Sat 03 September 2022: Russia put to rest the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a Moscow service that lacked the fanfare of a state funeral and was notable for the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Gorbachev, the final Soviet leader to bring the Cold War to an end, will be buried in […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: The result of the British Conservative Party leadership contest will be announced at 1130 GMT on Monday, the party said on Friday. Polls have projected foreign Secretary Liz Truss will beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next prime minister. Who is running in the contest? In the blue corner, we have the foreign secretary, […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: The Romanian government has announced that it will buy three unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) systems from Turkish defence firm, Baykar, along with logistics support for an estimated $300 million before tax, the Defence Ministry said, Reuters reports. According to the report, the Ministry said it has requested approval from the Romanian Parliament to […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: Asylum seekers in the UK who will be deported to Rwanda as part of the government’s controversial deportation scheme include victims of torture and human trafficking, a critical report revealed on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a study of 36 asylum seekers in the UK, human rights group, Medical Justice, discovered that […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: The Amazon rainforest has recorded its worst month for fires in August since 2010, authorities said Thursday. There was an 18% increase since last August in a region considered an important natural buffer against climate change, according to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that published the data. INPE satellites […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: As bases started to come out of pandemic restrictions and public spaces reopened, reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by 13% last year, according to an annual report released Thursday to Congress by the Department of Defense. The numbers from fiscal year 2021 are the highest since the […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: Pavel Palazhchenko, Gorbachev’s interpreter for decades, says the late Soviet leader was traumatised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in the months before he died and psychologically crushed in recent years by Moscow’s worsening ties with Kyiv, his interpreter has […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: Microblogging network Twitter planned to monetize adult content on its platform this year by enabling adult content producers selling memberships on the platform, according to reports. By enabling adult creators to use its platform in the spring of 2022, Twitter was reportedly going to challenge adult creator website OnlyFans. Since publishing […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle, according to a survey issued the day after Meghan made headlines for her remarks about the royal family in an interview with a US magazine, are disliked or unsympathetic by more than half of British people. The survey, which used […]
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Thu 01 September 2022: The United States on Thursday welcomed a report by the United Nations that said China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “This report deepens and reaffirms our grave concern regarding the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity that PRC government authorities are perpetrating against Uyghurs,” Blinken said in a statement while calling for Beijing to be […]
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