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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Fri 27 January 2023: Patriarch Kirill I of Russia said on Thursday that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is being used as “a tool for inciting Russian-Ukrainian enmity” by the Ukrainian authorities and their “foreign patrons.” Speaking at the Christmas parliamentary meetings in the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, the patriarch said attacks on the church are […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: In the aftermath of the February 24 attack, European nations rushed to arm themselves, giving US weapons sales a 49 percent boost from the $34.8 billion in sales in 2021, according to new data released Wednesday by the State Department, The Hill reported. Direct commercial sales also grew, with American defense contractors selling […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: The median disposable income for the poorest fifth of the population dropped 3.8% in the financial year through March 2022, while wages and benefit payments also failed to keep up with skyrocketing inflation, The Guardian reported. The data exposes how the squeeze is increasing inequality in the UK as an unbridgeable […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: The UK has issued a warning that the country has been the target of an extensive and ongoing information collection campaign by the hacking group Cold River, which is based in Russia. According to a warning from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the group has already targeted several institutions in […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: The Kremlin said Thursday that a decision by Western countries to supply Ukraine with modern tanks meant that they were party to the conflict, after Berlin and Washington approved the weapons for Kyiv. “European capitals and Washington constantly give statements that sending various types of weapons, including tanks, in no way means their involvement in hostilities. We […]
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