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Sep 18, 2024

Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosion

Taiwan’s Gold Apollo did not make the pagers that were used in the detonations in Lebanon on Tuesday, the company’s founder told reporters

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

What we know about the pager blasts in Lebanon that claimed eight lives?

At least eight people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

Three firefighters die as Portugal battles dozens of wildfires

Portugal is fighting over 50 active wildfires on its mainland and has mobilised around 5,300 firefighters

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says three dead in pager explosions, blames Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Israel to blame for pager blasts, will get ‘fair punishment’

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

Frenchman admits to mass rape of his wife as ‘an addiction’

Dominique Pelicot faces multiple charges including rape, gang rape and privacy breaches by recording and disseminating sexual images

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

India in talks with ethnic groups clashing in Manipur state

At least 225 people have died and some 60,000 have been displaced since fighting broke out last year between the Meitei and Kuki communities

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

Ex-member of Basque group ETA gets 85-year prison term over Madrid car bomb attack

Court find Ana Belen Egues guilty of placing and detonating a dynamite charge in a stolen vehicle in the north of the Spanish capital on August 8, 2000

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Reuters
Sep 17, 2024

UK to give Asian Development Bank guarantee to unlock climate finance

Earlier t ADB said it had approved a new goal to devote 50% of its annual lending to climate finance by 2030

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Web Desk
Sep 17, 2024

New research shows partial automation increases risk of distracted driving

New research reveals that drivers are more likely to engage in non-driving activities, like checking their phones or eating, when using partial automation systems in their cars.