Fri 22 September 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made his second visit to Washington, DC, since Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of his country. But unlike in his first trip to the United States Capitol, Zelenskyy faced a congress less inclined to back the war effort with large aid packages, despite pledges from top Democrats […]
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Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead on June 18 in Surrey, British Columbia. Thu 21 September 2023: New Zealand’s top diplomat said that if Canadian allegations against India over the killing of a Sikh leader proved correct, it would be of serious concern, local media reported on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: As it deals with millions of asylum seekers, mainly from Ukraine, the EU migration problem is a challenge that should be handled by the entire bloc, Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market, has said. Speaking to Sud Radio on Monday, the official suggested that migration – which has recently been […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: The Swiss Parliament passed legislation on Wednesday making it illegal to cover one’s face, including wearing a niqab – a Muslim woman’s face veil – with a fine of 1,000 Swiss francs (approximately $1,114), Anadolu Agency reports. The “burqa ban” law was approved by the upper chamber of parliament, known locally as Nationalrat, by a […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: Next month, an exceptionally well-preserved Camptosaurus skeleton known as Barry from the late Jurassic period, some 150 million years ago, will be auctioned off in Paris, Reuters reported. The dinosaur was initially reconstructed in 2000 by palaeontologist Barry James, from whom it received its name. The dinosaur was initially uncovered in […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: Britain’s interior minister said on Wednesday the country needed to take a pragmatic approach to getting to net zero because it could not “save the planet by bankrupting the British people”. The comment by Suella Braverman comes ahead of a speech by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week where he is […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO) Wed 20 September 2023: Turkiye would support a normalisation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reported to have emphasised. According to […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: Auckland: The New Zealand Government will provide a temporary package of further support to exploited migrant workers and strengthen immigration rules to prevent migrant exploitation, Immigration Minister Andrew Little says. “Migrant exploitation is a crime. It is repugnant to this government, to good employers, to most New Zealanders, and we won’t tolerate […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh say they have accepted a ceasefire proposed by the Russian peacekeeping mission in the contested region, Armenian media 24News reported. “With the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission located in Nagorno-Karabakh, an agreement was reached on the complete cessation of military operations from 13:00 [09:00 […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: “Illegal separatist puppet regime must dissolve itself, and the Armenian armed forces stationed in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan must be disarmed,” Hikmet Hajiyev said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Rights and security of civilians of Armenian descent in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan will be provided […]
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