The Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. Mon 08 August 2022: The risk of nuclear conflict has resurfaced after decades, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who urged nuclear states to pledge not to initiate the use of their weapons. Any attack on a nuclear plant is a “suicidal thing”, Guterres said, […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest supporters warned that the West had a long-term strategy to destroy Russia, asserting that Russia would win the fight in Ukraine on its terms, Reuters reported. “Russia is conducting a special military operation in Ukraine and is attaining peace on our terms,” former Russian […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: As tensions rise in the Karabakh region, Azerbaijan on Monday said Armenia targeted its military positions 10 times over the past 24 hours. In six of the incidents, Armenian forces opened fire “from positions in the direction of the Basarkechar, Garakilsa, and Gorus regions” on Azerbaijani military units “stationed in the direction of the […]
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Etienne Klein apologised after sharing an image of chorizo and saying it was a star (Image: Wiki Commons/Etienne Klein) Sun 07 August 2022: A French scientist who tweeted a picture of a slice of chorizo and claimed it was an image of a far-off star acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope has issued an apology. […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: After testing positive for COVID-19 for over a week, U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for the virus for the second day in a row on Sunday and will come out of isolation, according to the White House doctor. Following his negative test, Biden will return to public engagement and travel, Dr. […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: Leaders from all around the world applauded the agreement reached between Russia and Ukraine to allow the passage of ships carrying food grains in the midst of the crisis. Pope Francis praised the ships’ withdrawal from the Black Sea ports and added that it could be a “breakthrough” for communication that […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: Banks globally are estimated to invest an additional $31 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) incorporated in existing systems by 2025 to reduce fraud, according to a survey, According to the IDC report, fraud management is a high concern for banking executives globally. “In the process of coming up with digital products […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: Global food prices dropped sharply in July, according to the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), According to the FAO, a pact to allow grain imports from Ukraine and improvements to the global supply chain helped relieve some price pressure. The monthly index of food commodity prices plummeted 8.6 […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: The United States is preparing a new $1bn security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include munitions for long-range weapons and armoured medical transport vehicles, according to Reuters news agency. The package would be one of the largest so far and is expected to be announced as early as Monday, three […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: Only 30% of respondents in a poll conducted by the Russians in the occupied cities of Kherson and Zaporizhian supported joining Russia. According to sources close to the Kremlin quoted by the Russian media outlet Meduza located in Latvia, Russian propaganda operations are failing since there is no support for Moscow […]
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