Why was Salman Rushdie attacked and what is the controversy surrounding โThe Satanic Versesโ?
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For over 30 years celebrated author Salman Rushdie has been covering his life ever since Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a
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Morning news brief: Salman Rushdie on ventilator, polio detected in New York and more
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New York police have disclosed the identity of the assailant who knifed Salman Rushdie.
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New York police have disclosed the identity of the assailant who knifed Salman Rushdie.
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US lawyer reยญleased afยญter UAE monยญey launยญderยญing conยญvicยญtion
Asim Ghafoor, a promiยญnent civยญil rights lawyer, was arยญrestยญed while he was in tranยญsit through Dubai airยญport last month.
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US lawyer reยญleased afยญter UAE monยญey launยญderยญing conยญvicยญtion
Asim Ghafoor, a promiยญnent civยญil rights lawyer, was arยญrestยญed while he was in tranยญsit through Dubai airยญport last month.
Published On 13 Aug 2022
US Democrats pass major inflation bill
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The measure will now head to the White House to be signed into law after months of negotiations
The US Congress has passed a sweeping bill meant to tackle inflation, healthcare, and climate change, with Democrats unifying to send the measure to the presidentโs desk despite attracting no support from Republicans.
The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act in a 220-207 party-line vote on Friday, with zero GOP lawmakers approving the law and all Democrats joining forces to vote โyesโ. President Joe Biden is expected to sign t...
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The measure will now head to the White House to be signed into law after months of negotiations
The US Congress has passed a sweeping bill meant to tackle inflation, healthcare, and climate change, with Democrats unifying to send the measure to the presidentโs desk despite attracting no support from Republicans.
The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act in a 220-207 party-line vote on Friday, with zero GOP lawmakers approving the law and all Democrats joining forces to vote โyesโ. President Joe Biden is expected to sign t...
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India to Become Asiaโs Fastest-Growing Economy - Morgan Stanley
A young workforce, business investment, and economy-boosting reforms are the main contributors to the projected growth - which will see the country add 28% and 22% to regional and global growth, according to experts.
Service exports and domestic consumption are also expected to fuel the boom - which predictions say will see GDP grow 7% next year. โThe economy is set for its best run in over a decade as pent-up demand is being unleashed,โ the analysts said.
New Delhi cut corporate tax rates and revived private investment - producing โhealthyโ balance sheets and boosting business confidence.
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India to Become Asiaโs Fastest-Growing Economy - Morgan Stanley
A young workforce, business investment, and economy-boosting reforms are the main contributors to the projected growth - which will see the country add 28% and 22% to regional and global growth, according to experts.
Service exports and domestic consumption are also expected to fuel the boom - which predictions say will see GDP grow 7% next year. โThe economy is set for its best run in over a decade as pent-up demand is being unleashed,โ the analysts said.
New Delhi cut corporate tax rates and revived private investment - producing โhealthyโ balance sheets and boosting business confidence.
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Australian Politician Issues Taiwan Conflict Warning
Australiaโs opposition leader has urged people to โcut through the propagandaโ coming from China amid high tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and see the โreal messageโ - that an attack on Taiwan is a real possibility.
โNobody should be surprised if there is an incursion or if there is a conflict because [the Chinese] said theyโd be taking back Taiwan, come hell or high water,โ Peter Dutton, told ABC Radio National on Thursday.
โThereโs no imagination required here. The Chinese Communist Party has been very clear about their intent in relation to Taiwan,โ Dutton said, while stressing that Australia needs to โcall out the behaviorโ of Beijing.
Beijing views the self-governing island as its own territory, and was infuriated earlier this month by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโs visit to Taipei.
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Australian Politician Issues Taiwan Conflict Warning
Australiaโs opposition leader has urged people to โcut through the propagandaโ coming from China amid high tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and see the โreal messageโ - that an attack on Taiwan is a real possibility.
โNobody should be surprised if there is an incursion or if there is a conflict because [the Chinese] said theyโd be taking back Taiwan, come hell or high water,โ Peter Dutton, told ABC Radio National on Thursday.
โThereโs no imagination required here. The Chinese Communist Party has been very clear about their intent in relation to Taiwan,โ Dutton said, while stressing that Australia needs to โcall out the behaviorโ of Beijing.
Beijing views the self-governing island as its own territory, and was infuriated earlier this month by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโs visit to Taipei.
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Europeโs Space Agency Turns to SpaceX after Losing Russian Rockets โ report
The European Space Agency has begun preliminary negotiations with SpaceX, seeking to use its launchers after access to Russiaโs Soyuz rockets was blocked.
