a percentage point, cites ‘greater confidence’ about inflation
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half of a percentage point on Wednesday, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy with a larger-than-usual ...
Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colorful containers lose relevance
Tupperware Brands TUP.N filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware late on Tuesday, succumbing to mounting losses due to poor demand for its once popular colorful food storage containers.
Its ...
Erdogan: Turkey will deepen ties with east while still facing west
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not stop deepening ties with the East, including the BRICS group of nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), even as ...
Hezbollah pager attack puts spotlight on Israel’s cyber warfare Unit 8200
The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel’s secretive Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence unit, which a Western security source said was ...
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Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon
Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’...
Associate of Frenchman accused of mass rape of wife admits to similar abuse
An associate of Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, who for a nearly a decade drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her, admitted to copycat abuse of his own ...
Central Europe races against time as flood zones move
Volunteers and emergency personnel worked through the night to fortify the Polish city of Wroclaw against approaching flood waters, while Hungary opened a dam as the prime minister warned a “...
Kremlin: Nato comments on missile strikes on Russia ‘dangerous’
The Kremlin on Wednesday described as “dangerous” comments by Jens Stoltenberg, the outgoing head of NATO, that a decision by the West to allow Ukraine to use Western long-range weapons ...
Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Hungary
The detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon has left a mysterious trail from Taiwan to Hungary, while raising the prospect of another full-scale war in the Middle ...
UK inflation steady in August, services prices accelerate
British inflation held steady in August but sped up in the services sector which is closely watched by the Bank of England, data showed on Wednesday, adding to bets that ...
UNSC single veto vote
Finland’s president wants end of single state veto at UN Security Council, in direct dig at Russia
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the U.N. Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “...
Ukrainian drone attack triggers massive blasts in Russia’s Tver region
A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered a giant blast and forced the partial evacuation of residents near the site of a large Russian arsenal in the Tver region ...
Russian trolls
Fake Kamala hit-and-run story is the work of Russian propaganda group
A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of ...
Lebanon - Pagers
Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah’s pagers, say sources
Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.
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BoE rate cut to lift UK housing market but concerns persist
Britain’s housing market recovered momentum in September, as the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut in more than three years and greater political certainty after July 4’s ...
Three slightly injured in fire inside Greek oil refinery near Athens
Three people were slightly injured on Tuesday in a fire inside Greece’s second-biggest oil refinery west of Athens, the company said in a statement.
The fire broke out on ...
Deadly floods in central Europe swirl towards Poland’s historic Wroclaw
Residents and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as they prepared for flood waters that have wreaked havoc and killed ...
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Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill eight, injure thousands across Lebanon
By Laila Bassam
Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 3,000 others ...
Netflix says ‘Baby Reindeer’ clearly involved dramatisation
“Baby Reindeer” clearly involved dramatisation, Netflix said on Tuesday, in response to concerns over its compliance standards sparked by online speculation about the real-life people behind the characters in its ...
Palestinian poll finds big drop in support for October 7 attack
A majority of Gazans believe Hamas’ decision to launch the Oct. 7 attack on Israel was incorrect, according to a poll published on Tuesday pointing to a big drop in backing ...
London’s Oxford Street could go traffic-free under mayor’s plan
London’s Oxford Street, home to some of the British capital’s most famous shops from Selfridges to Marks & Spencer, could be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers under a ...