Fri 13 December 2024: A proposal to erect a £46 million ($58.45 million) statue of Queen Elizabeth II has come under scrutiny, with critics calling it an “appalling waste of money,” given the current economic struggles faced by many in the UK. The cost is estimated to be equivalent to the salaries of more than 1,000 National Health Service (NHS) […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Pope Francis on Thursday called on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican’s In a message for world peace, Francis referred to St. John Paul II’s admonition in Jubilee Year 2000 that debt “threatens the future of many […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: The Kremlin on Thursday said that US President-elect Donald Trump did not send Russian President Vladimir Putin an invitation to attend his inauguration in January. Speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they have not received an invitation extended by Trump. Peskov’s remarks came as […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, a company spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, said the donation was a departure from past practice by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta. Zuckerberg had declined to endorse either Donald Trump or Joe Biden […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: One in 160 people were estimated to be homeless in England on a given night this year, new research from Shelter has suggested. The charity said its research into people living in temporary accommodation, sleeping on the streets and living in hostels is “the most comprehensive overview of recorded homelessness in England”. But its […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Transport services in Italy and France are set to face significant disruptions as workers launch a series of strikes over economic policies and labor rights, with the protests coinciding with the holiday travel season. In Italy, a 24-hour general strike scheduled for Dec. 13 will impact airline, rail, and public transport […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: A newly-published research on Tuesday shed a light on widespread anti-Muslim bias in British media with GB News accounted for half of UK news channels coverage about Muslims and Islam, much of it with negative portrayals. Following a two-year analysis, the research produced by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CFMM) showed […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: A court in Italy has ruled that Germany must pay an additional €4 million ($4.2 million) in compensation to relatives of those killed in a Nazi massacre in the village of Pietransieri during World War II, bringing the total compensation amount to €15 million ($15.8 million). An appeals court in L’Aquila, […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: The companies have asked an appeals court to temporarily block the law that would enforce a ban on the app in the United States. China-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance divest TikTok by January […]
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Mon 09 December 2024: The US’ oldest dictionary, Merriam-Webster, a direct descendant of the pioneering 1806 dictionary by Noah Webster, has picked “polarization” as the word of 2024. The dictionary said on its website that the term was widely used in US media during the presidential election to highlight divisions in society. It also reflected […]
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