Category: News Desk

Wed  02 November 2022:  Russia has agreed to rejoin a Turkish and UN-brokered deal on the shipment of millions of tons Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, Turkey’s president has said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defence minister, had called his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar and informed him that the grain corridor agreement […]

Tue 01 November 2022:  A drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea over the weekend prompted missile strikes over Ukrainian infrastructure, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. At a news conference on Monday in Sochi, Putin promised additional action. According to Reuters news agency, he said during a televised news conference, “That’s not […]

Tue 01 November 2022:  British Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday said that she did not leak any “secret”, “top secret” or market-sensitive data when she sent a document via her private email address, a move which culminated in her resignation from the previous government. Braverman, 42, resigned from the Cabinet of former prime minister […]

This combination photo shows Muhammad Aziz, a suspect in the slaying of Malcolm X, after his arrest, in New York, on February 26, 1965, left, and Aziz outside court after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated, on Thursday, November 18, 2021, in New York Mon 31 October 2022:  The city and […]

Mon 31 October 2022:  President Recep Tayyip Erdoan stated on Monday that Turkey will press ahead with its efforts to secure the Black Sea grain export agreement despite Russian hesitancy. Moscow had earlier suspended its participation in the project. “Even if Russia behaves hesitantly because it didn’t receive the same benefits, we will continue decisively our efforts […]

Mon 31 October 2022:  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election, , but with incumbent Jair Bolsonaro still not conceding defeat there were concerns the far-right contender might challenge the result. The country’s election commission reports that on Sunday, Lula won 50.8 percent of the vote versus Bolsonaro’s […]

Sun 30 October 2022:  On Sunday, the European Union pleaded with Russia to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a crucial grain export agreement with Ukraine. “Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea deal puts at risks the main export route of much needed grain and fertilisers to address the global food crisis […]

Sat 29 October 2022:  Following attacks on ships in Crimea, Russia has banned participation in the agreement to export agricultural products from Ukrainian ports, the defence ministry was quoted as saying on Saturday by TASS. In the early hours of Saturday, according to Russia, Ukrainian forces targeted Black Sea Fleet ships in Sevastopol, the largest […]