NEW EMERGENCY POWER CUTS ANNOUNCED IN UKRAINE

Thu 08 December 2022: Ukraine enforces new emergency power cuts to try to repair damaged energy infrastructure, which the national grid operator says has caused significant supply shortages. Russia pummelled power facilities across Ukraine in the latest big wave of attacks on Monday at a time of the year when energy consumption usually rises because winter is setting […]

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HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS, WORKERS OF NYT ON 24-HOUR STRIKE FOR ‘BETTER NEWSROOM’

Thu 08 December 2022: Hundreds of thousands of New York Times (NYT) journalists and employees have declared a 24-hour strike over wage issues and remote working policies. The paper’s coverage would most likely suffer on Thursday because the majority of the employees who announced their strike are from the fast-paced live-news desk, which covers breaking […]

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PERUVIAN PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DISSOLVE CONGRESS

Wed 07 December 2022: After declaring the temporary dissolution of Congress on Wednesday, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was taken into custody. Castillo said in a televised speech that he would demand congressional elections to approve a new Constitution. The announcement was made hours before was to face an impeachment trial in Congress. After his speech, […]

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TIMES MAGAZINE NAMES ZELENSKYY ‘PERSON OF THE YEAR’

Wed 07 December 2022: For his bravery in the face of Russia’s invasion and for inspiring Ukrainians to remain firm and oppose Russia’s full-scale invasion, which Moscow launched in late February, Time magazine has named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 2022’s “Person of the Year.” Time’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal stated on Wednesday that Zelenskyy’s choice to […]

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GERMAN POLICE ARREST 25 ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING ARMED FAR-RIGHT COUP

Wed 07 December 2022: Thousands of police officers raided suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup across much of Germany on Wednesday. Authorities in Germany have arrested 25 members and supporters of a far-right group on suspicion of plotting a violent coup against the government. According to the […]

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BIDEN AND SUNAK REACH AGREEMENT TO INCREASE GAS EXPORTS FROM US TO UK

Wed 07 December 2022: US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have agreed to increase bilateral gas exports. According to the agreement, the amount of gas exported from the United States to the United Kingdom will increase significantly in the near future in order to limit the crisis caused by Russia’s ongoing […]

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MUSK SAYS TWITTER LAWYER FIRED AMID HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP DISPUTE

Wed 07 December 2022: Elon Musk accuses executive of possibly suppressing information about Twitter’s handling of Hunter Biden laptop story. Elon Musk said he “exited” Twitter’s deputy general counsel over concerns the high-ranking executive tried to suppress information about the social media platform’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy. Musk, who bought Twitter last month […]

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