Fri 01 November 2024: Hunger is projected to worsen in 16 “hotspots” around the globe, including Sudan, where conflict has left millions at risk of starving, according to a report released Thursday. The report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said acute food insecurity threatens 22 countries. It […]
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.Fri 01 November 2024: Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’. Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch on Wednesday, slamming Brazil’s officials for “blocking” its […]
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.Fri 01 November 2024: The death toll from rain-triggered flash floods in Spain has risen to at least 158, with the number likely to increase in the coming days, according to emergency rescue services in the country on Thursday afternoon. In Valencia alone, at least 155 fatalities were confirmed from the floods that struck between […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: The Kremlin announced Thursday that a massive fine imposed on Google is intended to encourage the U.S. tech giant to reconsider its restrictions on Russian channels on YouTube. During a Moscow press briefing, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov explained, “These demands illustrate the essence of our broadcasters’ complaints against Google. The platform […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for president Wednesday, citing his commitment to country over party and calling Republican nominee Donald Trump’s actions “un-American.” “I will always be an American before I am a Republican,” Schwarzenegger wrote in a social media post. […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead. Entombed in an unmarked cemetery in Pien, northern Poland, the young woman was one of dozens feared by her neighbours to have been a […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Missing children and unmarked graves at Indian Residential Schools in Canada should be probed by a national commission, said a final report released Tuesday. The report’s author, Kimberly Murray, said the commission should have a 20-year mandate and be led by Indigenous representatives. Murray, flanked by Indigenous residential school survivors, unveiled […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Tragic flooding in Spain’s Valencia region has led to the loss of 51 lives, as reported by the Interior Ministry’s Center for Integrated Operational Coordination. The storm, labeled as the most severe in the past century, unleashed devastation reminiscent only of major storms from the 1980s, according to Spain’s meteorology agency. […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: The quest for life on Mars has revealed fresh information, indicating that the red planet was likely habitable until recently. A new report suggests that Mars was likely teeming with life billions of years ago. Scientists have been searching for evidence of life on the neighboring planet, and if it did […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new nuclear training exercise on Tuesday, saying Moscow needed to have its nuclear forces ready for use. Russia’s latest round of nuclear drills is necessary to maintain nuclear parity and the balance of power in the world, but is not an indication that Moscow wants a new […]
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