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Dubai restaurateur apologizes for sharing controversial pro-Israel video
A Dubai restaurateur issued an apology on Wednesday following backlash for sharing a controversial pro-Israel video claiming that Palestinians are brainwashed into embracing violence.
The video has been produced by American nonprofit…
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Britain’s BBC considers building in-house AI model
Britain’s national broadcaster the BBC is drawing up plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model using its text archives, the corporation said on Thursday.
A BBC executive told a parliamentary committee earlier this…
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Finland world’s happiest country again, Kuwait ranks 13: study
Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday.
And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland…
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Karachi mosque keeps decades-old tradition alive with grand iftar
The tradition began 76 years ago.
Since then, every year during the holy month of Ramadan, hundreds gather at sunset for a grand communal iftar dinner at the New Memon Mosque in Karachi. The meal is arranged by a group of volunteers for…
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Montreal newspaper faces backlash over Netanyahu vampire cartoon
A Montreal daily faced accusations of anti-Semitism on Wednesday over its depiction in a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire.
La Presse, a digital-only French-language newspaper, showed Netanyahu with…
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Canada FM confirms halting arms shipments to Israel
Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly’s office confirmed Wednesday, a decision that has drawn the ire of Israeli leaders facing growing international scrutiny over the war in the Gaza Strip.
The…
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UK government to probe UAE-backed Telegraph takeover amid ‘press freedom concerns’
The Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of the Telegraph may influence the media group “in a way that could potentially act against the public interest,” communications regulator Ofcom warned the UK’s culture secretary on Tuesday.
UK Culture…
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Saudi crown prince, German president discuss ties
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received a phone call from Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Wednesday.
The conversation tackled ways of enhancing bilateral relations…
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Al Jazeera says Gaza journalist beaten, arrested by Israeli forces
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had beaten and arrested its correspondent Ismail Alghoul during a raid Monday on Gaza’s largest hospital, and urged his release.
The Israeli army said it was battling Hamas militants…
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Lebanese judiciary temporarily detains academic who criticized Hezbollah on TV
The Lebanese General Security detained Lebanese academic and political analyst Makram Rabah for five hours on Monday following his criticism of Hezbollah’s military presence in the Baalbek region.
Rabah’s views were taken from a…
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