Sun 03 September 2023: Following intense opposition from Swedish legislators, the Nobel Foundation reversed its decision to invite Russia’s envoy to Sweden to the Nobel Prize ceremony. The Nobel Prize foundation stated in a statement released on Saturday in Stockholm, “We … choose to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – that is, to […]
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Sun 03 September 2023: Some 280,000 people have signed up so far this year for professional service with Russia’s military, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, former President Dmitry Medvedev, said on Sunday. Visiting Russia’s Far East, Medvedev said he was meeting local officials to work on efforts to beef up the armed […]
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Sat 02 September 2023: Russia risks splitting its troops as it seeks to prevent a Ukrainian breakthrough in Ukraine’s south, the UK Ministry of Defence says. In its latest intelligence update, the ministry said Ukrainian forces continued to take offensive action on the Orikhiv axis in southern Ukraine, with units reaching the first Russian main defensive line. “Russian forces, […]
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Sat 02 September 2023: Just before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to New Delhi, India’s ambassador to Canada claims that Ottawa has put the brakes on trade talks, CTV rported. Sanjay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner, claimed that Ottawa had requested a halt to ongoing negotiations for an Early Progress Trade Agreement “within the […]
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Sat 02 September 2023: A headless bronze statue, believed to portray the Roman statesman, Marcus Aurelius, and suspected to have been looted from Turkiye, has been confiscated by US authorities in an Ohio museum, according to a report Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The New York Times reported that the statue is currently not on display at the Cleveland Museum […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: Former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, and his wife, Michelle, chose to remain silent when they appeared before Federal Police on Thursday to testify in an investigation into jewellery gifts that they received from Arab heads of state and never declared, Reuters reports. They were called to testify at Police headquarters in Brasilia, along […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: Two cargo vessels have left a port near Odessa, Ukraine’s deputy Prime Minister said on Friday – the third and fourth to transit from deep-water Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea since Russia withdrew from a safe-passage deal for grain ships, Reuters reports. Oleksandr Kubrakov said the Liberia-flagged “Anna-Theresa” and Marshall Islands-flagged “Ocean […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: A senior Ukrainian official says drone strikes on Russian soil will increase and that recent such attacks showed that the war was gradually shifting to Russia. In an interview, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak also ruled out peace talks for now, saying any negotiations would result in “capitulation” on the part of […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: The video was unveiled on Wednesday through a Telegram channel associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military organization, a mere week following reports of his demise in a fiery plane crash. In the footage, Prigozhin, 62, is seen clad in camouflage attire, including a matching hat, and wearing a watch on his […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: The Church of England clergy want the Anglican teachings on homosexuality changed at an upcoming General Synod, as well as making it possible for priests to marry gay couples and gay priests to get married, according to a study by The Times. The majority of the nearly 1,200 respondents agreed that […]
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