HALF OF WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE FACE WIDENING GAP WITH WEALTHIEST ECONOMIES: WORLD BANK

Sun 21 April 2024: For the first time this century, half of the world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are experiencing an increasing income gap with the wealthiest economies, according to a World Bank research released on Monday, Anadolu reports. According to the paper The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, and Policies in International Development Association nations, […]

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MORE THAN 50,000 RUSSIANS KILLED IN UKRAINIAN ‘MEAT GRINDER’:REPORT

Thu 18 April 2024: Russian military casualties in the war with Ukraine have topped 50,000, according to research. The BBC, whose Russian unit has been counting deaths since Moscow’s forces invaded the neighbouring state in February 2022, revealed the number on Wednesday, noting that the rate of casualties accelerated in the second year of the […]

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NEW YORK TIMES DIRECTS REPORTERS TO AVOID AWKWARD TERMINOLOGY AND PUSH PRO-ISRAEL POINTS

Thu 18 April 2024: Facebook Sharing ButtonTwitter Sharing ButtonReddit sharing buttonWhatsApp Sharing ButtonEmail sharing button Share this sharing button. According to an internal memo obtained by The Intercept, the New York Times has directed its journalists covering Israel’s war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to limit the use of certain awkward terminology such as […]

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AZERBAIJAN, RUSSIA OFFICIALLY CONFIRM BEGINNING OF WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS FROM KARABAKH

Wed 17 April 2024: Azerbaijan and Russia officially confirmed the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh on Wednesday. Commenting at a press briefing in Moscow on media reports which said the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers started several days ago, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reports were accurate: “Yes, it really […]

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ZELENSKYY SIGNS A NEW ARMY DRAFT LAW AS UKRAINE FACES “MANPOWER SHORTAGE”

Wed 17 April 2024: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has signed a bill into law that improves army mobilization guidelines in an effort to solve the country’s severe soldier shortfall in the war against Russia. The bill will take effect one month from now, on Tuesday, following its publication on the legislative website of Ukraine. […]

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MUSLIM PUPIL LOSES UK COURT BID OVER MICHAELA SCHOOL PRAYER RITUALS BAN

Wed 17 April 2024: A Muslim pupil in the United Kingdom has lost a court challenge against a top London school’s ban on prayer rituals in a case about freedom of religion in schools that has captured national attention. The student, who cannot be named, took legal action against Michaela Community School in northwest London, […]

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WOMEN WERE TIED UP AND BURIED ALIVE IN RITUAL SACRIFICES ACROSS EUROPE IN STONE AGE: STUDY

  Researchers think that the central skeleton in the grave (marked 1) was an older woman who was buried after dying of natural causes, and that the two other skeletons (marked 2 and 3) were younger sacrificial victims bound “incaprettamento.” (Image credit: Ludes et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadl3374 (2024)) Tue 16 April 2024: STUDY UNEARTHS […]

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BRITISH HOUSEHOLDS THROW AWAY SOME 1.7B PIECES OF PLASTIC EVERY WEEK: REPORT

Tue 16 April 2024: Households in Britain throw away some 1.7 billion pieces of plastic every week, according to a new report by the UK’s Big Plastic Count initiative. According to the report, only 17% of the country’s plastic waste is recycled while 58% is incinerated, 14% exported, and 11% landfilled. Stressing that incineration releases […]

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FORMER AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RAPED COLLEAGUE IN PARLIAMENT, JUDGE FINDS

Mon 15 April 2024: A former government staffer in Australia raped a colleague in the country’s Parliament, a judge has found, rejecting his defamation claim against a broadcaster that aired his accuser’s allegations. Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann, an adviser to the previous conservative government, was not defamed in the television interview with […]

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