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LONDON: The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to “root out the scourge” of grooming gangs suspected of sexually exploiting thousands of girls and young women. “We will change the law to ensure that adults who engage in penetrative sex with a child under 16 face the most serious charge…
JERUSALEM: An Iranian missile struck an oil refinery in Israel’s coast city of Haifa on Sunday, killing three people, an Israeli official said after a gag order was lifted. The confirmation on Monday removed reporting restrictions imposed by Israel’s military censorship on the attack, part of the most intense confrontation in history between longtime foes…
‘Don’t let beautiful Tehran become Gaza’: Iranians tell of shock and confusion Israel continued to strike Iran’s capital Tehran on Sunday night Long queues at petrol stations and bakeries. Long lines of cars trying to escape the capital. And long, frightening nights. Residents of Tehran – still shocked by Israel’s sudden attack on Iran in…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi briefed member states at a meeting in Vienna The centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant were likely “severely damaged if not destroyed altogether” in Israeli strikes, the head of the global nuclear watchdog has told the BBC. Rafael Grossi, of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he planned to discuss new weapons purchases for Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump. Zelenskiy, who is visiting Austria, would attend the Group of Seven summit in Canada on Tuesday, where he hopes to meet Trump on the sidelines of the meeting. “One of the questions that I…
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid to revive a copyright infringement lawsuit accusing pop star Ed Sheeran of unlawfully copying from the late singer Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get It On” in his 2014 hit song “Thinking Out Loud.” The justices declined to hear an appeal by Structured Asset…
STOCKHOLM: Microsoft on Monday said data stored by its European cloud customers would stay in Europe, under European Law, with operations controlled by its local personnel, and under full control of customers. European companies and governments have been increasingly worrying about their data being moved outside the continent into the hands of other countries such…
JERUSALEM: Israel has no intention of deliberately harming the residents of Tehran, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said, walking back earlier comments he had made on Monday. “I wish to clarify the obvious: there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran as the murderous dictator does to the residents of Israel,” Katz…
KANANASKIS: Leaders from the Group of Seven nations begin annual talks on Monday amid wars in Ukraine and the Middle East that add to global economic uncertainty, as host Canada tries to avoid a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump. The G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S., along with…
JOHN Hamer, president of Rodgers Wade Manufacturing in Paris, Texas, makes store fixtures for big retailers like Ross Dress for Less and Ulta Beauty. He sources many of the goods from China, which until recently meant he paid 70% in tariffs on metal fixtures. “The media was saying it was 30%, but that was never…
