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Former special forces commander Prabowo takes up Indonesian presidency
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Former special forces commander Prabowo takes up Indonesian presidency

By Ananda Teresia and Stefanno Sulaiman for Reuters Prabowo Subianto greets a crowd during his 2019 run for the Indonesian presidency. Photo: AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto on Sunday took over as president of the world's third-largest democracy after sweeping the country's election with policies like free meals for school children and with the outgoing leader's son as his running mate. The 73-year-old former special forces commander won the 14 February contest with nearly 60 percent of the vote and has spent the past nine months building a formidable parliamentary coalition. Prabowo, wearing a traditional black hat and navy suit with a woven maroon and golden sarong, officially become Indonesia's eighth president on Sunday morning after he was sworn in during a ...
HYDE London City review: a winning combination of history and boho flair
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HYDE London City review: a winning combination of history and boho flair

Disclaimer: the 111 rooms are all pretty compact, starting at 16.2 sq/m. It’s London, after all, and space is at a premium. That said, opt for one of the rooms higher up if at all possible. The views of the surrounding streets, in particular the church next door, are rather lovely. And of course, there’s always the massive penthouse at the very top of the building, which boasts high ceilings, massive windows and plush velvet curtains. Source link
Eutelsat uses SpaceX rocket to launch first satellites after merger
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Eutelsat uses SpaceX rocket to launch first satellites after merger

SpaceX logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesEutelsat, the world's third-biggest satellite operator by revenue, launched 20 satellites for its communications network on Sunday, using Elon Musk's SpaceX in its first move since the merger of two European companies last year.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off, with Eutelsat satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 0513 GMT."This is the first OneWeb launch of the satellites since the merger," CEO Eva Berneke told Reuters in an interview. "We will be launching more satellites over the coming years."The Paris-based group formed by the merger in September last year of France's Eutelsat and Britain's OneWeb has a constellation of over 600 low earth orbit satellites that ...
Dracula author Bram Stoker’s long-lost story Gibbet Hill rediscovered more than 130 years after it was written
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Dracula author Bram Stoker’s long-lost story Gibbet Hill rediscovered more than 130 years after it was written

Dracula author Bram Stoker, pictured in 1906. Photo: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons An amateur Irish historian says he is still coming to terms with finding a long-lost story by Dracula author Bram Stoker. Gibbet Hill was published in the Dublin edition of the Daily Express in 1890 but it was forgotten over time. The story will be presented at this month's Bram Stoker Festival and published as a limited-release book. A long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, has been re-discovered after remaining undocumented for more than 130 years. Amateur historian Brian Cleary was doing research on Stoker in the Irish National Library last year when he came across the 1890 Christmas edition of the Dublin Daily Express, where he found a Gothic horror tale that had been lost...
Man arrested after firebombs thrown at Japan’s ruling party HQ and car driven into security fence around PM’s office | World News
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Man arrested after firebombs thrown at Japan’s ruling party HQ and car driven into security fence around PM’s office | World News

A man has been arrested in Tokyo after firebombs were thrown at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party and a car crashed into the security fence around the prime minister's office.Police arrested Atsunobu Usuda after the incident on Saturday morning - which took place less than 10 days before a parliamentary election in Japan. The 49-year-old was charged with obstructing the performance of official duties - but additional charges can be added later. Image: The scene in the aftermath of the incident. Pic: AP Image: The vehicle which crashed into the perimeter of the prime minister's office. Pic: AP No injuries were reported after the alleged attack, which...
Standards for safe listening must to save youngsters from hearing loss: Experts
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Standards for safe listening must to save youngsters from hearing loss: Experts

Over 1 billion young people are at the risk of hearing loss globally due to unsafe listening habits, and it is important for policymakers and regulators to develop global standards not only for device manufacturers but also for users and services, experts have stressed. At a workshop organised during the ‘ITU-WTSA 2024’ in the national capital, Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, said there should be training for tracking sound exposure, on the lines of tracking other health parameters like calorie intake and footsteps. "In our culture, there`s a festival called ‘Mauni Amavasya’, in which one is supposed to keep quiet and fast. Perhaps, relishing the sound of silence. I think that is extremely therapeutic and we must realise that together, we can create a difference f...
Elon Musk promises to award $1.65m each day to a signer of his petition
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Elon Musk promises to award $1.65m each day to a signer of his petition

By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters Elon Musk is backing Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential election. Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP Musk awards first US$1 million (NZ$1.65m) to event attendee He has given $75 million to America PAC to support Trump America PAC is helping to mobilise, register voters Billionaire Elon Musk has promised to give away US$1 million (NZ$1.65m) each day until November's election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the US Constitution. And he wasted no time on Saturday (local time), awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying supporters behind Republican Donald Trump. The winner was a man named John Dreher, according to event staff. "By the way, John had no idea. So anyway, you're welcome...
‘At least 73 killed’ in strike on Gaza town, medics say – as Israel says drone launched at Netanyahu’s house | World News
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‘At least 73 killed’ in strike on Gaza town, medics say – as Israel says drone launched at Netanyahu’s house | World News

An Israeli airstrike that hit several houses and a multi-storey residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya has killed at least 73 people, according to medics and Hamas-run media outlets.However, the Israeli military accused Hamas-affiliated organisations of "exaggerating" the number of dead, adding that the strike was directed at a Hamas target."This is a war of genocide and ethnic cleansing," the Hamas media office said. "The occupation has conducted a horrifying massacre in Beit Lahiya." Image: Medics and Hamas-run media outlets say at least 73 people were killed Image: Dozens were also injured in the strike Health officials said ongoi...
Gaza rescuers say at least 73 killed in Israel strike in territory’s north
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Gaza rescuers say at least 73 killed in Israel strike in territory’s north

Displaced Palestinians, ordered by the Israeli army to leave the school in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, arrive in Gaza City on 19 October. Photo: MAHMOUD ISSA / AFP Gaza's civil defence agency said Sunday that an Israeli air strike on a residential area killed at least 73 Palestinians in Beit Lahia in the territory's north. Israel said it struck a "Hamas terror target". "Our civil defence crews recovered 73 martyrs and a large number of wounded as a result of the Israeli air force targeting a residential area... in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency told AFP. "There are still martyrs under the rubble," he added. Bassal said residences of several families had been hit in the strike, which happened late on Saturday. Gaza government...
Dad of baby girl who died in the Channel says ‘she slipped from my hand’ | World News
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Dad of baby girl who died in the Channel says ‘she slipped from my hand’ | World News

The father of a baby girl killed in the English Channel says he fought desperately to hold on to her, but she slipped from his hands as people piled on to him and into the water when their dinghy capsized.Maryam Bahez is thought to have been born on her family's journey from Iraqi Kurdistan, as they travelled through Europe in the hope of making it to Britain.She was just 40 days old when her parents and their two older sons climbed into an overcrowded vessel in Wissant, France on Thursday night and set off for England.They wrapped the infant in a black bin bag, to try to keep her dry. But, barely 100m into the journey, the dinghy started to take on water, her father Aras told Sky News. Image: Maryam was just 40 days old "Our...