Fri 01 September 2023: Two cargo vessels have left a port near Odessa, Ukraine’s deputy Prime Minister said on Friday – the third and fourth to transit from deep-water Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea since Russia withdrew from a safe-passage deal for grain ships, Reuters reports. Oleksandr Kubrakov said the Liberia-flagged “Anna-Theresa” and Marshall Islands-flagged “Ocean […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: A senior Ukrainian official says drone strikes on Russian soil will increase and that recent such attacks showed that the war was gradually shifting to Russia. In an interview, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak also ruled out peace talks for now, saying any negotiations would result in “capitulation” on the part of […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: The video was unveiled on Wednesday through a Telegram channel associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military organization, a mere week following reports of his demise in a fiery plane crash. In the footage, Prigozhin, 62, is seen clad in camouflage attire, including a matching hat, and wearing a watch on his […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: The Church of England clergy want the Anglican teachings on homosexuality changed at an upcoming General Synod, as well as making it possible for priests to marry gay couples and gay priests to get married, according to a study by The Times. The majority of the nearly 1,200 respondents agreed that […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: Officials in Argentina announced Tuesday that scores of sea lions had died from bird flu, as an unprecedented global outbreak continues to kill wildlife, prompting fears that it could spread more easily among humans. Animal health authorities have recently reported dead sea lions in several locations along Argentina’s extensive Atlantic coast, […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: A First Nation has found 79 suspected child grave sites and 14 potential infant grave sites at a former residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada, CTV News reported Tuesday. “This is not a final number. It breaks my heart that there are likely more,” English River First Nation chief Jenny Wolverine was […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Nearly one-third of Germans share populist right-wing views, according to a new study published on Tuesday. The representative study revealed that conspiracy theories and far-right narratives were endorsed by larger groups in society. Some “7% of Germans have a very strong attachment to right-wing populism, and 11% of them have a […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Washington, DC – X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has lifted a ban on political advertising, though it says it will still prohibit the promotion of false information. The move comes as the 2024 election campaign season in the United States kicks off. In a blog post on Tuesday, X laid out its […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Pope Francis, announcing that he will issue a new document on the protection of nature, said on Wednesday he was doing so because a “terrible world war” against the environment was taking place. Speaking at his weekly general audience, Francis said the document, a followup to his landmark 2015 encyclical “Laudato […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! Stargazers are in for a double treat this week: a blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind. Here is what to know about this rare celestial event: What is a blue supermoon? The term “supermoon” was coined in 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to […]
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