Voters cast ballots in Simferopol, Crimea Photo: AP Fri 15 March 2024: For the first time, people across Russia and in the annexed regions of Ukraine will vote for three days in the presidential election from today to Sunday. Results will follow shortly afterwards, and the winner will be inaugurated in May. The multiday […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: The UK government will today unveil a new definition of extremism which appears to target Muslims, despite an eruption of hate crimes against Jews and Muslims since the 7 October Hamas incursion in southern Israel. Critics say that the change risks infringing on freedom of speech. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Dog owners find it amusing when their pets lick their faces. Some people actively enjoy their pets’ affection, while others actively push their dogs away. Although that’s a touching scene, the dog owner shouldn’t do it. Jacqueline Boyd, a senior lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, explains in an […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Pope Francis issued a fresh condemnation of all wars on Wednesday, days after irking Kyiv and Western capitals for appearing to suggest that Ukraine should surrender and negotiate peace with its Russian invader, Reuters reports. Francis had told Swiss broadcaster, RSI, that Ukraine should “show the courage of the white flag” and open talks with Russia, but his deputy Cardinal, Pietro Parolin, […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Italy encountered a record of more than 1,400 cyberattacks last year, a government cabinet official said on Wednesday. Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano told lawmakers that the agency he heads investigated 1,411 “significant” cyber-security attacks that had some impact on Italian entities, saying, “That is a significant increase compared to 2022.” Ransomware […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: Some 26 workers were rescued hours after a gold mine collapsed in Australia’s Victoria state on Wednesday, local media reported. Rescuers are working to free one miner who remains trapped in the Ballarat Gold Mine after a rockfall, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Earlier, some 27 workers were trapped after a […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: A Russian court has fined Google 4 million rubles ($43,680) for failing to block access to certain content banned in Russia. The court found Google guilty of failing to comply with the law by not restricting access to some prohibited content on YouTube. “Google LLC. was found guilty of committing an […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: 45 companies in Germany began a six-month experiment of a four-day workweek, which will see workers work one fewer day per week for the same salary. The non-profit group 4 Day Week Global (4DWG) is collaborating with Intraprenor, a human resource consultant located in Berlin, to lead the campaign. The labor […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: The US government and the United Nations, on Tuesday, expressed concerns about a contentious religion-based citizenship law in India, with the UN calling the legislation “fundamentally discriminatory in nature”, Reuters reports. Rights advocates have criticised the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, which the Indian government moved to implement on Monday. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say it discriminates against […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: The number of children who died before the age of five globally reached a historic low of 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released on Wednesday by the United Nations (UN) Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. A report by the Group found that the global under-five mortality […]
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