Emergency services and police officers examine parts of a drone at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack in Kyiv on December 14. Wed 14 December 2022: Three explosions have been heard in the heart of Kiev as Ukraine claims to have shot down several Shahed drones built in Iran. “The […]
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Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi was arrested by regime, with propaganda against the state and conspiring against national security. Wed 14 December 2022: According to an annual tally by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, the number of journalists imprisoned around the world has reached a new high (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or […]
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Thu 15 December 2022: Uzbekistan has poured cold water on a potential alliance in another sign Central Asia is keeping Russia at arm’s length. Kyiv, Ukraine – The Uzbek official sounded like he was talking about his nation’s freedom. “We will never compromise our national interests,” Energy Minister Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov told the Kun.uz news website, an […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: The White House condemned on Monday billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Anthony Fauci, a US infectious disease expert who is reviled by many on the right, to be prosecuted for his role in the Covid-19 pandemic. “These are incredibly dangerous, these personal attacks that we are seeing,” said White House spokeswoman […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: A unique proposal to phase out tobacco use in New Zealand was approved into law on Tuesday, prohibiting young people from ever purchasing smokes. Tobacco cannot ever be sold to anyone who was born on or after January 1, 2009, according to the legislation. It implies that the legal smoking age […]
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Mon 12 December 2022: British defence minister Ben Wallace says he would be “open minded” about supplying Ukraine with long range weapons systems if Russia continues targeting civilian areas. Speaking to parliament, Wallace was asked by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a vocal supporter of Ukraine, about the possible supply of longer-range missile systems to Kyiv […]
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Mon 12 December 2022: Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has been criticised for Britain’s selective approach to human rights abusers, following a recent article in the Guardian where the Member of Parliament for Braintree argued that, “Britain is not a passive observer on the world stage” and wanted “oligarchs and dictators to fear us.” With the article […]
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Mon 12 December 2022: Parts of the UK are covered in snow and ice, and the bitterly cold weather is expected to last for days. There is travel disruption on the roads and rail this morning after snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in many areas of the UK overnight. Snow, ice and freezing fog alerts are […]
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Mon 12 December 2022: The CNBC All-America Economic Survey questioned respondents whether President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump should run for office again. The majority of respondents said “No thanks!” The survey found 61% of the public think Trump should not seek the presidency, compared with 30% who believe he should. And 70% […]
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Moscow-backed authorities in Melitopol posted images of a fire. Mon 12 December 2022: Members of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group are said to have been killed in an attack by Ukrainian forces on a hotel where many of them were staying in a town in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, according to the region’s Ukrainian governor. In […]
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