COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan cabinet has given clearance to allow China’s energy major Sinopec to establish a new $4.5 billion petroleum refinery plant at the strategic Hambantota port in the island nation, energy minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Monday. The upcoming plant of Sinopec, which entered the Sri Lankan market …
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By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:38 GMT, 28 November 2023 | Updated: 01:19 GMT, 28 November 2023 Parts of Australia’s east coast are set to be lashed with heavy rain over the next couple of days – with some areas already receiving three times the average rainfall …
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By Deirdre Durkan-simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 00:58 GMT, 28 November 2023 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 28 November 2023 Advertisement Margot Robbie dazzled in a black, tea-length dress while attending the Gotham Independent Film Awards, alongside among Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Michelle Williams, Penelope Cruz and Natalie Portman. As she arrived Cipriani Wall Street …
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The deal came after an Israeli offer to continue the cease-fire by one day for every additional 10 hostages released, who would be exchanged for 30 Palestinians in Israeli prisons. The Israeli hostages released on Monday were three women and eight children, all of them kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz …
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Washington, DC – State lawmakers and Palestinian rights supporters, joined by actor and progressive advocate Cynthia Nixon, have launched a five-day hunger strike outside the White House to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. At a news conference on Monday, the activists decried United States President Joe Biden’s role in supporting …
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“This aid barely registers against the huge needs of 1.7 million displaced people,” a statement from the UN Secretary-General’s office said on Monday, highlighting his call for a full humanitarian ceasefire. “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is getting worse by the day.” And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, …
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Elon Musk travelled to Israel and met with PM Netanyahu on Monday, touring the scene of a Hamas attack in a visit that appeared aimed at calming the outcry over his endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X. Several brands suspended their advertising on X after Musk agreed with …
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Hamas released 11 Israeli hostages — all women and children taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz — on Monday, the fourth day of the cease-fire, according to the Israeli government. The new releases followed an initial release of 13 Israelis on Friday, 13 more late on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. …
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Release comes after mediator Qatar says Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended by two days. The Israeli military says 11 hostages have been released by the Palestinian armed group Hamas and are on their way to Israel, the latest in a series of exchanges during a four-day humanitarian pause. “Based on …
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres looks across the ice sheet at Frei Antarctica base. Credit: UN Photo/Mark by Hisham Allam (cairo) Monday, November 27, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, Nov 27 (IPS) – The recent U.S.-China summit on November 15 in San Francisco, against a backdrop of low expectations, surprisingly made significant …
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