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The crew abandoned the coal carrier after it was struck by Houthi missiles, which started a fire, on June 12.The Greek-owned Tutor, a coal carrier, has reportedly sunk in the Red Sea a week after it came under attack from Yemen’s Houthis. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which monitors and tracks commercial shipping for owners and the military in the crucial waterway, said in an update on Tuesday that debris and oil had been sighted around the vessel’s last known location. “The vessel is believed to have sunk in position 14″19’N 041″14’E,” UKMTO said, advising other ships to…

Biden camp hits out at viral videos that have been seized on as evidence of US president’s frailty.United States President Joe Biden’s administration has accused his opponents of spreading disinformation about his physical and mental fitness after a series of viral videos reignited concerns about the Democratic standard-bearer’s age. In a news conference on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the clips purporting to show Biden’s decline had been deceptively edited or misrepresented. “It tells you everything that we need to know about how desperate Republicans are here,” Jean-Pierre told reporters, labelling the clips “cheapfake” videos. Republican…

NewsFeedHezbollah has released drone footage that it claims shows the group’s surveillance of Israel’s port city of Haifa and its surroundings. The video includes aerial views of sites in Haifa including sea and airports.Published On 18 Jun 202418 Jun 2024 Source link

Islamabad, Pakistan — In a series of trips over the past three months, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tried to convince the debt-strapped country’s three closest allies — China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — to invest in the nation, as its precariously positioned economy looks for green shoots. In June last year, under Sharif’s first tenure as prime minister, the government formed a Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), a high-powered body comprising Pakistani civilian and military leaders, to promote investment in Pakistan. Following the tours to Beijing, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the Sharif government is pointing…

NewsFeedThousands of Muslims have been performing their final rites on the last day of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.Published On 18 Jun 202418 Jun 2024 Source link

City leader John Lee says move will strengthen competitiveness of the Asian financial hub.Hong Kong is set to end its decades-long practice of shutting the stock market during typhoons and extreme weather. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said the change was widely supported by the financial sector and would bring the financial hub in line with other markets, including mainland China. “Shenzhen and Shanghai are now trading in bad weather. There is no reason why Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, should not follow suit,” Lee told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday. “Non-stop trading in inclement…

All the fatalities from the blaze at Qaem Hospital were in the intensive care unit, according to local authorities.Tehran, Iran – Nine patients have died after a fire broke out in the basement of a hospital in the city of Rasht in northern Iran. The six women and three men killed were in the intensive care unit of Qaem Hospital, local authorities said. All the patients in the facility were evacuated. Mohammad Taghi Ashoubi, the head of the Gilan University of Medical Sciences, told reporters on Tuesday that an intubated patient who was in the intensive care unit had died,…

Malaysian leader criticises ‘Western narrative’ around Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.Malaysia is planning to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, the Southeast Asian country’s leader has said. In an interview with Chinese media outlet Guancha, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his government would soon begin the process of joining the bloc, once it had received feedback from South Africa. “We have made our policy clear and we have made our decision. We will start the formal process soon. As far as the Global South is concerned, we are fully supportive,” Anwar said, according to the Shanghai-based outlet.…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeWe visit southern Lebanon and hear what escalating violence means to people who have lived through war before. United Nations officials warn of the possibility of a wider war as fighting intensifies along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. Each side says it is responding to attacks by the other, but could the situation spin out of control? And what does that mean for the people who live there? In this episode:  Episode credits: This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, David Enders and Ashish Malhotra with Chloe K Li, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan and our host Natasha Del…

Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government will present its annual budget on Wednesday, seeking to balance domestic commitments to the country’s 240 million people and demands of fiscal prudence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – a key source of loans. Aiming to increase its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to more than 3.5 percent from 2.38 percent in the outgoing fiscal year, the country is looking to revive its economy, which has faced a nearly two-year slump following political volatility. Pakistani authorities have held multiple meetings with the IMF recently. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who came to power…