Thu 22 August 2024: In June, leaders of the Group of Seven agreed on a plan to loan approximately $50 billion to Ukraine by the end of the year using interest earned on profits from the around $300 billion frozen sovereign Russian assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the decision as “theft,” and that it […]
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Thu 22 August 2024: Trinidad and Tobago is set to overhaul its coat of arms for the first time since 1962, replacing elements tied to European colonization. The move, widely celebrated across the Caribbean nation, will see the removal of Christopher Columbus’s three ships—Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria—in favor of the steelpan, a symbol of […]
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Thu 22 August 2024: New Zealand’s White Island, also known as Whakaari, erupted on Thursday, releasing a towering ash plume that grounded several domestic flights. Air New Zealand canceled 10 flights as volcanic ash drifted across flight paths. Government scientists warned that this activity, part of the island’s “typical eruptive cycles,” could persist for weeks […]
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Thu 22 August 2024: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has launched his YouTube channel, and more than a million subscribers signed up within the first 90 minutes. The 39-year-old, five-time Ballon d’Or winner plays for the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr and has represented Portugal in international tournaments for more than two decades. “The wait is over. […]
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Wed 21 August 2024: Romanian law enforcement raided the home of internet personality Andrew Tate near Bucharest on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation into serious crimes, including human trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors. The raid was witnessed by Reuters and coincided with Romanian police announcing four searches related to the investigation. Tate, […]
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Wed 21 August 2024: Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that it successfully intercepted and downed 45 Ukrainian drones during an extensive overnight attack targeting several regions, including the capital, Moscow. According to the ministry, 11 drones were shot down over the Moscow region, with an additional three taken down in the neighboring Kaluga region. […]
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Wed 21 August 2024: The Pentagon has likely undercounted the number of sexual assaults in the military, with cases much higher than official estimates, according to new research from Brown University’s Costs of War Project. Researchers looked at Defense Department data from 2001, when the US invaded Afghanistan, to 2023, and found levels were two […]
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Wed 21 August 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended “targeted vaccination” in the fight against mpox, instead of mass vaccination in areas where the virus has been detected, arguing that stopping the spread of mpox is easier than dealing with COVID-19. “It’s not recommended for mass vaccination; that’s very important. It really needs […]
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Tue 20 August 2024: Maria Branyas, the world’s oldest woman, passed away peacefully in her sleep, just as she had wished. Her family announced her death on X, expressing that she left “peacefully and without pain.” Born in San Francisco in 1907 during the second wave of the Bubonic plague, Maria moved to Spain in […]
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Sham Supermarket on Donegall Road, a Muslim business that was targeted twice during rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 11, 2024 [Photo: Facebook] Tue 20 August 2024: Several businesses were targeted in a wave of unrest that unleashed violent racism onto British streets. As rioters went on the attack in dozens of British towns and cities […]
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