Investigators look into a damaged building in Moscow’s “Moscow City” commercial sector following an alleged drone strike, early Sunday, July 30, 2023. Thu 10 August 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report […]
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A police officer is assisted after being wounded. Thu 10 August 2023: 60-days state of emergency declared in Ecuador in response to the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio during a campaign rally in Quito. Villavicencio, 59, a prominent critic of corruption and organized crime, was assassinated during a campaign event on Wednesday, amid […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: More than a fifth of UK employees said they have faced discrimination in the workplace because of their identity but the figure was lower than in the US and other European countries, according to new research. People from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as those belonging to the LGBT+ community […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: On Tuesday, Canadian media organizations condemned Meta’s decision to block news information on Facebook and Instagram as “anticompetitive” and sought an investigation. Bill C-18 demanded that tech companies like Meta and Google share income with Canadian news sources for news uploaded on their media platforms. Meta restricted news content in Canada […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: An Islamic funeral was conducted Tuesday in Ireland for Sinead O’Connor who died last month in London. Thousands, including Irish singers Bono and Bob Geldof, took part in the ceremony as her cortege passed through her former hometown of Bray, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the nation’s capital of Dublin. […]
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Wed 09 August 2023: The issue of homelessness in Western nations has escalated into a persistent crisis. Escalating rental costs and the exorbitant expense of daily living are pushing individuals into life on the streets. The count of those seeking refuge in storefronts, parks, and abandoned structures continues to surge. The predicament of homelessness is […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has crticised Moscow for its offer to supply six African nations with free grain, saying the proposal is “laughable”. “None of this is a laughing matter, but it’s laughable. What Russia was proposing is – was to get grain to a half dozen countries, about […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: Poland’s defence ministry has agreed to send additional troops to the Belarus border following a request from the border guard service, state-run news agency PAP reported. Warsaw has been on high alert recently as Russian Wagner mercenary troops arrived in Belarus for training. On Monday, the border guard service asked the […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: The first batch of UK asylum seekers has arrived on the Bibby Stockholm barge as more migrants are expected to move later Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. Video footage showed a bus with the migrants entering the port, although the exact number of arrivals is yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, a number of […]
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Tue 08 August 2023: The American Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx has issued an apology for a since-deleted Instagram post which some people had construed as being a vocal attack on members of the Jewish community. Foxx, who won numerous accolades for his portrayal of the iconic musician Ray Charles in the 2004 biopic ‘Ray,’ […]
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