FLAGS OF PALESTINE, ISRAEL BANNED INSIDE WEMBLEY STADIUM DURING ENGLAND GAMES

Thu 12 October 2023: Flags and shirts showing support for victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be allowed for England’s games against Australia and Italy at Wembley, the FA said on Thursday. England host Australia in a friendly on Friday before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday. “On Friday evening, […]

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NATO CHIEF: ISRAEL HAS ‘RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF’ BUT EXPECTED TO BE ‘PROPORTIONATE’

Wed 11 October 2023: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said Israel has the “right to defend itself” but added that any response was expected to be “proportionate.” On the most recent developments in ongoing clashes between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel, Stoltenberg said it was “important as this conflict continues to do whatever is […]

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UK MOM OF TWO ‘CHOKES TO DEATH’ DURING MARSHMALLOW-EATING CHALLENGE

Wed 11 October 2023: Tragically, the Welsh woman who choked to death during a marshmallow-eating challenge is not the first person to pass away after a stunt of this kind, media reported. The woman, identified as Natalie Buss by UK media, passed away during a Beddau RFC in Rhondda Cynon Taf rugby club fundraiser. She […]

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YELLEN: G7 PRICE CAP ON OIL HAS ‘SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RUSSIAN REVENUE’

Wed 11 October 2023: The US Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, on Wednesday said a G7-led price cap on Russian oil had sharply reduced Russian revenues over the past 10 months, and that it was critical to keep imposing severe and increasing costs on Russia over its war in Ukraine. Reuters reports she added that global energy […]

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MINNESOTA MAN SETS NEW RECORD FOR WORLD’S LARGEST PUMPKIN

Wed 11 October 2023: A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd. Travis Gienger, a horticulture and landscape teacher at Anoka Technical College, set a new world record Monday for growing the plumpest pumpkin on the planet after growing one weighing […]

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‘HIGH VISIBILITY’ POLICE PATROLS IN UK AMID HATE CRIME FEARS

Tue 10 October 2023: British Transport Police is carrying out “high visibility patrols” to ensure communities feel safe following the Israel-Hamas conflict.  “Everyone has the right to travel safely, and no one should be targeted because of who they are,” the police force said.  It comes as several warnings have been issued about hate crime […]

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RUSSIA LAUNCHES DOZENS OF DRONES INTO UKRAINE IN LATEST AIR RAID: KYIV

Tue 10 October 2023: Russia launched 36 drone attacks overnight on Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s air force, in Moscow’s latest air raid targeting the country. Ukraine’s air force said in a statement on Tuesday that its defence systems had destroyed 27 of the drones. The attacks using Iran-made Shahed drones targeted the Odesa, Mykolaiv and […]

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NASA TO REVEAL 4.5 BILLION-YEAR-OLD ASTEROID SAMPLE ON OCTOBER 11

Image Credit: NASA Tue 10 October 2023: NASA is gearing up to unveil the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the groundbreaking OSIRIS-REx mission on October 11. The results of their analysis of the returned asteroid sample will also be discussed for the first time on the same day. Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx […]

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RUSSIAN MODULE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUFFERS COOLANT LEAK

Mon 09 October 2023: Russia’s space agency said on Monday that its multipurpose Nauka module attached to the International Space Station suffered a leak of a backup cooling system used to regulate onboard temperatures for astronauts. The crew and the station “are not in danger” as astronauts assess the leak, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, […]

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UK HOME SECRETARY BRAVERMAN URGES POLICE CHIEFS TO CRACK DOWN ON ANTI-JEWISH HATE

Mon 09 October 2023: Police chiefs have been urged to step up patrols to prevent anti-Jewish disorder following the violence between Hamas and Israel. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has written to forces in England and Wales telling them to “use all available powers to prevent disorder and distress to our communities”. She said officers should […]

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