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      18 May

      The Sudan crisis: A power struggle by design

      How do the rival Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF stack up against each other, and what might happen next? RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, left, and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, right The crisis in Sudan is in its fifth week with no end in sight. Neither the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) nor the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been able to gain decisive victories in the capital, Khartoum. But their inability to overpower each other is not totally surprising. Instead, it is largely a byproduct of longtime President Omar al-Bashir’s strategy of rule in a country that has witnessed 16 failed and successful coup attempts since its independence. Having come to power through a military coup…

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    • 18 May

      News|Russia-Ukraine war

      G7 weighs new sanctions on Russia to end Ukraine war Existing sanctions are some of the toughest ever imposed on a major economy, but there is still room to increase pressure. Researchers said last month that 96 percent of oil shipments from the Russian port of Kozmino in the first quarter of 2023 were sold above the $60 price cap set by the G7. Hiroshima, Japan – By some accounts, sanctions against Russia have left it more isolated than at any point since the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, when the allies of World War I put the country under a blockade. At the Group of Seven summit taking place in Japan’s Hiroshima from Friday, the club of rich…

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    • 18 May

      US court approves extradition of 26/11 attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India

      Rana was convicted in Chicago in 2011 of providing material support to the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which planned the Mumbai terror attack and for supporting a never-carried-out plot to attack a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in 2005. Washington: A US court has approved the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian businessman of Pakistani descent, to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Rana was arrested in the US on an extradition request by India for his role in these attacks in which 10 Pakistani terrorists laid a more than 60-hour siege, attacking and killing over 160 people, including six Americans, at iconic and vital locations of Mumbai.…

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    • 18 May

      Punjab govt assures ‘no arrests’ at Imran Khan’s residence until deadline ends

      Former prime minister of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan virtually addresses people of the nation. Islamabad: Punjab Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir has said no arrests will be made at PTI chief Imran Khan’s residence until 2 pm Thursday, reported Dawn. In an interview with a Pakistani media outlet, Mir stated that the PTI leadership had been given a 24-hour deadline to turn up the “30 to 40 terrorists” who had allegedly attacked military sites and were being protected within the Zaman Park mansion. About PTI chief Imran Khan raising concerns that he would be arrested, Mir said that no action will be taken at Khan’s Zaman Park mansion before the deadline, which expires at 2 pm on Thursday.…

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    • 18 May

      Amazon to invest $12.7 billion in India cloud services by 2030

      Amazon.com Inc. plans to invest $12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, Amazon.com Inc. plans to invest $12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, joining other global tech giants in betting on growth in the South Asian nation’s digital econmy. The US company’s cloud business, which has data centers in the Mumbai and Hyderabad regions, already invested $3.7 billion in India from 2016 to 2022, it said in a statement Thursday. The fresh outlay will include spending in construction, server computers and telecommunications infrastructure. Global tech companies from Apple Inc. to Netflix Inc. are expanding in the world’s most populous country with services such as video streaming and online retailing, while Wall Street banks and global…

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    • 18 May

      Over 1.5 million South Korean people at risk of ‘lonely death’: Survey

      Lonely death refers to a phenomenon of people with no relatives dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a certain period of time. Seoul: More than 1.5 million South Korean people are at risk of a “lonely death”, or unattended death, accounting for 3 per cent of the country’s population, a government survey revealed on Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it had conducted the poll on a sample of 9,471 single-member households from November to December last year to check their circumstances that could possibly lead to a lonely death in the future, reports Yonhap News Agency. The 10-step checklist includes questions about whether the respondent has social interaction at least once a week or has relatives or friends to ask for help…

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    • 18 May

      Amazon unveils new Echo devices including Buds, Pop speaker

      Echo Auto, which brings the convenience of Alexa to your vehicle, is now available for customers in Australia, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. San Francisco: Amazon has unveiled a new lineup of Echo devices, including — Echo Pop, Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 5 Kids, and all-new Echo Buds — giving customers even more ways to interact with Alexa. In addition, the company said that Echo Auto, which brings the convenience of Alexa to your vehicle, is now available for customers in Australia, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. “These new devices give customers more options and more utility at incredible value. And as with every Echo device we’ve shipped, they will only continue…

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    • 18 May

      Global temperatures likely to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius limit for the first time in next 5 years: WMO

      The 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature threshold was all set to be breached, at least temporarily, in the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation said in a new analysis on Wednesday. It said there was a 66 per cent chance that global temperatures in at least one of the years between 2023 and 2027 would exceed the pre-industrial average by 1.5 degrees Celsius or more. Also, it was nearly certain — a 98 per cent probability — that one of these years would turn out to be the warmest year on record, surpassing 2016. Right now, 2016 happens to be the warmest year ever, the annual mean temperature that year being 1.28 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial times (average of the…

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    • 18 May

      As Greek elections loom, parties vie for votes of ‘lost generation’

      Politicians vying for votes in Greece’s election on Sunday have turned to YouTube and TikTok to win over a younger generation who have long felt that years of crises have cost them their youth. People visit the Areios Pagos hill, in Athens© Thomson Reuters Eirini Baliaka is a case in point. A decade after entering university in the hopes of becoming a teacher, juggling jobs to pay bills as Greece faced a deep economic slump, a pandemic and cost-of-living crisis ensued, leaving her no closer to that ambition. “What I imagined at 18 is a long way away from what I’m living at 28,” the physics student said. “I don’t know how we cannot be called a lost generation. I feel…

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    • 18 May

      Ford, Vauxhall owner and JLR call for UK to renegotiate Brexit deal

      Three major global carmakers have called on the UK government to renegotiate the Brexit deal, saying rules on where parts are sourced from threaten the future of the British automotive industry. Ford and Jaguar Land Rover have joined Stellantis, which owns the Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroën brands, to warn the transition to electric vehicles will be knocked off course unless the UK and EU delay stricter “rules of origin”, due to kick in next year, that could add tariffs on car exports. Current post-Brexit rules require 40% of an electric vehicle’s parts by value to be sourced in the UK or EU if it is to be sold on the other side of the Channel without a 10% trade tariff.…

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