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Disney earnings miss forecasts as costs rise for its streaming future
LOS ANGELES: Walt Disney Co. reported a steeper earnings decline than Wall Street expected on Tuesday as the company poured money into its ambitious plunge into streaming media and began folding in assets purchased from Twenty-First Century Fox. Shares of
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India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj dies
NEW DELHI: India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, one of her country’s best-known female politicians, has died, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Swaraj had been beset by poor health but served as foreign minister for five years until Modi replaced
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Pakistan PM to challenge India over Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed Tuesday to challenge at the UN security council India’s decision to strip Kashmir of its special autonomy, a move he warned could provoke conflict in the region. Khan gave a forceful rebuke of
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Gunman obsessed with violence
DAYTON: The gunman who killed his sister and eight other people in Dayton, Ohio, before he was slain by police had a history of violent obsessions and had previously mused about committing mass murder, an FBI official said on Tuesday.
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Oil prices rise, escalating US-China trade war caps gains
SINGAPORE: Brent crude rose today, after earlier falling to its lowest since January, as traders betting on falling prices bought back contracts to lock in profits from recent declines caused by the escalating trade dispute between the US and China.
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Air China suspends Beijing – Hawaii route, effective from Aug 27
BEIJING: Air China will suspend its flights on the Beijing-Hawaii route from Aug. 27 after a review of its network, China’s flagship carrier said on Tuesday, as travel demand remains weak amid an escalating U.S.-China trade war. Passengers who have
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Kashmir’s special status revoked
NEW DELHI: India’s government revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades. Interior
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New Zealand to decriminalise abortion, but bill falls short
WELLINGTON: New Zealand plans to decriminalise abortion and treat it is as a health issue, the government said on Monday in the first major reform to abortion laws in more than four decades that some activists said fell short of
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Protesters seek to shut down city with general strike
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is bracing for major disruptions to business on Monday as a general strike threatens to paralyze parts of the Asian financial center, with more than 100 flights already canceled, amid a broader anti-government campaign. The strike
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Exiled Thai critic attacked in Japan; Thailand ridicules accusation
BANGKOK: An exiled Thai critic of the country’s military and monarchy said he was attacked in his home in Japan last month and believes Thai authorities were behind the incident, an accusation that was ridiculed by the kingdom’s army chief.
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