Thu 11 January 2024: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Western hesitation on aid is emboldening Russia – comments he made during a visit to Lithuania as he embarked on a previously unannounced tour of three Baltic states. On Wednesday, Zelenskyy told his Lithuanian counterpart that Ukraine must strengthen its air defences and replenish […]
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Wed 10 January 2024: More than half of the reports of child sexual abuse in England and Wales in 2022 were made against people aged under 18, according to police figures. According to police, the increase in child-on-child abuse is due to children’s easy access to smartphones and violent pornography. According to data collected from […]
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Wed 10 January 2024: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that it had not yet granted approval of spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), despite a post appearing on its official X account saying it had done so. “The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. The SEC has not […]
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Tue 09 January 2024: Police in New York have arrested at least ten Orthodox Jews after clashes broke out at a well-established synagogue in Brooklyn yesterday, after attempts by construction workers to fill an illegal tunnel with cement were disrupted by a group of young students. According to reports, the secret passageway was dug underneath […]
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Tue 09 January 2024: A third of UN member states have already opted for de-dollarization and decided to rely on national currencies to conduct payments, Sputnik’s analysis found. The analysis, which looked into statements made by officials from 193 UN countries in international and Russian media, showed that representatives of at least 68 UN nations […]
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Tue 09 January 2024: Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders, seeking to woo partners for a coalition government after the Nov. 22 elections in the Netherlands, has withdrawn an anti-Islamic bill, local media reported on Monday. Wilders sent a letter to Martin Bosma, head of the lower house of the parliament, seeking to withdraw a 2018 […]
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Mon 08 January 2024: Pope Francis called Monday for a global ban on surrogacy, calling the practice “deplorable.” “A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract. Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally,” he told ambassadors accredited to the […]
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Mon 08 January 2024: More than 1 million people in England died prematurely in the decade after 2011 owing to a combination of poverty, austerity and COVID, according to “shocking” new research by one of the UK’s leading public health experts. The figures are revealed in a study by the Institute of Health Equity at University College […]
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Mon 08 January 2024: The Nazi salute and other hate symbols are illegal in Australia. Legislation prohibiting the salute and the display or sale of symbols affiliated with terrorist groups went into force on Monday, as the Australian government responded to an increase in hate and anti-Semitic acts in recent months, particularly during Israel’s bombardment […]
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Sun 07 January 2024: Celebrating Orthodox Christmas, President Vladimir Putin has pledged to support soldiers defending Russia as his army sent another barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight. Speaking on the eve of Sunday’s Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin chief promised military families that his government would offer increased backing to “Russian warriors” engaged […]
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