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Health officials in the Gaza Strip said Thursday the death toll from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000. The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. Meanwhile a rocket fired from Lebanon […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000, local health officials said Thursday. The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing […]

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory. The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate […]

BERLIN (AP) — Ursula Haverbeck, a prominent German far-right activist who accumulated a string of convictions for denying the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. Haverbeck died on Wednesday, her lawyer Wolfram Nahrath told German news agency dpa on Thursday. Haverbeck repeatedly asserted that Auschwitz was just a work camp. In fact, historians say at least 1.1 million Jews were murdered there by the Nazis. She was first convicted and […]

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist which alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phone. The Civil Court in Bangkok said Jatupat Boonpattararaksa had failed to show sufficient proof that his phone was infected with Pegasus spyware produced by NSO Group Technologies. Jataput, also known as Pai Dao Din, had alleged that […]

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday appointed spokesperson Abdoulaye Maiga as prime minister after firing Choguel Maiga, state television ORTM said on Thursday. Choguel Maiga recently criticised the junta’s failure to organise elections within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. (Reporting by Fadima Kontao; Writing by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Bernadette Baum) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Trustar Capital has raised $1 billion for a continuation fund that will hold the Chinese private equity firm’s controlling stake in McDonald Corp’s operations in mainland China and Hong Kong, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. A continuation fund is a new vehicle created by a private equity (PE) firm to transfer holdings of existing investments. The concept has gained traction […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for conspiring with executives of a formerly New York listed company to devise a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials to boost their solar energy business. Adani Group denied the allegations as “baseless”, while Indian government officials haven’t commented so far. Here is an overview of the investigation and allegations revealed in the U.S. indictment: […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has imposed a travel ban and an asset freeze on Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos under its global anti-corruption sanctions regime, the British government said on Thursday. Dos Santos, whose father Jose Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years until 2017, has faced corruption accusations in Angola and elsewhere for years. Africa’s first female billionaire denies the allegations and says she is the target of […]