PRO-RUSSIAN FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND PRO-WESTERN LIBERALS COMPETE FOR VOTES IN SLOVAKIA

Sat 30 September 2023: Slovaks are casting ballots in a closely contested parliamentary election between pro-Western liberals and left-wing former prime minister Robert Fico, who has vowed to stop military assistance to the neighboring Ukraine. Final polls showed the two parties tied, with the winner anticipated to get the first chance to form a government […]

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US CALLS ON SERBIA TO WITHDRAW ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ MILITARY DEPLOYMENT BORDERING KOSOVO

Sat 30 September 2023: Serbia is in the midst of carrying out an “unprecedented” military deployment along its border with Kosovo, the White House said Friday as it called on Belgrade to withdraw its forces. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the U.S. was “monitoring” what he called a “large Serbian military deployment along […]

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BLINKEN MEETING INDIAN COUNTERPART AMID FALLOUT OVER SIKH LEADER’S KILLING

  Secretary of State Antony Blinken stands with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, DC Fri 29 September 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with his Indian counterpart in Washington, DC, as the United States has urged India to cooperate with Canada’s investigation into the killing of a […]

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CYBERATTACKS HIT PARLIAMENT, MILITARY WEBSITES AS ‘INDIAN CYBER FORCE’ TARGETS CANADA

Fri 29 September 2023: This week, the Canadian government has been dealing with cyberattacks as an Indian hacking group claims to have created chaos in Ottawa.  CTV reported. However, Canada’s signals-intelligence agency says it’s likely that the “nuisance” attacks haven’t put sensitive information at danger. The government-controlled institutions appear to have been targeted by the […]

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EU DEAL TO SHARE OUT ASYLUM SEEKERS DUE IN DAYS – OFFICIAL

Fri 29 September 2023: The European Union’s top migration official said the bloc was set to agree on how to handle irregular immigration soon after ministers’ talks yielded no final deal on Thursday with Berlin and Rome worried over rising arrivals ahead of key elections, Reuters reports. The ministers were searching for agreement on a long-stalled system for the […]

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9 OUT OF 10 BLACK PEOPLE SUFFER DISCRIMINATION IN FRANCE, BUT STATE TURNS BLIND EYE: ACTIVIST

Fri 29 September 2023: Although nine out of 10 Black people in France report that they are exposed to discrimination, the government ignores the problems caused by racism in the country, French politician and activist Patrick Lozes said. In an interview with Anadolu on Monday, Lozes, the founder and president of the Representative Council of […]

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15 POTENTIAL GRAVESITES FOUND NEAR FORMER YUKON RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN CANADA

Fri 29 September 2023: Local researchers reported on Tuesday that they had found at least 15 possible child burials close to a former residential school in Yukon, Canada’s northwest region. The gravesites were found close to the former Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, which is south of Yukon’s capital city Whitehorse, the research team claimed […]

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BRITISH DEFENCE SECRETARY GRANT SHAPPS VISITS KYIV ‘TO BOLSTER UKRAINE’S AIR DEFENCES’

Thu 28 September 2023: British defence secretary Grant Shapps discussed how to bolster Ukraine’s air defences during talks in an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Thursday. The visit to the Ukrainian capital was Shapps’s first to Kyiv since he became defence secretary last month, Reuters reports. […]

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UK COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS SET TO “CUT LIVES SHORT”: REPORT

Wed 27 September 2023: The cost-of-living crisis in the UK, which is being fueled by inflation, is expected to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap,” according to a study published by open access journal BMJ Public Health on Monday. Inflation in the United Kingdom unexpectedly fell to 6.7% in August from a […]

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