GAS STATION FIRE IN RUSSIA’S MUSLIM MAJORITY DAGESTAN KILLS 35, INCLUDING 3 CHILDREN

Tue 15 August 2023: A deadly fire tore through a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, claiming the lives of 35, including three children, while dozens of others were sustained injuries, media reports said Tuesday. The flames initially ignited at an auto repair shop situated along a highway in the capital city […]

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UK FAMILIES FORCED ‘TO MAKE DESPERATE CHOICES’ DUE TO RISING FOOD COSTS

Mon 14 August 2023: The cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last two years, forcing poorer households to “make desperate choices between keeping up with their bill payments or putting food on the table,” campaigners said. Food price inflation has slowed in […]

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POPE FRANCIS DENOUNCES ‘PAIN AND SHAME’ OF MEDITERRANEAN MIGRANT DEATHS

Mon 14 August 2023: Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the “open wound” of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earlier this month. “With both pain and shame we must declare that, since the start of the year, already almost […]

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FAR-RIGHT POPULIST MILEI WINS MOST VOTES IN ARGENTINA’S PRIMARY ELECTION

Mon 14 August 2023: In a primary election to select candidates for the October presidential elections, a far-right populist contender shocked Argentina’s political establishment by garnering the most votes. Unofficial results show that Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, won 30.5 percent of the vote on Sunday after almost 90% of the votes had been […]

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GRAVE FOUND IN POLAND CONTAINS THE REMAINS OF 17TH-CENTURY ‘VAMPIRE CHILD’ WITH PADLOCKED ANKLES

Sun 13 August 2023: Archaeologists believe they have discovered the remains of a 17th-century “vampire” infant who was buried face down and padlocked to the earth. The burial was discovered in Poland amid a necropolis where hundreds of people were buried throughout time. Padlocks were used to ensure that the infant would not rise from […]

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AI WILL HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON UK THAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – OLIVER DOWDEN

Sun 13 August 2023: The Industrial Revolution may not have had the same impact on Britain as artificial intelligence, but there is a risk that hackers could exploit it to obtain private data held by the government, the deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden has said, Dowden said that AI may increase productivity and handle boring […]

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