Thu 19 December 2024: The Palestinian Authority ministry of education has said that the ongoing Israeli offensive in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza Strip has killed 12,800 Palestinians students since October 2023. With 600 teachers and administrators killed and 3,800 wounded, the casualty figures, said the ministry, are “horrifying”. In a statement on […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries can perform the lesser pilgrimage, Umrah, at any time of the year. Al Arabiya reports that several options are available for organising Umrah. Pilgrims can purchase packages through the official Nusuk platform, the kingdom’s digital […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Government has extended the registration deadline for spaza shops and other food handling outlets to 28 February 2025, as announced by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, on Wednesday. This follows the end of the initial 21-day registration period, which concluded on Tuesday, 17 December 2024. A total of […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: NATO on Wednesday reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina‘s sovereignty, security, and stability during a high-level meeting at its headquarters in Brussels. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte welcomed Zeljka Cvijanovic, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency chairwoman, emphasizing the alliance’s nearly three-decade-long partnership with the country and the Western Balkans. “Bosnia and Herzegovina can count […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad allegedly provided the coordinates of the country’s military targets to Israel before his departure to ensure his own safety, Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper, reported. According to the commentator, “a reliable source” informed him that Assad had allegedly given a list “indicating the location of weapons depots, missile […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: These holidays, planet Earth looks likely to be hotter than ever before. Research found that in 2024, global temperatures temporarily rose 1.5°C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900 – a pre-industrial time when the first global temperatures were recorded. This is a huge worry because, to avert the most damaging effects of climate […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Yesterday morning thousands of Syrians took to the streets of Damascus and across Syria to celebrate living in a country free of the authoritarian regime of Bashar Al-Assad as the rebels had announced the overthrow of his regime of 24 years. Opposition fighters entered the capital Damascus around 5am local time […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phony cryptocurrency investments. The suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Pope Francis has said that he escaped two attempts on his life during his historic visit to Iraq in 2021. He made this claim in his upcoming autobiography, which will be released next month. On Tuesday (Dec 17), Italian media published an excerpt from the autobiography titled “Hope” which talked about […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Apple “could not have been unaware” that its supply chain was contaminated with “blood minerals,” a lawyer representing the Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday. The trial in the capital Kinshasa marks the first in a series of legal actions against major corporations. Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners said Apple was chosen as […]
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