Sun 29 January 2023: Former US President Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign with stops in early voting states New Hampshire and South Carolina, where he won the 2016 presidential election. Trump reiterated his early political campaign promise of “making America great again” at an evening event in South Carolina. “We will finish the […]
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Sun 29 January 2023: After an independent investigation into his tax affairs revealed a severe violation of the ministerial code, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired Conservative Party Chair Nadhim Zahawi from his position. Sunak wrote to Zahawi on Sunday and stated, “Following the completion of the Independent Adviser’s investigation – the findings of which […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: Russia’s defence ministry has accused Ukrainian forces of attacking a hospital in the eastern Luhansk region, leaving 14 dead and injuring 24 others. The ministry said in a statement that on Saturday morning in the town of Novoaidar, “the Ukrainian armed forces deliberately attacked the building of a district hospital” with […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: The House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on a bill to entirely block the Chinese short-video platform TikTok next month. The US intends to outlaw TikTok nationwide. Reportedly, the law will give the White House the authority to impose a ban on TikTok due to more pressing national security issues. The […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: Recent research found that over 50 animal species previously thought to be mute can actually communicate vocally. The lead author of the study, evolutionary biologist Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he first had the idea of recording apparently mute species while researching turtles in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. “When I went […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: The air pollution in London was the worst in six years. The level of air pollution rose as the number of house fires increased. In the United Kingdom, wood fires produce more particle pollution than traffic exhausts. According to local media reports, London has been dealing with air pollution issues, with […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked the websites of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the State Department’s national security rewards program, according to the Roskomsvoboda project. Roskomnadzor added the addresses of the relevant websites to the list of blocked Internet resources without specifying on […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani lost more than $20 billion (£16 billion) on Friday as investors withdrew from his companies for a second day due to allegations of fraud made by a US investment firm. The Adani Group has brushed off the allegations as malicious, but the outrage has not subsided as […]
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Fri 27 January 2023: A default by the US government could have catastrophic effects on both domestic and global economies. The United States government hit its borrowing limit last week, on January 19, leading to new economic worries at a time when most countries are expecting a slowdown in economic growth. The US administration has […]
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Fri 27 January 2023: Advocacy group welcomes appointment of Amira Elghawaby to advisory role as ‘historic moment for Muslims in Canada’. Canada has appointed its first special representative on combatting Islamophobia as the government seeks to stem hatred and discrimination after a series of attacks targeting members of Muslim communities in the country in recent years. Prime […]
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