Mon 31 October 2022: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election, , but with incumbent Jair Bolsonaro still not conceding defeat there were concerns the far-right contender might challenge the result. The country’s election commission reports that on Sunday, Lula won 50.8 percent of the vote versus Bolsonaro’s […]
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Sun 30 October 2022: On Sunday, the European Union pleaded with Russia to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a crucial grain export agreement with Ukraine. “Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea deal puts at risks the main export route of much needed grain and fertilisers to address the global food crisis […]
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Sat 29 October 2022: Following attacks on ships in Crimea, Russia has banned participation in the agreement to export agricultural products from Ukrainian ports, the defence ministry was quoted as saying on Saturday by TASS. In the early hours of Saturday, according to Russia, Ukrainian forces targeted Black Sea Fleet ships in Sevastopol, the largest […]
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Sat 29 October 2022: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said on Friday, that 103 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in the first half of 2022, or one in every 77 people on Earth. This increase was caused by persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and seriously disturbing public order. According to […]
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Sat 29 October 2022: According to Russia’s defense ministry, representatives of a British Navy unit blew up the Nord Stream gas pipes in the Baltic Sea last month. The defence ministry provided no proof to back up its allegation. “According to available information, representatives of this unit of the British Navy took part in the […]
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Sat 29 October 2022: Downing Street confirmed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Amber de Botton as his director of communications. De Botton’s career as a journalist has included working for broadcasters ITV News and Sky News. She leaves ITV News, where she was head of UK news and previously head of politics. Unlike […]
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Fri 28 October 2022: Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Russia, claimed on Friday that excessive restriction on Twitter and other social media platforms had taken away users’ freedom to choose their own content. Snowden’s comment was in response to the news SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk […]
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Fri 28 October 2022: The Chenchen leader and close ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday (October 27) that 23 soldiers had been killed and 58 others injured in an artillery bombardment by Ukraine this week. Kadyrov claimed the instance happened in southern Kherson in a Telegram statement. He said, “All […]
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Fri 28 October 2022: Family members of US federal workers were told to leave Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on Thursday by the State Department due to heightened risk of terrorist attacks. The order comes two days after the department asked non-emergency US government employees and family members to leave the city. In its travel […]
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Thu 27 October 2022: On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the West for engaging in a “dangerous, bloody, and dirty” geopolitical game, but he said that eventually, the United States and its allies will have to engage Russia in dialogue, Anadolu Agency reported. “Power over the world is what the so-called West has put […]
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