Wed 03 August 2022: Around 1656, a Spanish ship named Nuestra Seora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders) drowned in the Bahamas. Although it was normal for ships to disappear in troubled seas during that time, this one was unique because of the amount of riches it contained. Although efforts had been made to […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: As the world’s biggest soft drinks makers cut their Russian ties, local producer Chernogolovka is aiming for a 50 percent share of the country’s near $9 billion market, its boss has told Reuters. A mass exodus of Western firms due to sanctions and restrictions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine has created […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: Tlaib all but secures a third term in US Congress after comfortably defeating primary challengers in Michigan district. Dearborn, Michigan, US – US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has all but secured re-election after comfortably fending off primary challengers and an advertising campaign by a pro-Israel group. Tlaib won the Democratic Party’s nomination for a newly […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: A total of 2,171 people have been infected with monkeypox in France, health minister Francois Braun said on Tuesday Braun told parliament France was one of the first countries to start offering free vaccination against the disease and that 42,000 doses have been delivered so far. France has enough doses to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s bid to become Britain’s next prime minister got a major boost on Monday when she received the backing of a lawmaker she narrowly defeated to make it to the final two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson. Junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was the last contender to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: On June 29, the Earth set an unprecedented milestone by having its shortest day since the 1960s, when scientists began timing the planet’s rotation using high-precision atomic clocks. The Earth rotates around its axis every 24 hours, but June 29 was an exception, with midnight arriving 1.59 milliseconds early, according to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Nuclear threats emanating from the war in Ukraine as well as in Asia and the Middle East have put the world one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation”, the United Nations secretary-general said. At the UN on Monday, Antonio Guterres issued the dire warning at the opening of a long-delayed meeting to […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Russia’s president has warned there can be “no winners” in a nuclear war and said such a conflict should never be started. “As a state party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and one of its depositaries, Russia is consistently complying with the letter and the spirit of the Treaty,” Putin said in […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September for a gathering of spiritual leaders, the Vatican announced on Monday. Prior to the event, the pope expressed his desire to meet with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Francis will be attending the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres “warmly welcomes” the departure Monday of a first ship carrying Ukrainian grain under a plan to lift Russia’s naval blockade, a spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General hopes that this will be the first of many commercial ships moving in accordance with the initiative signed, and that this will bring much-needed stability […]
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