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Competition watchdog says national carrier’s advertising of cancelled flights was ‘egregious and unacceptable’.​​Australia’s flagship airline Qantas has agreed to pay $120 million Australian dollars ($79m) to settle a lawsuit over the sale of tickets for already cancelled flights. The airline will pay a fine of 100 million Australian dollars ($66m) and provide compensation of 20 million Australian dollars ($13m) to more than 86,000 customers after advertising seats for thousands of “ghost flights” in 2021 and 2022. “Qantas’ conduct was egregious and unacceptable. Many consumers will have made holiday, business and travel plans after booking on a phantom flight that had…

Diplomatic sources tell Al Jazeera that Qatar will not accept becoming a tool to pressure negotiating parties.Qatar has stressed that it will not accept becoming a tool to pressure any party and that it is committed to maintaining its role as an honest mediator in its mediation between Hamas and Israel, diplomatic sources told Al Jazeera Arabic. The sources indicated on Sunday that Qatar affirms it does not impose itself on the parties and cannot undertake any mediation unless asked to do so, and this includes the current mediation between Hamas and Israel. The sources said Qatar would not allow…

Chinese President Xi Jinping set to hold talks with Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has said she will push for competition with China that is “fair and not distorted” in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I have made clear that the current imbalances in market access are not sustainable and need to be addressed,” von der Leyen, who is the president of the EU Commission, said hours ahead of a meeting between her, Xi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Xi on Sunday began a three-country…

Hamas says its forces launched rocket attack at a military target near the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Gaza.Israel has closed the main crossing point for humanitarian aid to enter into Gaza after a Palestinian armed group fired rockets at a military base in southern Israel near the site, killing three soldiers. The Israeli military said on Sunday that it closed the Karem Abu Salem crossing, which Israel calls the Kerem Shalom crossing, to aid convoys after the attack. The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said the attack targeted a group of Israeli forces in the area of…

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Negotiations over a potential ceasefire in the Gaza war have entered a crucial stage as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory in exchange for the release of captives and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly ruled out such an outcome. On Sunday, the two sides blamed each other for the impasse. In their second day of talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators, Hamas negotiators maintained their stance that any ceasefire agreement must include an end to the war, Palestinian officials said. Israeli officials did not travel to Cairo to take part in…

Students and other protesters have called for universities to divest their financial ties to Israel.Protests against Israel’s war on Gaza continue across university campuses in the United States as graduation season gets under way, with police in Los Angeles making no arrests as they cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California (USC). After USC requested assistance, police entered the encampment about 5am local time (12:00 GMT) on Sunday and worked with campus police to remove tents as students peacefully left the area, police said. The move comes a day after at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested…

The story of a Palestinian poet and a Christian Syrian professor who championed the Palestinian cause.Meet two Arab writers from different parts of the Middle East who shared a common cause – Muin Bseiso and Constantin Zurayk. Bseiso, a Palestinian poet who wrote about life in Gaza at a time when it was controlled by Egypt, was twice jailed for his left-wing political views. Zurayk, a Christian, Syrian revolutionary Arab nationalist who became a history professor at the American University of Beirut, also secretly supported armed resistance groups across the region. Several sources say he was among the first to…

NewsFeedBenjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has unanimously voted to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. Earlier the Knesset passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered a threat to national security.Published On 5 May 20245 May 2024 Source link

Turkey says the ban will stay in place until Israel agrees to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.For years, Israel and Turkey have been crucial trade partners. It was a commercial relationship worth nearly seven billion dollar a year. But Israel’s war on Gaza changed all that. The Turkish government has been demanding a halt to the violence that’s killed nearly 35,000 Palestinians in seven months And the Turkish president condemned Israel’s decision to block its aid meant for Gaza last month. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now announced a total trade ban until Israel agrees to a ceasefire. But has he…