Tue 22 August 2023: Experts are raising alarms over the “Bibby Stockholm” ship, which the UK plans to house irregular migrants, asserting that it falls short of meeting fundamental humanitarian standards, Anadolu Agency reports. Sureyya Sonmez Efe, a Turkish researcher with expertise in the legal statuses and rights of migrant workers and a faculty member at Lincoln […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: The US on Monday urged its citizens to leave Belarus “immediately” as Lithuania shut down two of six border crossings with the country amid growing tensions in the region. “Do not travel to Belarus due to Belarusian authorities’ continued facilitation of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the buildup of Russian military […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: The average cost of petrol at UK forecourts has risen to break 150p a litre for the first time since the start of the year, despite close scrutiny of fuel prices during the cost of living crisis. The latest increase in pump prices means petrol is now 150.51p a litre, the […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: Ukraine has threatened to prevent Israelis from entering its lands even those making pilgrimage to the city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah next month, news agencies reported on Sunday. This came in retaliation for Israel deporting Ukrainians who fled the war in their country. Speaking on Friday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged that […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK have jumped by 5.3% in the 12 months leading up to July, marking the largest annual percentage change since records began in 2016, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. The figure was up from 5.2% in the previous month, […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven newborns, is suspected of harming dozens more babies at two hospitals in the north-west of England, according to police, The Guardian reported. According to a source familiar with the police inquiry, officers found roughly 30 babies who had “suspicious” incidents at the Countess […]
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Ukrainian drone smashed into a building in central Moscow, disrupting air traffic at all the civilian airports. August 18, 2023. Mon 21 August 2023: Russia says it foiled attacks by two Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region, but nearly 50 plane flights in and out of the capital were disrupted. Arrivals and departures from […]
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Sacked: Curator Peter Higgs had worked at museum for 35 years. Sun 20 August 2023: Treasures stolen from the British Museum are being auctioned off online for as little as $50, according to The Telegraph newspaper. The British Museum said Wednesday that it fired a staff member and notified police after discovering that items […]
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Sun 20 August 2023: Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed to hit back after seven people including a six-year-old girl were killed and 144 wounded in a Russian missile strike on a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday. The Ukrainian president said: “I am sure our soldiers will give a response to Russia for this […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Canada’s transport minister called on Meta on Friday to lift the ban on domestic news so that Canadians can share developments regarding the ongoing wildfires in the west. Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada this month in response to a new law requiring […]
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