Mon 21 October 2024: British King Charles III faced protest by an Indigenous lawmaker on Monday, telling the monarch the southern Pacific nation was “not” his land. Clad in a fur cloak, Senator Lidia Thorpe raised her voice to make Charles listen to her statement after the monarch delivered his speech in the Australian parliament. […]
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Mon 21 October 2024: Russia will host a summit of the BRICS economic bloc in Kazan on Oct. 22-24, with attendance expected from several world leaders. According to Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, 32 countries have confirmed their participation, with 24 being represented by their heads of state, while the remaining eight will send high-ranking […]
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Sun 20 October 2024: Cyprus has joined a small group of European Union (EU) countries banning mobile phones in secondary schools. Education Minister Athina Michaelidou announced that new rules will be issued in two weeks, requiring devices to be deactivated and stored during school hours, except for emergencies or educational use. The ban, approved by […]
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Sun 20 October 2024: Cocaine production in Colombia surged 53% in 2023, reaching a historic peak, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Saturday. A UNODC report highlighted that cocaine production in Colombia reached its highest level, marking the increase. It noted that last year saw a record production of 2,600 tons of […]
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Sat 19 October 2024: European companies continue layoffs in the second half of 2024 due to a stagnant economic outlook. The region seeks to reduce labor costs amid the effect of the Russia-Ukraine War on economies, structural problems in Germany and weakened consumer demand because of a tight monetary policy. Inflation is higher than pre-coronavirus […]
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Sat 19 October 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the global gross domestic product (GDP) share of BRICS countries already exceeds the indicator of the G7 and continues to grow. Putin, at a plenary session of the BRICS economic grouping in Moscow, compared the changes in the share in the global GDP between […]
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Sat 19 October 2024: The world is rapidly transitioning to an electric energy system, driven by a growing reliance on clean sources, according to an annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday. The World Energy Outlook 2024 report highlights the urgent need for governments and consumers to make strategic decisions as energy […]
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Fri 18 October 2024: The growing power of far-right parties in the European Union is increasingly reflected in the bloc’s approach to irregular migration, raising concerns among experts about potential violations of refugee rights, Anadolu Agency reports. The far right’s influence, already evident in the European Parliament (EP) elections last June, has kept migration at the forefront […]
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Fri 18 October 2024: A recent investigative report has claimed that the FBI quietly revised its 2022 violent crime statistics in a move that could have political repercussions on the cusp of the upcoming US elections. According to the report, published Wednesday by RealClearInvestigations, the FBI allegedly updated its data to show a 4.5% increase […]
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Fri 18 October 2024: Russia is preparing to take a bold step in the financial world by conducting its first experimental international payment using cryptocurrency before the end of 2024. This announcement came from Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Russian central bank, during a press conference in Moscow. While discussing the experiment, Nabiullina emphasized […]
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