Sun 24 September 2023: A passer-by in Florida noticed an alligator with human remains in its mouth. Jamarcus Bullard discovered the 13-foot lizard in a canal in Largo, roughly 20 miles west of Tampa. Police in Largo, Florida, said they responded to a complaint of a body in a creek and that the 13-foot, 8.5-inch […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct war against Moscow, Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations. “You can call it anything you want, but they are fighting with us, they are straight-up fighting with us. We call it a hybrid war, but that doesn’t […]
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Sat 23 September 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 this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. Nine people were killed and 16 injured, […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian reported on Friday. According to the Whitehall sources, PM Sunak was looking at measures similar to those brought in […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: In France, the prohibition of wearing abayas (long dresses) in schools has taken on a new dimension, as many students have been denied access to classes for wearing modern kimonos, long shirts, or loose dresses. A 15-year-old Muslim student residing in Lyon filed a complaint with the UN Rapporteur on Combating […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Pope Francis said Friday that tragedies and challenges of migration which turned the Mediterranean into a “cemetery” need to be humanely addressed across the region, Anadolu Agency reported. The pope met local religious members involved in the care of seafarers, migrants and refugees at the Monument to the Heroes and Victims […]
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A statue to Egerton Ryerson, an architect of Canada’s residential schools system, was pulled down at the university that bears his name in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fri 22 September 2023: An investigation into unmarked graves and missing children at four sites in Canada has confirmed at least 158 deaths and also uncovered more unmarked burial sites, […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: The UK is investigating bank account closures – and British Muslim groups say their community is hit hardest. A bank account can be everything in an increasingly cashless society. In the United Kingdom, banks closed more than 343,000 accounts in the last financial year. The practice is known as “debunking”, and […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: Abaya is not a religious garment, and the ban on this loose over-garment violates the principle of secularism, said a Prosecutor representing three unions of educational institutions in France which have filed an appeal against the top Court’s recent rulings upholding the ban on abaya. The Sud Education Paris, La Voix Lyceenne and […]
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Members of the Xokleng Indigenous group celebrate a Supreme Court decision in Brazil striking down time limits for land claims Photos: Rafael Vilela Fri 22 September 2023: Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Indigenous rights in a landmark case that weighed the constitutionality of establishing a time limit for making claims to […]
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