AUSTRIAN POLICE SEIZE WEAPONS, NAZI SYMBOLS IN STYRIA RAID

Mon 23 December 2024: Search reveals over 70 long-barreled firearms, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and several explosive materials, alongside Nazi symbols that banned under Austrian law A police operation in Austria’s Styria province uncovered a significant cache of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and prohibited Nazi memorabilia, authorities reported on Monday.  Acting on a tip-off, law enforcement […]

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RUSSIA’S TOP ISLAMIC AUTHORITY PERMITS POLYGAMY FOR MUSLIM MEN

Mon 23 December 2024: Russia’s top Islamic authority has issued a ruling permitting polygamy in specific circumstances, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Mufti Ildar Alyautdinov, deputy chairman of the Ulama Council of Russia’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), announced the decision and outlined the conditions for religious polygamy or, more specifically polygyny, the practice […]

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BOSTON, DALLAS, AND PORTLAND JOIN STARBUCKS STRIKE AS DISPUTE ESCALATES

Mon 23 December 2024: Starbucks workers in the US have expanded their strike to Boston, Dallas and Portland amid an escalating labor dispute and just days before Christmas, the company’s union announced Sunday. The strike, now in the third day of a planned five-day escalation, has already shut down nearly 50 stores nationwide, with more […]

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WEST AFRICA WEATHER CONDITIONS DRIVE COCOA PRICES TO RECORD LEVELS OF $13K PER TON

Sun 22 December 2024: Cocoa hit a record of nearly $13,000 per ton on the Intercontinental Exchange, as sharp fluctuations continue in other commodities, especially in the agricultural group, following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win in November.  The ton price has risen more than 200% since the beginning of 2024 and reached a high of […]

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US BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK BACKS GERMANY’S FAR-RIGHT AFD BEFORE ELECTIONS

Sun 22 December 2024: Germans expected to vote on February 23 after a centre-left coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapses. US billionaire Elon Musk has backed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the European country gears up for elections in February. The AfD is running second in opinion polls and might be able […]

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EIGHT SENTENCED IN FRANCE IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER OF TEACHER SAMUEL PATY

Sun 22 December 2024: Teacher was stabbed and beheaded outside his school in Paris in 2020 after an online hate campaign. A French court has jailed eight people for their role in the murder of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad during a class debate on freedom of expression. The Paris […]

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CANADA’S JUSTIN TRUDEAU RESHUFFLES CABINET AMID PERSISTENT PRESSURE TO RESIGN

Sat 21 December 2024: Shake-up comes as prime minister is mulling his future as Liberal Party leader after top minister’s resignation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move that sent shockwaves across the country and renewed calls for Trudeau to step down as head of […]

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