Mon 17 October 2022: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it is “deeply distressed” by “shocking reports and images” of 92 people found stripped at the Greek-Turkish border. “We condemn such cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation into this incident,” the UNHCR tweeted on Sunday. Ankara and Athens traded accusations on […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: On Sunday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $1.2 billion donation to the polio eradication effort. “Polio eradication is within reach. But as far as we have come, the disease remains a threat,” In a statement, Bill Gates, co-chair of the foundation, said The money will go to the […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: Protesters are calling for screenings of a new documentary by a Serbian-Canadian filmmaker to be cancelled across Europe, saying the “revisionist” film “whitewashes” war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. Film director Boris Malagurski announced last month on Twitter the schedule of screenings of his film Republika Srpska: The Struggle for […]
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Mon 17 October 2022: The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been hit by at least four explosions – with a presidential adviser blaming “kamikaze drones” sent by Russia. A week ago, the capital was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19 dead. This morning’s attacks were from drones – […]
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Sun 16 October 2022: A day after claiming that his rocket company SpaceX could no longer afford to support its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, Elon Musk announced on Saturday that it would. Musk tweeted: “the hell with it … even though starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer […]
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Sun 16 October 2022: In order to combat crime, police in some parts of Wales have announced that they will use tuk-tuk vehicles. The Gwent police have recently purchased 4 tuk-tuks to be used in the fight against crime in the Abergavenny and Newport areas, according to the BBC. According to the report, police will […]
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Sun 16 October 2022: In an excerpt from his new book released on Sunday, Pope Francis stated that the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine War exposed the UN’s shortcomings and that the need for reform was “more than obvious.” The Argentine pope stated that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February demonstrated the necessity of finding […]
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Sat 15 October 2022: By the end of 2022, 5.3 billion phones will be added to the e-waste. The estimate was made by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) forum using data from international trade, which highlights the growing e-waste issue. Many of us keep our old phones as priceless momentos. However, by doing […]
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Sat 15 October 2022: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the foreign minister of Iran, claimed on Saturday (October 15) that his country has not given Russia any weapons “to be used in the war in Ukraine.” The declaration comes amid claims from Ukraine and the West that Moscow used drones made in Iran in recent attacks on Ukraine. […]
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Sat 15 October 2022: The European Union’s highest court has ruled that companies within its member states may prohibit hijabs as long as it is done in a “general” manner that does not constitute “direct discrimination.” The ruling, issued on Thursday by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), concerned a dispute that […]
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