Tue 26 February 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that sending Western foot soldiers to Ukraine cannot be “ruled out,” as European allies announce additional measures to transport ammunition and support Kyiv’s struggle against Russia. The comments came on Monday, when some 20 European leaders gathered in Paris to give Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
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Tue 27 February 2024: The United Kingdom’s (UK) energy regulator announced on Friday that the average annual energy cost for British homes will decrease to 1,690 British pounds (about 2,140 US dollars) as of April 1. The price cap, which sets a maximum rate per unit that can be charged to customers for their energy […]
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Tue 26 February 2024: The media coverage of two dissidents reveals how Western media select those they champion and vilify. With Alexey Navalny’s death and Julian Assange’s extradition appeal happening within a week of each other, we look at the selective treatment of the two dissenters in the Western media. SOURCE: AL JAZEERA ______________________________________________________________ FOLLOW […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Jacob Rothschild, a British Jewish banker, passed away at the age of 87, his family announced on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The family said in a statement, “Our father Jacob was a towering presence in many people’s lives, a superbly accomplished financier, a champion of the arts and culture, a devoted public servant, […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Denmark has closed its investigation into the 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines, police said on Monday. Although the investigation had found that the blasts were the result of sabotage, there were insufficient grounds to bring the matter to court in Denmark, the Danish police said in a press release. […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Dozens of families who once lived in the IS ‘caliphate’ in Syria urging their governments to rescue them from barricaded camps manned by armed guards, Sky News reported. This report comes from our special correspondent Alex Crawford… Tens of thousands of women, many of them Western and once married to Islamic State […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: In the last two years, 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives fighting Russia, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said on Sunday. Speaking at a forum in the capital Kyiv, Zelenskyy said, 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers “have died in this war.” “Not 300,000 or 150,000, or whatever (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Sweden’s birthrate last year fell to a level not seen in two decades, which resulted in the slowest population increase since 2021, Swedish Television (SVT) reported on Friday. “The number of births in 2023 was the lowest since 2003, but then the population was also nearly 1.6 million smaller than today,” […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Scientists have discovered a new and wonderfully complete fossil believed to be from a 16ft (5m) long aquatic reptile that lived during the Triassic epoch. According to scientists, the creature is approximately 240 million years old and has been dubbed a “dragon” due to its very long neck. It is also […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: A man was taken to the hospital after the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said he set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy Sunday afternoon. Around 1 p.m., MPD officers responded to the 3500 block of International Drive, NW, to assist the United States Secret Service (USSS) after an individual set […]
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