Fri 20 December 2024: China today called on the US to close the Guantanamo detention facility and end its “illegal occupation” of Cuba. The US has “long unlawfully occupied part of Guantanamo Bay, and carried out arbitrary detention and used torture to extort confessions at the detention facility there,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The UK’s annual inflation rate reached an 8-month high of 2.6% in November, up from 2.3% in October, according to data released on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This increase aligned with market expectations. The primary contributors to the rise were transport costs, along with recreation and culture. […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The UAE has been accused of exacerbating environmental damage in Yemen’s Socotra Island by introducing invasive agricultural seedlings since assuming control of the island in 2017. Local experts have condemned UAE-owned companies for distributing thousands of seedlings that threaten Socotra’s fragile ecosystem, reports the Yemen Press Agency. The UAE-owned Eastern Triangle Holding Company recently […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The National Department of Health has stated that there is no need for the public to panic despite the rising number of rubella cases in the country. However, citizens are encouraged to urgently visit their nearest health facilities if they experience symptoms of rubella. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: Last Friday was memorable for millions of Syrians all over the world who celebrated the liberation of their land from the Assad dynasty. Many raised the original flag used in Syria after it was liberated from French occupation. The revolutionaries chose to use it 13 years ago and removed the flag […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: Mobile phone use will be banned in primary and secondary schools across Brazil if legislation recently passed by Congress is approved by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, local media outlets reported Thursday. The law, designed to address the negative impacts of mobile phones on the health and education of children […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: Mauritania and the European Union signed a €100 million ($103.6 million) agreement Thursday aimed at promoting development and combating irregular migration. The agreement was signed during a meeting in the capital Nouakchott between Mauritanian Minister of Economy and Finance Sidi Ahmed Ould Abouh and European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela, […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The World Bank has reported that Israeli occupation forces have devastated the banking infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, destroying 93 per cent of operational bank branches over the past 15 months. The global body also highlighted a broader humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the destruction of 88 per cent of microfinance institutions […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not allow football fans to buy or consume alcohol while attending matches, senior FIFA officials have revealed. Last week, FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup, marking the second year in which a Middle Eastern country hosts the world’s largest […]
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