Fri 16 December 2022: Angelina Jolie and the United Nations Refugee Agency are parting ways after more than two decades of working together. In a joint statement issued Friday, the actress and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.” […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Another scam case makes headlines. This time a scam message has made Australians lose over seven million dollars this year. The majority of the scams took place on Whatsapp, where fraudsters pretended to be family members and messaged asking for money. The fraudsters texted “Hi mum” in the messages to get […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Instagram, a platform for sharing pictures and videos, has stated that it will now assist users in regaining access to their hacked accounts. Instagram.com/hacked is a new location where users can report and fix account access issues, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. If users are unable to […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, prompting around 100 emergency responders to rush to the scene at an inner-city leisure complex, emergency services said. “In addition to the unbelievable maritime damage… two people were injured by glass splinters,” Berlin police said […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Former tennis superstar Boris Becker has departed for Germany after his release from a British prison where he served a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, according to his lawyer. The 55-year-old German six-time Grand Slam champion “was released from custody in England and has left for Germany today”, his Berlin-based […]
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Fri 16 December 2022: Residents were warned to take cover in cities across Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv, southern Kryvyi Rih and northeastern Kharkiv, as Russian strikes hit critical infrastructure, according to local officials. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram social media app that the city is without electricity, with the regional governor, […]
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Thu 15 December 2022: As Britain suffers through the great strikes, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that anti-strike laws will be brought in “to protect lives and livelihoods”. Speaking to Daily Mail Sunak said that he was gearing up for a showdown with union leaders and that he hopes they can see that wrecking […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: Kosovo’s top officials signed an official application to join the European Union on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. President Vljosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and Parliament Speaker Gljauk Konjufca attended the application ceremony in the capital. In a speech, Kurti said: “Today we’re taking the first step towards EU membership… It is a […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: A Turkish court sentenced the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s most populous city, to two years and seven months in prison on Wednesday for insulting the country’s Supreme Electoral Council. In addition to convicting Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the court imposed a political gag order on him, which could lead to his resignation. […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: On Wednesday, French prosecutors searched the headquarters of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance Party in connection with an ongoing investigation. According to Reuters, the investigation focused on the French government’s use of consulting firms since 2017. According to a report in the newspaper Le Parisien, the National Financial Prosecutors’ Office also searched […]
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