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[ad_1] JERUSALEM – After Israeli soldiers found Mohammed Shubeir hiding with his family in early March, they detained him for roughly 10 days before releasing him without charge, he said.During that time, Shubeir said, the soldiers used him as a human shield.Shubeir, then 17, said he was forced to walk handcuffed through the empty ruins of his hometown, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, searching for explosives set by […]

[ad_1] Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) said Monday that it has completed the fifth round of discharges of tritium-containing treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean for fiscal 2024. About 7,800 metric tons of the water, diluted with seawater, was released about 1 kilometer offshore through an undersea tunnel in the latest operation from Sept. 26, which marked the ninth round since Tepco […]

[ad_1] Defender Kye Rowles vowed Monday to "flip the script" as Australia looks to win on Japanese soil for the first time when the two sides clash in World Cup qualifying. The Socceroos are clear underdogs having never beaten Samurai Blue in Japan, while their last victory over the Japanese came in 2009 in Melbourne. Japan is the leading team in Asia at 16th in the FIFA rankings and tops […]

[ad_1] Shanghai – World No. 1 Jannik Sinner said he did his best to roll with the punches and prevent his ongoing doping controversy from affecting his performances after he beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to claim the Shanghai Masters crown on Sunday.In August, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Sinner failed two drug tests in March but had been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent tribunal.The tribunal accepted […]

[ad_1] Phnom Penh – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet kept a low profile at the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, holding meetings on the sidelines with fellow leaders but making no public statements to the media.An ex-military man, he marched straight past waiting reporters as he arrived for summit sessions, his most animated moment a jovial conversation with Singapore's foreign minister.More than a year after inheriting power from his father Hun […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU, India – India has a plan to carve out a beachhead in the battle for commercial space, officials say: crunching space data, building small satellites and launching them cheaply into orbit rather than challenging heavyweights such as SpaceX head-on.In particular, it is taking aim at providing cost-effective services and hardware to sectors such as communications, agriculture and commodities, where high-quality data is a precious resource.At stake is a […]