ZELENSKYY NOMINATES FIRST MUSLIM DEFENSE MINISTER AMID ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE

Sun 03 September 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday that he had chosen to remove Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and would seek parliament this week to replace him with Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s biggest privatization fund. If Umerov’s appointment is approved by parliament, he will be Ukraine’s first Muslim and Crimean […]

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MORE CANADIANS STRUGGLING TO MEET MONTHLY BILLS, SURVEY SHOWS

Sun 03 September 2023: A new poll suggested nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, and young people are more likely to say their finances are in poor shape. It also suggests the Conservatives, who are hammering home a message about affordability, […]

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RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR UNINVITED TO NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY IN SWEDEN

Sun 03 September 2023: Following intense opposition from Swedish legislators, the Nobel Foundation reversed its decision to invite Russia’s envoy to Sweden to the Nobel Prize ceremony. The Nobel Prize foundation stated in a statement released on Saturday in Stockholm, “We … choose to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – that is, to […]

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RUSSIA SIGNS 280,000 FOR CONTRACT MILITARY SERVICE THIS YEAR, SAYS MEDVEDEV

Sun 03 September 2023: Some 280,000 people have signed up so far this year for professional service with Russia’s military, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, former President Dmitry Medvedev, said on Sunday. Visiting Russia’s Far East, Medvedev said he was meeting local officials to work on efforts to beef up the armed […]

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RUSSIA RISKS DIVIDING ITS FORCES TO STOP UKRAINIAN BREAKTHROUGH, SAYS UK MOD

Sat 02 September 2023: Russia risks splitting its troops as it seeks to prevent a Ukrainian breakthrough in Ukraine’s south, the UK Ministry of Defence says. In its latest intelligence update, the ministry said Ukrainian forces continued to take offensive action on the Orikhiv axis in southern Ukraine, with units reaching the first Russian main defensive line. “Russian forces, […]

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CANADA SHUNS TRADE TALKS WITH INDIA AMID KHALISTAN TENSIONS

Sat 02 September 2023: Just before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to New Delhi, India’s ambassador to Canada claims that Ottawa has put the brakes on trade talks, CTV rported. Sanjay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner, claimed that Ottawa had requested a halt to ongoing negotiations for an Early Progress Trade Agreement “within the […]

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LOOTED FROM TURKIYE, US AUTHORITIES SEIZE ROMAN EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS STATUE IN OHIO MUSEUM

Sat 02 September 2023: A headless bronze statue, believed to portray the Roman statesman, Marcus Aurelius, and suspected to have been looted from Turkiye, has been confiscated by US authorities in an Ohio museum, according to a report Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The New York Times reported that the statue is currently not on display at the Cleveland Museum […]

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BRAZIL’S BOLSONARO REMAINS SILENT ABOUT UNDECLARED SAUDI AND BAHRAINI JEWELLERY GIFTS

Fri 01 September 2023: Former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, and his wife, Michelle, chose to remain silent when they appeared before Federal Police on Thursday to testify in an investigation into jewellery gifts that they received from Arab heads of state and never declared, Reuters reports. They were called to testify at Police headquarters in Brasilia, along […]

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