โI would say there are two and a half options that weโre discussing. One is SpaceX that is clear. Another one is possibly Japan,โ ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters.
Noticeably, the launchers discussion appears too lack any mention of Europeโs own Arianespace.
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Europeโs Space Agency Turns to SpaceX after Losing Russian Rockets โ report
The European Space Agency has begun preliminary negotiations with SpaceX, seeking to use its launchers after access to Russiaโs Soyuz rockets was blocked.
โI would say there are two and a half options that weโre discussing. One is SpaceX that is clear. Another one is possibly Japan,โ ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters.
Noticeably, the launchers discussion appears too lack any mention of Europeโs own Arianespace.
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Parts of Britain RATION Water as Drought Officially Declared (Sky News video)
Shops in the UK are reportedly rationing water bottles amid unbearable heat, as the govt declared drought in parts of England. (Daily Mail)
London, the Southwest, Southern and Central England and East of England have been moved into drought status, but it does not automatically impose legal restriction on water usage.
At the same time, social media has been littered with supermarkets imposing limits on water purchases.
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Parts of Britain RATION Water as Drought Officially Declared (Sky News video)
Shops in the UK are reportedly rationing water bottles amid unbearable heat, as the govt declared drought in parts of England. (Daily Mail)
London, the Southwest, Southern and Central England and East of England have been moved into drought status, but it does not automatically impose legal restriction on water usage.
At the same time, social media has been littered with supermarkets imposing limits on water purchases.
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โ๏ธNovelist Rushdie on ventilator support
"He will likely lose his eye" his book agent said in an interview to Reuters.
The Indian-born novelist was airlifted to hospital after being stabbed multiple times on stage.
A suspect - identified by police as Hadi Matar - was arrested in the aftermath.
The attack has been widely condemned by writers and politicians across the world.
The Booker Prize winner and author of 'The Satanic Verses' has been getting death threats since 1989, including an infamous 'fatwa' from Iran's religious head.
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โ๏ธNovelist Rushdie on ventilator support
"He will likely lose his eye" his book agent said in an interview to Reuters.
The Indian-born novelist was airlifted to hospital after being stabbed multiple times on stage.
A suspect - identified by police as Hadi Matar - was arrested in the aftermath.
The attack has been widely condemned by writers and politicians across the world.
The Booker Prize winner and author of 'The Satanic Verses' has been getting death threats since 1989, including an infamous 'fatwa' from Iran's religious head.
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Italian Fighter in Ukraine Faces Probe at Home
Italy has opened a case against alleged neo-fascist sympathizer who said he traveled to Ukraine to fight Russia and prevent the nationโs โdenazification.โ (ANSA news agency)
Kevin Chiappalone, 19, who is alleged by ANSA to have connections with the neo-fascist group CasaPound Italia is accused of mercenary activities and has become the first Italian to face prosecution in the country. The man could face between two and seven years behind bars.
The Italian fighter said he had no prior combat experience or military training before arriving in Ukraine from Poland. He said, โI didnโt come here for money, I donโt even have โฌ400 ($413) in my pocket.โ
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Italian Fighter in Ukraine Faces Probe at Home
Italy has opened a case against alleged neo-fascist sympathizer who said he traveled to Ukraine to fight Russia and prevent the nationโs โdenazification.โ (ANSA news agency)
Kevin Chiappalone, 19, who is alleged by ANSA to have connections with the neo-fascist group CasaPound Italia is accused of mercenary activities and has become the first Italian to face prosecution in the country. The man could face between two and seven years behind bars.
The Italian fighter said he had no prior combat experience or military training before arriving in Ukraine from Poland. He said, โI didnโt come here for money, I donโt even have โฌ400 ($413) in my pocket.โ
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Disยญplaced by parยญtiยญtion, she visยญitยญed Pakยญistan home afยญter 75 years
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Reena Chhibยญber Varยญma, unยญdeยญterred by age and ailยญments, emยญbarked on a jourยญney that many thought was imยญposยญsiยญble.
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Reena Chhibยญber Varยญma, unยญdeยญterred by age and ailยญments, emยญbarked on a jourยญney that many thought was imยญposยญsiยญble.
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US calls for proยญtecยญtion of forยญeign POWs
Rusยญsia and its proxยญies have obligยญaยญtion to reยญspect inยญterยญnaยญtionยญal huยญmanยญiยญtarยญiยญan law with reยญgard to forยญeign POWs, US says.
