A rescue dog sniffs the debris of a ruined building while search and rescue operations continue on Feb. 9, 2023, in Elbistan, Turkey. – Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images Wed 15 February 2023: Trained rescue dogs are helping to find survivors buried underneath layers of concrete and otherwise undetectable. Hours after two huge earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks struck […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: The youth of Venezuela were urged by President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday to fight and defeat “the challenge of the blockade, sanctions, and attacks” of the United States Xinhua reported. Addressing thousands during a ceremony marking National Youth Day, he called on the younger generations to “liberate the homeland,” and to […]
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Wed 15 February 2023: Queen Consort Camilla has chosen to wear the crown without the controversial colonial-era Kohinoor diamond for Britain’s King Charles III’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in May, according to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The choice of Queen Mary Crown made by Camilla for coronation means it will be studded with a […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: “I expect this to at least double over the coming days, as we get a better assessment of the massive scale of this crisis and the needs,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge in a press briefing related to urgent health needs and response in Türkiye following last week’s […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Sexual attacks and other traumatic experiences have led to an unprecedented level of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts among America’s young women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. “Our teenage girls are suffering through an overwhelming wave of violence and trauma, and it’s affecting their mental health,” said Kathleen […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: On Monday, 13 February, the White House stated that there is “no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity” in the recently downed unidentified objects over North American skies. “I know there have been questions and concerns about this but there is no, again no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: Violations against children in armed conflicts “remain at a shockingly high level,” the UN warned Monday as the international community seeks to curtail the tragedies. Virginia Gamba, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ special representative for children and armed conflict, told the Security Council that children continue to face alarming levels of violations, including […]
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Tue 14 February 2023: The desperate searches for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria are entering their final hours, with experts saying the window for rescues has nearly closed given the length of time that has passed and the severity of the building collapses. Eduardo Reinoso Angulo, a professor at the Institute of Engineering at […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church – mostly priests – over the past 70 years, a commission investigating the issue said in its final report on Monday. “(We want) to pay a sincere tribute to those who were abuse victims during their childhood and dared to give […]
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Mon 13 February 2023: On Monday, Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova, accused Russia of planning to use saboteurs posing as demonstrators to violently remove the country’s pro-European administration. President Maia Sandu made her comments after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last week his country had uncovered a Russian intelligence plan “for the destruction of Moldova”, and days after […]
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