Sat 30 November 2024: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia in its war against Ukraine, state-run media reported on Saturday. According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim met with visiting Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov in Pyongyang on Friday and praised the growing ties between the two […]
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Fri 29 November 2024: Numbers fell 20 percent from the record high to 728,000 in the year to June 2024. Net migration to the United Kingdom soared to more than 900,000 last year, although tougher visa rules have started to reduce the number of arrivals, official data showed. Data from the Office for National Statistics on Thursday […]
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Fri 29 November 2024: Wage inequality has declined in two-thirds of countries since the start of the 21st century, while there are also persistent challenges, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) latest report said on Thursday, The report revealed that wage inequality has decreased globally at an annual rate of 0.5% to 1.7% since 2000, with […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: France, which is under pressure over its stance on an international arrest warrant issued for Israel’s Prime Minister, declined on Thursday to say whether it would be prepared to arrest Russian President, Vladimir Putin, under a similar warrant, Reuters reports. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last week for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that if the West transfers nuclear weapons to Ukraine, Russia will respond with all available weapons. Speaking at a news conference in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana, Putin vowed to prevent the “appearance” of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. “In this case, (Ukraine gets nuclear arms […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: Safeguarding agencies are failing to listen to children who have been sexually abused by family members with devastating consequences, amid a “worrying evaporation” of skills among the professionals meant to protect them, a report found. A review of the experiences of 193 children in England who were victims of sexual abuse […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail for the third time by a judge in New York City. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Arun Subramanian rejected the motion, which sought a $50 million bail package allowing Combs to serve house arrest. The judge cited evidence […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: The Russian rouble has dropped to its lowest level in more than 32 months amid geopolitical risks over the escalation of the war in Ukraine and new United States sanctions. The currency fell beyond 110 to the US dollar on Wednesday for the first time since March 16, 2022, the Russian […]
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Thu 28 November 2024: The outgoing White House administration is reported to be preparing a new weapons package to bolster Kyiv before President Joe Biden leaves office in January. Speaking to reporters, an unnamed senior US official said on Wednesday that Ukraine should consider lowering the age of military service from 25 to 18 years, […]
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Wed 27 November 2024: Use of the illicit drug ketamine in Australia has risen to a record high, analysis of drug levels found in sewage has found. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) on Thursday published the 23rd report from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program. Based on data collected from 59 sites across the […]
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