Fri 21 Apr 2023: Istanbul’s Blue Mosque reopened fully on Friday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, following a restoration effort that began in 2018, reports Anadolu Agency. Attending the mosque’s opening ceremony, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described it as “one of the most important symbols of Istanbul.” In an interview […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Police in Canada are looking into a big gold robbery at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after millions of dollars in gold and other valuables went stolen. According to authorities, thieves stole more than $14 million in gold and other valuables on Monday. Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told the Toronto Star […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment, officially marked […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: In a Friday phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud discussed efforts to resolve crises in the Middle East. The phone call came just days after Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud visited Syria for the first time in more than […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. “Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world as you celebrate Eid al-Fitr and […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Shishalh First Nations in Canada’s British Columbia province said Thursday that ground-penetrating radar has located what is believed to be 40 unmarked graves at a former Indian Residential School. The Nation said older tribal members have said for decades that such graves existed at the old St. Augustine’s Residential School. “We […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: On Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump posted to Instagram for the first time since the attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. He was banned from the majority of social media sites as a result of the attack on the Congress, The Guardian reported. The platform was used by […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: Nearly 64 million Americans are living in areas with daily spikes in participle pollution, according to new research on air quality. A new report from the American Lung Association, representing data from 2019 through 2021, found that around 63.7 million Americans lived in 111 counties across 19 states with failing grades for […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: Instagram has launched a new Linktree feature, which allows account holders to add up to 5 links to their user profiles. The new upgrade will route followers straight to user content, such as their businesses, brands they want to promote, social issues they support, links to other social networking platforms, and […]
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In 2020, the U.S. Navy released multiple videos of unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking interest in the public and government. U.S. Navy Thu 20 Apr 2023: More than 650 possible cases of so-called “unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UFOs, are being monitored by the US government, according to the director of the office created last year to focus […]
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