RUSSIAN, BELARUSIAN ATHLETES ‘NOT WELCOME’ AT OLYMPICS – PARIS MAYOR

Mon 01 April 2024: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes “were not welcome” at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year. “I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris and to tell Ukrainian athletes and all the Ukrainian people that we support them very […]

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CYPRUS CHURCH ROCKED BY MONK FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

  Avakoum Monastery (Christos Theodorides) Mon 01 April 2024: The powerful Orthodox church on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been embroiled in a scandal involving two monks accused of fraud. Cypriot police are investigating events at Osiou Avakoum monastery, located in the picturesque village of Fterikoudi in the foothills of the Troodos mountains, after […]

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RUSSIA CLAIMS FOREIGNERS DETAINED IN DAGESTAN INVOLVED IN MOSCOW CONCERT HALL ATTACK

Mon 01 April 2024: Russia on Monday claimed that foreigners detained in the Russian Republic of Dagestan during a special operation a day earlier were involved in the Moscow concert hall attack late last month, which killed 144 people. “On March 31, the FSB (Federal Security Service) of the Russian Federation in the Republic of […]

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OPPOSITION CLAIMS BIG CITY WINS IN TURKEY’S LOCAL ELECTIONS, BLOW TO ERDOGAN

Mon 01 April 2024: Turkey’s main opposition party has claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara in local elections, inflicting the biggest defeat on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in more than two decades. With more than 95 percent of ballot boxes opened in Istanbul on Sunday, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu […]

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“YEARS-LONG ASSAULT ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH”: TRUMP, BIDEN CLASH OVER TRANSGENDER DAY

  Clergy lay hands and pray over President-elect Donald J. Trump Sept. 21, 2016, at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/ REUTERS Sun 31 March 2024: The decision to have a day celebrating transgender people fall on Easter has caused tensions between the camps of Republican presidential candidate Donald […]

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AT&T SAYS 73 MILLION CUSTOMERS’ DATA HAS BEEN LEAKED ON THE DARK WEB

Sun 31 March 2024: The multinational corporation claims that contact information, passcodes, and Social Security numbers (SSNs) of millions of former and current AT&T customers have been leaked online. In a statement issued on Saturday, the largest telecommunications network in the United States stated a recently found dataset on the “dark web” contained information for […]

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ONE IN TEN PEOPLE IN GERMANY HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT

Fri 29 March 2024: One in 10 Germans has been victims of identity theft, according to a survey published on Wednesday by the Initiative Sicher Handeln (ISH). The survey conducted by the global public opinion and data company YouGov also showed that one in three Germans has encountered identity theft, either personally or through victims […]

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FRANCE WILL HELP BRAZIL DEVELOP NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES: MACRON

Thu 28 March 2024: President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that France would help Brazil develop nuclear technology for submarines, crucial assistance which has been a sensitive topic between the two nations. “I want us to open the chapter for new submarines … that we look nuclear propulsion in the face while being perfectly respectful of […]

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US TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING RELATED TO MOSCOW CONCERT HALL ATTACK: RUSSIA

Thu 28 March 2024: Russia sees the US’s focus on Daesh/ISIS being responsible for last week’s attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow region as an attempt to shift attention from something else, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. Speaking in an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia, Peskov said it […]

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RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS DISCUSS LIFTING MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY AFTER CONCERT HALL ATTACK

Wed 27 March 2024: Russian lawmakers called Tuesday for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty following last week’s attack on a concert hall in the Moscow region. Speaking at a plenary session of Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, its chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said all the necessary legislation exists and it is […]

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