Wed 23 August 2023: The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to the fore once again the term “Global South.” “Why does so much of the Global South support Russia?” inquired one recent headline; “Ukraine courts ‘Global South’ in push to challenge Russia,” declared another. […]
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Wed 23 August 2023: Sergei Surovikin, a former leader of Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine, has been stripped of his duties as chief of the nation’s aerospace forces, a prominent journalist in Russia and media outlets have reported. On his Telegram channel on Tuesday, Alexei Venediktov, the well-connected former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Ekho Moskvy […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: Greek authorities said the bodies of 18 people were found Tuesday in an area of northeastern Greece struck by a major wildfire. The charred bodies were found in a remote village in northern Greece on Tuesday, where wildfires have been raging for days, the fire brigade said as a heatwave hitting southern Europe […]
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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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