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Published On 13 Aug 2022
PLA's new agenda: Drone operation & tech skill; age limit relaxed during recruitment drive
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According to China's state-run Global Times, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has relaxed the age limit for postgraduate students to join the for
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According to China's state-run Global Times, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has relaxed the age limit for postgraduate students to join the for
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UK stores limit purchase as people empty shelves of bottled water amid drought
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Bottled water is flying off the shelves fast across major supermarkets in UK, as people are panic buying amidst the worst-ever drought in the count
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Bottled water is flying off the shelves fast across major supermarkets in UK, as people are panic buying amidst the worst-ever drought in the count
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Photos of allegedly dried up French river spark Twitter row
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Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is among those sounding the alarm over the Loire โ and getting called out over it
The Loire โ Franceโs longest river with a length of over 1,000km โ has allegedly dried up to the point that people can walk across it without even getting wet. This was the alarming message spread this week by politicians and media outlets, as they shared pictures online of a river bed that looks more like a desert, in the western French department of Loire-Atlantique.
โThe Loire, Franceโs longest river, has virtually dried up,โ journalist Ian Fraser...
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Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is among those sounding the alarm over the Loire โ and getting called out over it
The Loire โ Franceโs longest river with a length of over 1,000km โ has allegedly dried up to the point that people can walk across it without even getting wet. This was the alarming message spread this week by politicians and media outlets, as they shared pictures online of a river bed that looks more like a desert, in the western French department of Loire-Atlantique.
โThe Loire, Franceโs longest river, has virtually dried up,โ journalist Ian Fraser...
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Moscow reveals โpoint of no returnโ in Russia-US relations
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Branding Russia a state sponsor of terrorism by the US could lead to a severing of ties, a Foreign Ministry official says
If the US designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, it would be โa point of no returnโ in relations between the two countries, and Washington is aware of that, a Russian Foreign Ministry official has said.
In an interview with TASS published on Saturday, the head of the ministryโs North American Department, Aleksandr Darichev, was asked about the possibility of downgrading relations with the US over its support for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia and the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Moscow....
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Branding Russia a state sponsor of terrorism by the US could lead to a severing of ties, a Foreign Ministry official says
If the US designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, it would be โa point of no returnโ in relations between the two countries, and Washington is aware of that, a Russian Foreign Ministry official has said.
In an interview with TASS published on Saturday, the head of the ministryโs North American Department, Aleksandr Darichev, was asked about the possibility of downgrading relations with the US over its support for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia and the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Moscow....
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US attorney general faces impeachment push over Trump house raid
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A congresswoman has accused the government of โpolitical persecutionโ of Bidenโs rival
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has submitted a resolution calling for the impeachment of US Attorney General Merrick Garland for ordering the search of former President Donald Trumpโs home.
Greene, a Republican representative from Georgia, accused Garland of abusing the power of his office to โpolitically persecute [President] Joe Bidenโs enemies.โ
โThe whole purpose of this is to prevent President Trump from ever being able to hold office,โ she told reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday....
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A congresswoman has accused the government of โpolitical persecutionโ of Bidenโs rival
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has submitted a resolution calling for the impeachment of US Attorney General Merrick Garland for ordering the search of former President Donald Trumpโs home.
Greene, a Republican representative from Georgia, accused Garland of abusing the power of his office to โpolitically persecute [President] Joe Bidenโs enemies.โ
โThe whole purpose of this is to prevent President Trump from ever being able to hold office,โ she told reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday....
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Salman Rushdie atยญtack: What we know so far
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Auยญthor Rushdie is on venยญtiยญlaยญtor and could lose an eye folยญlowยญing a stabยญbing atยญtack at a litยญerยญary event in New York state.
Published On 13 Aug 2022
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Auยญthor Rushdie is on venยญtiยญlaยญtor and could lose an eye folยญlowยญing a stabยญbing atยญtack at a litยญerยญary event in New York state.
Published On 13 Aug 2022
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Colomยญbiaโs Petro reยญplaces seยญcuยญriยญty chiefs in huยญman rights push
In July, crimยญiยญnal groups staged alยญmost 90 atยญtacks on the poยญlice and milยญiยญtary, killing 13 poยญlice ofยญfiยญcers, monยญiยญtor says.
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Colomยญbiaโs Petro reยญplaces seยญcuยญriยญty chiefs in huยญman rights push
In July, crimยญiยญnal groups staged alยญmost 90 atยญtacks on the poยญlice and milยญiยญtary, killing 13 poยญlice ofยญfiยญcers, monยญiยญtor says.
Published On 13 Aug 2022