Thu 20 June 2024: Russia on Wednesday demanded that the US remove all its nuclear weapons from Europe and dismantle the infrastructure for their deployment. US nuclear arms create “the most serious security problem on the continent,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news conference in Moscow. “Our demands in this regard remain unchanged, they include the withdrawal […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: Britain’s opposition Labour Party is on track to win the most seats in the party’s history at a July 4 election, according to a YouGov poll published on Wednesday. The multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) poll predicted that Labour would win 425 seats, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives expected to win 108. Nigel […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: Russia and North Korea on Wednesday signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, which will serve as the foundation for future bilateral cooperation, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un signed the document following several […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: The European Union countries have defeated opposition to greenlight a landmark nature restoration law that commits member states to revitalise at least a fifth of the bloc’s land and sea by 2030. Twenty of the 27 members of the European Council voted in favour of the legislation on Monday, giving it […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: Nvidia (NVDA.O) has ascended to the position of the world’s most valuable company, reflecting investors’ high expectations for artificial intelligence’s impact on the global economy. The semiconductor giant’s shares increased by approximately 3% on Tuesday, raising its market value to around $3.33 trillion and surpassing both Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Apple (AAPL.O). […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: Gun suicides consistently outstrip gun homicides in the US, despite drawing less attention than other forms of gun violence. Suicide rates have increased in the US over the past few decades and become a leading cause of death among young and middle-aged Americans. Gun suicides have outpaced gun homicides for the […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: New Zealand citizens are leaving the country in record numbers, with large numbers heading to Australia, new figures showed. Stats NZ’s provisional international migration data shows there were an estimated 130,600 migrant departures in the year to April – the highest on record for an annual period, The Guardian reported. Of […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Moscow last September, is expected to visit Pyongyang this week, Yonhap news reported on Monday. Speculations run high that Putin could make a two-day trip to the state starting Tuesday, the South Korean news agency said. Moscow and Pyongyang, […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: An ultra-rare one-cent US postage stamp from 1868 known as a Z-grill, one of only two in existence, was auctioned for the first time in 25 years by billionaire collector Bill Gross. Bond billionaire Bill Gross auctioned 100 rare stamps for $18.1 million on Friday, June 14, in New York, marking […]
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Sun 16 June 2024: Russian special forces freed two prison guards and killed several hostage-takers at a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don. The guards were seized by six detainees earlier on Sunday. Initially, negotiations were attempted, but the siege ended with a special operation. “The criminals were eliminated,” stated Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service, confirming the […]
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