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ISTANBUL: Bob Woodward’s new book is stirring Washington politics, revealing behind-the-scenes insights into the Biden presidency, including pointed criticism of Israel’s leadership despite ongoing US support for Tel Aviv. The book, titled War, features an unvarnished account of Biden’s blunt, often profane, assessments of world leaders, from Israeli Prime Minister

ISTANBUL: China launched a new Earth observation satellite Wednesday from northwest China, according to state news agency Xinhua. The Gaofen-12 05 satellite was sent into space at 7.45 am Beijing time (2345GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, carried by a Long March-4C rocket, entered its planned

Italian publisher Mondadori said Wednesday that Pope Francis’s autobiography ‘Spera’ (Hope) will come out in the world’s major languages in over 80 countries in January 2025 for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee. It is set to be the first ever autobiography written by a pontiff. Mondadori, which is managing the book’s

Commissioner Kyriakides participates in Ukraine-EU healthcare conference Today, Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will address via video message a conference on Ukraine-EU integration in the healthcare sector. Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, and Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health, will participate

ISTANBUL: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday met in the capital Ankara with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. No further information was given about the meeting. Earlier, Aboul Gheit was also received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in

ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday presented his ‘victory plan,’ a blueprint aimed at ending the war with Russia that continues since February 2022, to the parliament. Speaking at the Verkhovna Rada in the capital Kyiv, Zelenskyy outlined five points that formulate the plan, the first of which is