Mon 26 September 2022: Earlier today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke at an event commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, which was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session. Guterres reiterated his calls for the abolishment of global nuclear weapons as the threat arises once again […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: The Defence Ministry in Warsaw announced on Monday that the Polish army will provide a fundamental one-day training course to all citizens between the ages of 18 and 65. The course is to include weapons handling, shooting, close combat and map reading and will be held at 17 army bases on […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has been given Russian citizenship, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday, One of the 75 foreign nationals whose citizenship has been granted by the decree is Snowden. The decree was made public on a website run by the government. Former […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: In an effort to test a technology to protect Earth against potential asteroids or comet hazards in the future, a NASA spacecraft was set to smash into an asteroid early on Tuesday The first mission of its kind, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), was scheduled to strike its target asteroid […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Children were among the 13 people the gunman shot and killed on Monday at a school in central Russia, local police and government officials said. “Thirteen people, including six adults and seven minors, were killed because of this crime,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement, adding that 14 children and […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: The Fortune Pink, an extremely rare giant gemstone, will be auctioned in Geneva in November for up to $35 million (36 million euros), auctioneers announced Monday. The vividly colored gem, weighing more than 18 carats, is the largest pear-shaped pink diamond of its quality ever offered for sale at auction, according […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: According to a report published in the UK daily Guardian that has gained information from headteachers across England, children are so hungry that they are eating rubbers or hiding in the playground because they can’t afford lunch. The headteachers say the government is leaving schools to deal with a mounting crisis – a […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: The level of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send hundreds of thousands more men to fight in Ukraine was highlighted by police clashes with protesters on Sunday in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, Reuters reported. Russia’s first military mobilisation since World War Two, announced by Putin on Wednesday, […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Rome, Italy – The far-right Brothers of Italy party has won the most parliamentary seats in the country’s elections, a projection suggested, paving the way for the party’s leader Giorgia Meloni to become the country’s first female prime minister. The forecast by SWG on private channel La 7, which came out after voting ended […]
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Sun 25 September 2022: Only six days remain for Britons to spend £11 billion ($12.4 billion) in paper currency before it no longer qualifies as legal tender. The Bank of England (BOE) announced Friday that as of September 30, about £6 billion in old £50 notes and more than £5 billion in old £20 notes […]
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