160 evacuating from Haifa to Limassol port (Updated)
A cruise ship with around 160 people that has sailed from the Israeli port of Haifa is expected to arrive at the port of Limassol early on Tuesday.
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Blinken seeks aid breakthrough amid air raid sirens in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took shelter with Benjamin Netanyahu in a bunker during an air raid alert, a U.S official said, as the U.S. top ...
Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon while flights are available
Canadians should consider leaving Lebanon while they can because of heightened security risks in the region, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday, after Ottawa helped evacuate a group of ...
Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if ‘aggressions do not stop’
Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians, with its foreign minister saying other parties in the region were ready to act, the semi-official Fars ...
One third of Britons to cut back on Christmas spending
Almost one in three British adults expect to spend less on Christmas this year, with most blaming the rising cost of living, according to survey data published by PwC on ...
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating
Egypt said on Monday that Israel was not cooperating with delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of foreign passport holders via the only entry it does not wholly control, ...
Putin: suggestions of US war against Russia and China nonsense
President Vladimir Putin said that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would ...
Treaty shift doesn’t mean Russia plans nuclear test
Russia’s planned withdrawal of its ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear tests does not mean that it intends to conduct such a test, a senior foreign ministry official ...
UK CFOs lose their appetite for debt after rates climb, says Deloitte
Finance executives at top British firms are more wary about borrowing than at any time since at least 2007, according to a survey which underscored how the climb in interest rates ...
Talks fail to let aid reach Gaza; Israel evacuates Lebanon border
Diplomatic efforts failed to get aid to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, and Israel ordered the evacuation of its villages in a strip of territory near its border with ...
Oil prices ease as investors assess risks of Israel-Hamas war
Oil prices slipped on Monday after surging last week, with investors waiting to see if the Israel-Hamas conflict draws in other countries – a development that would potentially drive up prices ...
Britain, South Korea agree to extend tariff-free trade for two years
Britain and South Korea have agreed to extend a period of low or zero tariffs on bilateral trade by two years, ahead of talks to forge a new trade deal, ...
“Eat in Guangzhou” – Cantonese gourmet around the world
Guangzhou Gourmet rose to fame in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Cantonese cuisine is one of the eight Han Chinese culinary cuisines. Originating in Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), Cantonese ...
Egypt, US, Israel agree temporary ceasefire in southern Gaza, opening of Rafah crossing at 0600 GMT
Egypt, Israel and the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire in southern Gaza beginning at 0600 GMT coinciding with the re-opening of the Rafah border crossing, two Egyptian security sources said ...
Russia launches overnight missile, drone attacks on Ukraine
Russia launched five missiles and 12 kamikaze drones at Ukraine in an overnight attack, Ukraine’s air force said early on Monday, with officials reporting further artillery and air strikes.
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35-year-old Noboa wins Ecuador presidential race, pledges to rebuild country
Business heir Daniel Noboa on Sunday won Ecuador’s presidential election, vowing to rebuild the South American country, which is struggling with a weak economy and rising crime and violence.
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Polish opposition poised to oust ruling nationalists in major political shift
Poland’s ruling nationalists appeared on Monday to have lost their parliamentary majority in the nation’s most pivotal election in decades, potentially opening the way for opposition parties to ...
Six-year-old boy stabbed to death in anti-Muslim attack in Chicago
An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and ...
Hamas critique removed from Palestinians’ Abbas comments on Israel attack
The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency published comments on Sunday by President Mahmoud Abbas that criticized Hamas over its actions but later removed reference to the militant group without ...
Australia unveils draft law to regulate digital payment providers
The Australian government said this week that it planned to introduce laws that would empower the central bank to regulate digital wallet providers including Apple Pay (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’...
Netanyahu vows to demolish Hamas as Israel urges Gazans south
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “demolish Hamas” as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants whose deadly rampage ...
As Gaza death toll rises, bodies are stored in ice cream trucks
Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have resorted to storing the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in ice cream freezer trucks because moving them to hospitals ...
Netanyahu vows to ‘demolish Hamas’, convenes emergency Israeli cabinet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened Israel’s expanded emergency cabinet for the first time on Sunday, saying the national unity on display sent a message at home and abroad as ...
Palestinians in Cyprus, thinking about Gaza (video)
With a ground war looming in Gaza, we spoke to two Palestinians who’ve been living in Cyprus for decades – including one who lost family in Gaza just a day ...