Mon 27 October 2023: Any new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members should come from developing countries, Russian media reported Monday, citing Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Primakov Readings International Forum in Moscow. “It is important to redress the historical injustices that emerged following the end of the decolonization process and since the emergence […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: US President Joe Biden reportedly rejected the advice of staff to refrain from repeating unverified reports that Hamas had beheaded babies during its attack on Israel on October 7. Some White House advisors appealed to the president to “cut a line about Hamas beheading babies because those reports were unverified”, according […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: Britain’s King Charles has been secretly profiting from dead citizens’ assets, according to British daily The Guardian. “The Duchy of Lancaster, a controversial land and property estate that generates huge profits for King Charles III, has collected tens of millions of pounds in recent years,” The Guardian reported on Thursday. The […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: Russia has put the communications director of social media company Meta on a wanted list, it has been revealed, amid Moscow’s announcement of new media restrictions ahead of next year’s presidential election. Andy Stone, a spokesperson of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is wanted on […]
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Sun 26 October 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country needs more air defense systems in order to protect the grain corridor that has been operational since Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July. “We still need a very specific number of systems with a very specific name. The request […]
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Sun 26 October 2023: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is increasingly worried about the results of last Wednesday’s elections, in which Geert Wilders’ far-right Islamophobic Party for Freedom (PVV) emerged as the top party. Speaking to Anadolu, Muhsin Koktas, head of the Contact Body for Muslims and Government, said the victory of Wilders, who […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: Istanbul is hosting the 9th World Halal Summit and the 10th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo, two major events for products and services conforming to Islamic guidelines, known as halal. The events opened Thursday with the participation of 500 prominent companies from 45 countries and the gathering is expected […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: Americans spent $5.6 billion on online shopping on Thanksgiving Day, an increase from 5.5% last year. According to data from Adobe Analytics, consumers spent $5.6 billion on things like clothes, electronics, jewelry and toys while about $3.3 billion of the shopping happened over mobile devices, an all-time record for Thanksgiving. The […]
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Fri 24 October 2023: Venice will trial an admission fee and a daily limit on visitor numbers in its overcrowded centre from next April, in a scheme the Italian city’s mayor has hailed as a world first. The system is designed to manage the flow of tourists when visitor numbers are at their peak, local […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: The UK government has said it intends to review the proposed sale of the Telegraph Media Group to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund on public interest grounds. The fund, RedBird IMI, announced on Monday that it was set to take control of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph sister newspapers […]
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