FRANCE POLICE CLEAR MIGRANT CAMPS AHEAD OF OLYMPIC GAMES

Fri 26  April 2024: French authorities have been conducting evictions of migrants and refugees from areas in the capital Paris, apparently in preparation for the country’s hosting of the Olympic Games in three months. In recent weeks, police and gendarmes in Paris have been seen entering and clearing makeshift camps located throughout the city, such […]

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SHOPLIFTING OFFENCES RISE TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN UK WITH ALMOST 1,200 OFFENCES A DAY

CCTV footage shows group of girls stealing croissants in East Sussex on 18 July, 2022 Fri 26  April 2024: There is currently an alarming rise in criminal activity in the United Kingdom, including record-breaking rates of shoplifting and property and a commercial robberies. The UK saw a record high of nearly 1,200 shoplifting incidents each […]

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“WAR FOOTING”: UK TO BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING TO 2.5% BY 2030, SAYS PM SUNAK

Wed 24 April 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that he has fully funded plans to increase defense spending every year to 2.5% of the country’s gross domestic product by 2030. At a news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at a military base in Poland, Sunak declared Britain’s commitment to bolstering […]

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TRUMP HAS SLIGHT EDGE OVER BIDEN IN U.S. SWING STATES – POLLS

Wed 24 April 2024: Seven U.S. states are likely to decide the outcome of the U.S. presidential election between Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican president Donald Trump in November – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. These states – known as swing states because they swing between Democratic and Republican candidates – play a critical role in determining […]

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UK SET TO BAN TOBACCO SALES FOR A ‘SMOKE-FREE’ GENERATION. WILL IT WORK?

Sun 21 April 2024: Britain is set to impose tough measures to stub out smoking, which has emerged as one of the biggest causes of cancer deaths in the country. Parliament approved the government’s “historic” plans to create a “smoke-free” generation on Tuesday in a bid to reduce the number of people dying from smoking-related […]

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KREMLIN WARNS OF ‘IRREPARABLE DAMAGE’ AS US PLANS TO USE FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS FOR UKRAINE

Sun 21 April 2024: Moscow warned that a US decision to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine will cause “irreparable damage” to America’s image, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. In response to a US decision to use the assets to benefit Ukraine, Peskov said the confiscation would also scare off Russian investors. Peskov evaluated […]

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HALF OF WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE FACE WIDENING GAP WITH WEALTHIEST ECONOMIES: WORLD BANK

Sun 21 April 2024: For the first time this century, half of the world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are experiencing an increasing income gap with the wealthiest economies, according to a World Bank research released on Monday, Anadolu reports. According to the paper The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, and Policies in International Development Association nations, […]

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MORE THAN 50,000 RUSSIANS KILLED IN UKRAINIAN ‘MEAT GRINDER’:REPORT

Thu 18 April 2024: Russian military casualties in the war with Ukraine have topped 50,000, according to research. The BBC, whose Russian unit has been counting deaths since Moscow’s forces invaded the neighbouring state in February 2022, revealed the number on Wednesday, noting that the rate of casualties accelerated in the second year of the […]

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NEW YORK TIMES DIRECTS REPORTERS TO AVOID AWKWARD TERMINOLOGY AND PUSH PRO-ISRAEL POINTS

Thu 18 April 2024: Facebook Sharing ButtonTwitter Sharing ButtonReddit sharing buttonWhatsApp Sharing ButtonEmail sharing button Share this sharing button. According to an internal memo obtained by The Intercept, the New York Times has directed its journalists covering Israel’s war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to limit the use of certain awkward terminology such as […]

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