Fri 11 August 2023: Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are detained unlawfully by the US government which denies them the right to fair trial, and fails to protect them from sexual, physical and psychological abuse, a lawyer said. Lawyer Anas Mustapha, who is in charge of the Guantanamo project of CAGE, a London-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that […]
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Thu 10 August 2023: British retail chain Wilko on Thursday announced it collapsed into administration after efforts to rescue hundreds of shops and thousands of jobs failed. The retail chain said that it has so far been unable to find enough investment to save its 400 shops and more than 12,000 jobs. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), considered […]
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Thu 10 August 2023: Rapidly spreading wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 36 people on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say. Strong winds from a far-off hurricane fueled the fires in the city of Lahaina, the island’s primary tourist attraction, resulting in the fatalities. At least 36 killed as wildfires tear through […]
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Investigators look into a damaged building in Moscow’s “Moscow City” commercial sector following an alleged drone strike, early Sunday, July 30, 2023. Thu 10 August 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report […]
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A police officer is assisted after being wounded. Thu 10 August 2023: 60-days state of emergency declared in Ecuador in response to the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio during a campaign rally in Quito. Villavicencio, 59, a prominent critic of corruption and organized crime, was assassinated during a campaign event on Wednesday, amid […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: More than a fifth of UK employees said they have faced discrimination in the workplace because of their identity but the figure was lower than in the US and other European countries, according to new research. People from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as those belonging to the LGBT+ community […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: On Tuesday, Canadian media organizations condemned Meta’s decision to block news information on Facebook and Instagram as “anticompetitive” and sought an investigation. Bill C-18 demanded that tech companies like Meta and Google share income with Canadian news sources for news uploaded on their media platforms. Meta restricted news content in Canada […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: An Islamic funeral was conducted Tuesday in Ireland for Sinead O’Connor who died last month in London. Thousands, including Irish singers Bono and Bob Geldof, took part in the ceremony as her cortege passed through her former hometown of Bray, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the nation’s capital of Dublin. […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: The issue of homelessness in Western nations has escalated into a persistent crisis. Escalating rental costs and the exorbitant expense of daily living are pushing individuals into life on the streets. The count of those seeking refuge in storefronts, parks, and abandoned structures continues to surge. The predicament of homelessness is […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has crticised Moscow for its offer to supply six African nations with free grain, saying the proposal is “laughable”. “None of this is a laughing matter, but it’s laughable. What Russia was proposing is – was to get grain to a half dozen countries, about […]
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