Sat 22 October 2022: Brazil’s trade and investment agency, Apex, has signed an agreement with the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce aimed at boosting exports of food products to Muslim countries, according to a statement on Thursday, Reuters reports. The plan is to promote the sale of higher value foodstuff, building on the strong ties Brazil and Islamic […]
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Sat 22 October 2022: Following the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, Dutch health authorities were overseeing the cull of approximately 44,000 turkeys on a farm in the country’s south, the government said on Saturday. The farm is located in Hedel, 50 kilometers southeast of Utrecht. A transport ban has been imposed […]
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Sat 22 October 2022: Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to Britain on Saturday after cutting short a Caribbean vacation to enter the race to succeed Liz Truss as Conservative leader. It would be an audacious return to power for Johnson, who only left office early last month after dozens of resignations from his government […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: According to a report released Wednesday, COVID19 was responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the United States last year, a crisis that disproportionately affected Black and Hispanic women. The research outlines depressing national patterns for expectant mothers and their newborn children. According to the study, there have been an increase in pregnancy-related mortality of almost 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a contributing factor in 25% of the 1,178 deaths reported in 2018. In addition, following years of […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said on Thursday that vandalism at a mosque in the Toronto area reflects a “frightening escalation of Islamophobia” brought on by unfounded claims that the mosque is an agent for the Iranian government, Anadolu Agency reported. The vandalism last week at the Imam Mahdi Islamic […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: A $100 million (£89 million) libel lawsuit has been filed by the teenage player at the center of a chess cheating scandal against the world champion and the website Chess.com. Hans Niemann, 19, was accused of widespread cheating after a Chess.com investigation determined it was “likely” that he had violated the […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: As its military offensive in Ukraine strains public finances, Russia raided its main sovereign wealth fund on Thursday, taking $16.2 billion out to cover its budget deficit. The finance ministry said the government had approved taking the funds from the National Wealth Fund “to finance budgetary expenses” and “ensure the budget’s […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: Prime Minister Liz Truss of the UK, who had been under fire for several weeks, finally made the decision to resign. On Thursday, Truss claimed that following a meeting with Graham Brady, the chairman of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, she had sent her letter of resignation to King Charles. She […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to form a natural gas hub in Turkiye, Reuters reports. Speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, Erdogan said Putin had said Europe can obtain its gas supply from the hub in Turkey. This comes […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: French President, Emmanuel Macron, has toured the Grand Mosque of Paris yesterday to mark 100 years of its founding. Macron was greeted by the Mosque’s rector, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, before inspecting an exhibition about the mosque’s history. Hafiz was awarded with the insignia of the Legion of Honour by Macron, France’s highest […]
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