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AL SHARQIYA: Four people were shot dead Tuesday near a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials said, a day after an army raid in the territory left six Palestinians dead. Tuesday’s attack took place at a petrol station near the Eli settlement, south of Nablus. Four other people were wounded, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency …

BUCHAREST: Roma­nian prosecutors on Tuesday charged US-British social media influencer Andrew Tate, who has gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle, with human trafficking, rape and forming a gang to sexually exploit women. Tate was indicted with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects. They are under house arrest pending an investigation into abuses against seven women …

ISTANBUL: Istanbul’s museum of modern art moved on Tuesday into a futuristic building overlooking the Bosphorus Strait designed by the Italian-born architect of London’s Shard skyscraper and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The museum’s return to its old but reinvented location marks the latest attempt by Turkiye’s cultural capital to infuse its iconic waterfront — lined with graceful imperial palaces …

US President Joe Biden equated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with “dictators” on Tuesday as he addressed a Democratic Party donors reception in the presence of journalists. Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in northern California, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in February when a Chinese balloon — which Washington says was used for spying — flew …

WASHINGTON: Dozens of US President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats urged him on Tuesday to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter’s visit to Washington this week, according to a letter sent to Biden. Modi left for Washington on Tuesday for a visit projected as a milestone in ties between the two countries. However, the …

ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency and the government of Pakistan marked the World Refugee Day on Tuesday by paying tributes to the resilience and courage of people who are displaced due to conflicts or persecution across the world. Speaking at an event organised by UNHCR, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar expressed concern over the increasing numbers …

KATHMANDU: Hima­layan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned on Tuesday. The glaciers disappeared 65 per cent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared with the previous decade, according to a report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development …

Rescuers searching for a missing tourist submersible near the wreck of the Titanic have detected “underwater noises” in the search area, the US Coast Guard said on Wednesday, with oxygen for the five on board rapidly running out more than two days after they lost contact. All communication was lost with the 21-foot craft during its descent Sunday to see the remains …

RIS: The chateau of Versailles will reopen the private rooms of Queen Marie-Antoinette as part of its ongoing 400th anniversary celebrations. The restored apartments will reopen to the public on June 20, featuring 100 square metres (1,000 square feet) of luxurious living space where France’s last queen played with her children and received friends. It is the final part of …

GENEVA: Europe is now the fastest warming continent on the planet, with the temperature having risen by about twice the global average since the 1980s, according to a joint report by the World Meteorological Organisation and the European Union. Europe’s summer last year was the hottest on record and caused thousands of deaths, scientists confirmed, while warning that such events …