Fri 07 June 2024: Banknotes in Britain, bearing the image of King Charles III, went into circulation for the first time on Wednesday- two years after he was crowned after his mother Queen Elizabeth’s death. The four banknotes with the king’s portrait on the front carry values of £5 ($6.4), £10, £20 and £50. The […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: The UN General Assembly, on Thursday, elected five non-permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2025-2026 term. Somalia, Pakistan, Panama, Greece and Denmark won elections at the General Assembly. Somalia received 179 votes, Pakistan 182, Panama 183, Greece 182 and Denmark 184, meeting the criterion of obtaining two-thirds […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: “In my opinion, one of the United States’ colossal mistakes is to prohibit the use of dollar in international transactions and to turn it into a tool for some sort of struggle. This is total nonsense, they are undermining the trust in the dollar. This is just ridiculous,” he said at […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects airlines’ net income to hit $30.5 billion in 2024, up 11.3% from last year. Airlines are projected to see a historic high of $996 billion in revenues and a record $936 billion expenses this year, according to the Global Outlook for Air Transport report […]
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Some 2,000 people are thought to have been buried when mud and rocks gave way in the early hours of Friday morning [UNDP via AFP] Wed 05 June 2024: Papua New Guinea has officially halted the search for approximately 2,000 people buried under a massive landslide in Enga province, authorities said on Wednesday. Much […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope temporarily suspended operations, the US space agency announced Tuesday. “NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode May 24 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue, suspending science operations. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health,” NASA said in a statement. “The telescope automatically […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: The Kremlin on Tuesday said it welcomed Türkiye’s interest in the BRICS economic bloc. “We, of course, all welcome the increased interest in BRICS on the part of our neighbors, including such important partners as Türkiye,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a press briefing in Moscow. Expressing that Türkiye’s […]
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Mon 03 June 2024: NATO’s recent move to strengthen its eastern border is aimed at deterring Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, adding it should be clear to Moscow that the alliance will be ready to defend itself if necessary. Speaking at the Eastern German Economic Forum also attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister […]
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Mon 03 June 2024: Rupert Murdoch, the 93-year-old right-wing media tycoon, has married for the fifth time, tying the knot with 67-year-old retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova. The ceremony took place at Murdoch’s vineyard in Bel-Air, California, as reported by the Sun, which Murdoch owns. Zhukova is the mother of Dasha Zhukova, a Russian American […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: Russian forces have launched a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine that damaged energy infrastructure in five regions, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday the attacks struck facilities in the eastern Donetsk, southeastern Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk […]
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