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Climate activist jailed in Australia for disrupting coal port
ISTANBUL: A 21-year-old climate activist was sentenced to three months in jail on Monday for disrupting the coal port in Newcastle, southeastern Australia.
Blockade Australia,
China battles to plug 741-foot breach in dam at its 2nd-biggest freshwater lake
ISTANBUL: Thousands of workers are battling against time to plug the breach in a dam at China’s second-largest freshwater lake, state media reported on Monday.
Hurricane Beryl threatens southern US coasts
ISTANBUL: The US National Hurricane Center issued a warning on Monday about the life-threatening storm Beryl along the coast of the southern state of Texas.
France ‘firmly condemns’ Israeli decision to expand settlements in occupied Palestinian territories
ANKARA: The French Foreign Ministry Monday firmly condemned Israel’s recent decision to expand settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
The ministry particularly condemned, in an official
S.Korea’s Samsung workers go on 3-day strike over wages
ISTANBUL: Workers at Samsung Electronics have initiated a three-day strike on Monday to request improved pay and working conditions, local media reported.
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Half a million Gazans face ‘catastrophic levels’ of hunger: UN agency
ISTANBUL: Almost half a million people in the Gaza Strip face catastrophic levels of hunger amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the enclave, the UN
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘striking children’s hospital’ in Kyiv
MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Monday of “striking a children’s hospital” in Kyiv.
“Okhmatdet Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, one of the most