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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Sun 25 September 2022: Polls have opened as Italians are voting on Sunday in a snap general election. The snap election came after Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament in July and called an early election on Sept. 25, marking the end of the government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Just under 50 million […]
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Sun 25 September 2022: A stream of Russians flocking to Istanbul on Saturday expressed personal relief but concern for the safety of loved ones after the Kremlin announced a partial mobilisation for the war in Ukraine. The price of some tickets from Moscow shot up 10-fold after President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced Russia’s first call-up of fighting-age men since World […]
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Sun 25 September 2022: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, says he is “shocked” by Israel’s refusal to provide Kyiv with anti-missile defense systems to help fend off Russian attacks. Since the beginning of the war in February, the president has been requesting the weapons. Zelenskyy referred to Israel’s Iron Dome system, which is frequently […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed amendments toughening punishment for voluntary surrender and refusal to fight by up to 10 years in prison, just days after ordering a partial mobilisation. A separate law, also signed on Saturday, facilitates access to Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the Russian army, following the mobilisation designed to increase the ranks of his […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: In August 2022, more than 60 prestigious companies announced layoffs, according to GlobalData’s news database. Companies across the board have reduced their headcount due to the global slowdown and looming recessionary fears. The large tech corporations, including Microsoft, Apple, Tencent, Xiaomi, and Snap, fired employees as uncertain macroeconomic conditions threatened to […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: In the eastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials announced on Friday that 447 bodies had been exhumed from a mass grave in Izyum, recently liberated from Russia. “In Izyum, the exhumation of all bodies at the mass burial site has been completed,” Kharkiv regional prosecutors said on social media. “During September 16-23, 447 bodies of the […]
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The launching ceremony of the Women in Conflict Initiative, launched by the Qatar Fund for Development. Women in Conflict Zones seeks to empower women in conflict areas through humanitarian aid and developmental assistance. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), along with other strategic partners, has launched a new global initiative that will back the empowerment […]
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Sat 24 September 2022: Islamophobia remains a growing threat across Europe, with several countries enacting policies that have contributed to the institutionalisation of an issue that should, instead, be stamped out with urgency, a new report has warned. According to the European Islamophobia Report 2021, Islamophobia was “as pressing a problem” across the continent as […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: A U.N. mandated investigative body intends to investigate a mass burial site near Izium, in eastern Ukraine, where hundreds of bodies have been found, its head said on Friday. “This is of course a novel incident but we certainly intend to look into the Izium event as well,” Erik Mose, who heads the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, […]
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