Abu Obeida — spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade (FILE PHOTO). Wed 27 December 2023: Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Wednesday denied Iranian claims that its Oct. 7 attack against Israel was in revenge for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020. Soleimani was assassinated in a US […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: For a slew of antisemitic comments he made in 2022, Kanye West offered apologies to “the Jewish community.” In a statement posted in Hebrew on his Instagram account, where he has 18.2m followers, he wrote (as translated by Google): “I sincerely apologise to the Jewish community … It was not my intention […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: International Cricket Council (ICC) stopped Usman Khawaja’s latest attempt to show his support for human rights awareness on Sunday, December 24. The Australian cricketer displayed a ‘peace symbol’ on his shoes and bat during the training session at Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the upcoming Boxing Day Test against Pakistan but was denied […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: Millions of single mums face a stressful Christmas as cost of living pressures force them to cut back on presents, food and heating. Analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data found that 1.1 million households with single mothers are forced to use less gas or electricity in their homes, while […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: Denmark’s Maersk is preparing to resume shipping operations in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, citing the deployment of a US-led military operation designed to ensure the safety of commerce in the area. The shipping giant paused sending vessels through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait earlier in December because of […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: British interior minister James Cleverly apologised on Sunday after he was reported to have joked about spiking his wife’s drink with a sedative known for its use as a date-rape drug. The Sunday Mirror tabloid reported that Cleverly, one of the most senior ministers in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government, had […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: Ukraine will formally mark Christmas Day on December 25 this year, in a symbolic shift away from Russia, which celebrates the holiday on January 7. It will be the first time in more than a century that Ukraine observes the date in line with the Gregorian calendar, along with most of […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: It’s another tragic record. A new report has confirmed yet another rise in drug related deaths in England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that 4,907 “drug poisoning” deaths were recorded in 2022 (84.4 deaths per 1,000,000 of the population), the highest on record. While there was a slight […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: Hollywood actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie decried how justice is sought for one group of people, but not for other groups, something she said is present “even in the UN.” Speaking with Syrian journalist and filmmaker Waad Al Kateab, Jolie said that 20 years ago, when she began working internationally, she […]
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The DC Tower in Vienna. Fri 22 December 2023: The stability of dams, bridges and critical infrastructure can be monitored in the future with a new measurement system developed in Austria, the school said Thursday. The system which was developed by Technical University (TU) in Graz, uses navigation satellites to measure changes with millimeter […]
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