Mon 08 April 2024: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday on Nicaragua’s case against Germany, accusing Berlin of facilitating “genocide” in Gaza by providing political and military support to Israel. Addressing the court, Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez said Germany is continuing its military support to Israel, although it is […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: Keerthi Subramanian, a shop clerk in South London, earns 10.42 pounds ($13.15) an hour. From Monday that will go up by 1.02 pounds ($1.29) to 11.44 pounds ($14.44) as a new United Kingdom minimum wage kicks in. That is not much help, she says. “At just over 10 pounds, I wasn’t […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Thursday claims suggesting that Russia could be targeted by “Islamic fundamentalists,” maintaining that Russia has warm relations with Muslims. Speaking at the 12th Congress of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in Moscow, Putin said Russia enjoys amicable relations with its domestic Muslim […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: Activists from the UK-based Palestine Action network “occupied” a US-owned Teledyne factory in West Yorkshire in the UK on Tuesday because it is “producing components” for the Israeli military, Anadolu Agency reports. Footage from the group showed that an activist, who climbed onto the roof, damaging it with a hammer and chanting: “For […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing growing political pressure to stop selling weapons to Israel after seven aid workers, including three British nationals, were killed by an Israeli air attack on Gaza. Three opposition parties and some MPs in the governing Conservative Party said on Wednesday the British government should […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: Russia announced on Wednesday, April 3, that the number of persons signing contracts to enlist in the military forces of the country has dramatically increased. According to a Reuters report, the devastating attack on a music venue outside of Moscow last month, which left at least 144 people dead, is the […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill that envisages lowering the age of people eligible for mobilization from 27 to 25 years, the parliament’s press service reported Tuesday. The bill was adopted by the parliament in May 2023. The new legislation envisages that Ukrainian men with no prior combat experience could […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said on Tuesday that annual inflation for store prices in the United Kingdom (UK) fell to 1.3 percent in March, the lowest figure in more than two years. “Shop price inflation eased to the lowest level since December 2021 last month as retailers continued to compete […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: The death toll has risen to 29 at a nightclub in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul after a fire broke out during renovation work in the venue, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Television images showed flames and a column of thick smoke rising from upper storey windows. The fire began at 12:47 […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes “were not welcome” at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year. “I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris and to tell Ukrainian athletes and all the Ukrainian people that we support them very […]
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