BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA SAYS THE WORLD WILL NOT BE THE SAME AFTER BRICS EXPANSION

Wed 30 August 2023: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that the world with its different blocs and powers “will not be the same after the expansion of the BRICS group” during the recent South African summit. President da Silva, otherwise known simply as Lula, made his comment in a weekly video […]

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ASYLUM SEEKERS CAN NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED BY BELGIUM IF THEY ARE SINGLE, MALE

Wed 30 August 2023: Belgium has suspended receiving single, male asylum seekers, media reports said Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Migration and Asylum Minister, Nicole de Moor, confirmed media reports that Fedasil, the agency that manages asylum reception sites, has been instructed to stop giving single men access to asylum reception and she said the focus would […]

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NEW YORK CITY ALLOWING ISLAMIC CALL TO PRAYER ON FRIDAYS, RAMADAN

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a new NYPD initiative to support and facilitate the Islamic call to public prayer at regularly prescribed times each Friday and during the holy month of Ramadan, at City Hall on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Wed 30 August 2023: Mayor Eric Adams announced […]

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‘STUPID AND DANGEROUS’: META’S NEWS BAN FUELS ANGER AMID CANADA WILDFIRES

Wed 30 August 2023: Experts say impasse over contentious Canadian law should make media outlets rethink reliance on social media platforms. As fires raged in Canada’s vast Northwest Territories earlier this month, officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people before the flames could reach the capital of Yellowknife. A citywide evacuation deadline loomed and ensuring […]

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REFUGEE CHILDREN HELD IN ADULT PRISONS WITH SEX OFFENDERS IN UK

Tue 29 August 2023: The Humans for Rights Network has identified an increasing number of cases in which child refugees who have arrived in the United Kingdom on small boats are being held in adult prisons alongside sex offenders. Several of these minors, particularly those from Sudan and South Sudan, appear to have been victims […]

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WAG­N­ER CHIEF PRIGOZHIN BURIED IN PRI­VATE FU­NER­AL NEAR ST PE­TERS­BURG

Tue 29 August 2023: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian mercenary Wagner’s chief, has been buried privately at a funeral near St Petersburg, according to his press service. A “farewell ceremony” for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, took place behind closed doors, his spokespeople said on Tuesday in a statement on […]

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PUTIN ‘NOT FORESEEN’ TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF WAGNER HEAD PRIGOZHIN- KREMLIN

Tue 29 August 2023: On Tuesday, the Kremlin declared that it is “not foreseen” that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the funeral of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. “The president’s presence is not foreseen. We don’t have information specifically about the funeral. The decision on this matter is made by relatives and friends, here we […]

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POLAND, BALTIC STATES CALL ON BELARUS TO EXPEL RUSSIA’S WAGNER MERCENARIES

Mon 28 August 2023: Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have demanded that Belarus expel the Russian Wagner mercenary group from its territory, Polish media reported on Monday. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said at a joint press conference with the interior ministers of the Baltic states that they all demand […]

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RISING COST OF INSURANCE IN UK IS DRIVING MOTORISTS TO SELL THEIR CARS

Mon 28 August 2023: The soaring cost of car insurance is driving hard-up motorists, already struggling with rising road tax and fuel prices, to sell their vehicles. Car insurance is now the third-biggest household bill, behind council tax and energy, according to the comparison site Confused.com, The Independent reported. The Independent revealed earlier this month that average premiums […]

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