December 2, 2023
Though sales of Apple iPhones in India are skyrocketing and outperforming the broader smartphone market, shipments of other Apple products are likely to take a hit this year, suggest analysts. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. Also in this letter:■ Govt mulling risk-based age-gating norms■ Mamaearth’s Q2 profit nearly doubles■ Sam Altman back
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Key Points More Australians, permanent residents and family members have left Gaza for Egypt. Gaza’s health officials say Israeli tanks have surrounded a hospital in north. The hospital has largely ceased operations but is still sheltering patients, staff, and displaced residents. Another 31 Australian citizens, permanent residents, and family members have left Gaza and made
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The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war. Israeli tanks mass outside Gaza hospital ADVERTISEMENT Israel’s tanks assembled at the gates of the main hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, with Joe Biden urging Israel to show restraint to protect the thousands of people stuck there. According to the UN, around 10,000 Palestinians, including patients, staff
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The latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war. ADVERTISEMENT Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight and into Sunday as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory’s largest hospital, where health officials say thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped with no electricity and dwindling supplies. In a televised address on Saturday, Prime Minister
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Key Points Israel published pictures of battle tanks in Gaza on Sunday. Israel’s self-declared “second phase” of a three-week war against Iranian-backed Hamas militants had initially been kept from public view. Meanwhile, impeding relief supplies to Gaza’s population may constitute a crime, the ICC says. Israel signalled on Sunday, publishing pictures of battle tanks on
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Ukraine’s troops are receiving additional funds from the US, as Russia targets civilian infrastructure. The additional funding comes as Russian troops are launching new strikes on civilian targets in the east and south. Ukraine said the Russian military carried out dozens of airstrikes and attacks from rocket systems. Ukrainian troops have received some much-needed help
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The first American-made Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine months ahead of schedule, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday. The tanks arrived in Ukraine in time to assist with the country’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces, an effort whose window is closing due to the impending winter. Zelenskyy did not clarify how many tanks, but the
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The first American-made Abrams tanks have been delivered to Ukraine, two U.S. defense officials said, arriving months ahead of initial estimates and in time to be used in Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russian forces. More M1 Abrams tanks will be sent in the coming months, the officials said, noting that those that were shipped into Ukraine
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The tanks will be armed with controversial armour-busting depleted uranium rounds, which could possibly be linked to health issues such as cancer and birth defects. Ukraine will “soon” receive M1 Abrams tanks from the United States as Kyiv’s forces make “steady” progress in a counter-offensive against Moscow’s troops, the US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said
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In a war of tanks, there’s World of Tanks. Somewhere along the several hundred miles of front line in Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier is probably playing World of Tanks — the video game. A war hero recently admitted to gaming although he had to open a new account when he lost his login information. During
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