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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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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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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Wed 27 March 2024: The number of Britons without financial savings has jumped by more than one million in the past year, with the financial security of working families plunged into chaos, according to a new analysis of poverty figures. Around 7.9 million people had no savings in the bank account in the year 2022/23 […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: A UK High Court ruling on Tuesday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the US and set a new hearing date for the case in May before adjourning it. In a partial victory for Assange, the UK High Court has decided against his immediate extradition […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: Fertility rates in nearly every country will be too low to sustain their populations by the end of this century, a major study has warned. By 2100, populations in 198 of 204 countries will be shrinking, with most births taking place in poor countries, the study published in the Lancet showed […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a container ship ran into it. Media reports said that the vessel crashed into the bridge at about 1:30am on Tuesday, catching fire before sinking. Kevin Cartwright, of the Baltimore Fire Department, says up to 20 people are feared to be in the […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: Like the US and the UK, New Zealand has accused Beijing of malicious cyberactivity by claiming that state-sponsored hackers from China attacked parliament. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Tuesday that the cyberattack was “unacceptable” and that his country’s concerns had been conveyed directly to Beijing. “Foreign interference of this […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping digital law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive, said on Monday that it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: France on Sunday (Mar 24) announced that it will be escalating its terror alert warning to the highest level. This decision, as per Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, has been taken in response to the recent shootings in Moscow. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Attal stated that the move, which […]
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