• epa11053175 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a car dealership after a missile strike in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 02 January 2024, amid the Russian invasion. In the early hours of 02 January, Russia launched missile attacks targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv, local officials reported. At least two women were killed and nearly 70 others were injured in the two cities. In Kyiv, 27 people were hospitalized after a fire broke out in a multi-story building as a result of a rocket attack, the city mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on telegram, adding that an injured elderly woman died in an ambulance. Some 130 residents were evacuated from the burning building, the State Emergency Service said. EPA/OLEG PETRASYUK
    epa11053175 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a car dealership after a missile strike in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 02 January 2024, amid the Russian invasion. In the early hours of 02 January, Russia launched missile attacks targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv, local officials reported. At least two women were killed and nearly 70 others were injured in the two cities. In Kyiv, 27 people were hospitalized after a fire broke out in a multi-story building as a result of a rocket attack, the city mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on telegram, adding that an injured elderly woman died in an ambulance. Some 130 residents were evacuated from the burning building, the State Emergency Service said. EPA/OLEG PETRASYUK
  • Devotees pray at the Hindu temple in Bur Dubai, one of the oldest UAE temples, before its services move to Jebel Ali. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Devotees pray at the Hindu temple in Bur Dubai, one of the oldest UAE temples, before its services move to Jebel Ali. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A man walks on the frozen sea in southern Helsinki, Finland. AP
    A man walks on the frozen sea in southern Helsinki, Finland. AP
  • A Dhaka street is decked with campaign posters ahead of this weekend's general election in Bangladesh. Reuters
    A Dhaka street is decked with campaign posters ahead of this weekend's general election in Bangladesh. Reuters
  • Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return on his way to defeating Austria's Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. AFP
    Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return on his way to defeating Austria's Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. AFP
  • A reindeer's antlers are illuminated in front of the Northern Lights at a Sami camp outside Breivikeidet village, near Tromso, Norway. AFP
    A reindeer's antlers are illuminated in front of the Northern Lights at a Sami camp outside Breivikeidet village, near Tromso, Norway. AFP
  • A Japan Airlines plane on fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. AFP
    A Japan Airlines plane on fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. AFP
  • Cars wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    Cars wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
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    A flattened home in Wajima, Japan, after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the western Ishikawa prefecture. AFP

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January 02, 2024

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The story in numbers

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This is how many recognised sects Lebanon is home to, along with about four million citizens

450,000

More than this many Palestinian refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon, with about 45 per cent of them living in the country’s 12 refugee camps

1.5 million

There are just under 1 million Syrian refugees registered with the UN, although the government puts the figure upwards of 1.5m

73

The percentage of stateless people in Lebanon, who are not of Palestinian origin, born to a Lebanese mother, according to a 2012-2013 study by human rights organisation Frontiers Ruwad Association

18,000

The number of marriages recorded between Lebanese women and foreigners between the years 1995 and 2008, according to a 2009 study backed by the UN Development Programme

77,400

The number of people believed to be affected by the current nationality law, according to the 2009 UN study

4,926

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KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Akeed

Based: Muscat

Launch year: 2018

Number of employees: 40

Sector: Online food delivery

Funding: Raised $3.2m since inception 

SCORES

Multiply Titans 81-2 in 12.1 overs
(Tony de Zorzi, 34)

bt Auckland Aces 80 all out in 16 overs
(Shawn von Borg 4-15, Alfred Mothoa 2-11, Tshepo Moreki 2-16).

Updated: January 02, 2024, 11:51 AM