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Month: November 2023

Subrata Roy, ‘bad boy billionaire’ and chief of India’s Sahara Group, dies at 75

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Subrata Roy, the founder of Sahara, once one of India’s largest conglomerates, died on Tuesday, his company said in a statement. He was 75. Roy died in a Mumbai hospital following “an extended battle with complications arising from metastatic malignancy, hypertension, and diabetes,” the statement said. Roy was admitted

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NTSB head calls deaths on America’s roads a ‘public health crisis’ as Ohio high school mourns 6 killed in crash

By Ray Sanchez, Elizabeth Wolfe and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — As an Ohio high school mourns three students, two parent chaperones and a teacher killed in a crash this week, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday called the 43,000 annual deaths on America’s roadways “a public health crisis.” More than 50

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ASEAN defense chiefs call for the fighting in Gaza to cease but struggle to address Myanmar violence

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian defense ministers have called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the world to collaborate on setting up humanitarian aid corridors in Gaza. But they struggled on how to address the civil strife in Myanmar. The 10-nation Association of

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Israel searches for traces of Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities. The forces also

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US will resume food aid to millions across Ethiopia after monthslong pause over massive corruption

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it halted its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. USAID officials described wide-ranging new reforms in handling of food aid

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State-sponsored online spies likely to target Australian submarine program, spy agency says

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s digital spy agency says the nation’s cooperation with the United States and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored cyberespionage. The Australian Signals Directorate reported on Wednesday a 23% increase in cybercrimes in

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China’s economy shows sparks of life, despite persisting weakness in troubled real estate sector

BEIJING (AP) — China has reported its economic growth showed more signs of rekindling in October as retail sales and factory output picked up even though the property sector remained sluggish. The government said factory output rose 4.6% from a year earlier in October, while retail sales jumped 7.6%. But real estate investment sank 9.3%.

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