UKRAINE’S NEED FOR MORE WEAPONS MAJOR FOCUS AS DEFENCE MINISTERS MEET

Wed 15 June 2022: Dozens of defence ministers from NATO and other parts of the world are expected to discuss weapons deliveries to Ukraine on Wednesday in Brussels, the Reuters news agency reports US officials as having said. “Russia has not given up on the fight, despite its pretty anaemic progress … What we have […]

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40% OF GLOBAL BLOOD DONATIONS COME FROM HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES: WHO

Wed 15 June 2022: Up to 40% of the annual blood donations worldwide are collected in high-income countries that are home to 16% of the world’s population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). World Blood Donation Day is being observed on Tuesday to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products […]

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29 BRITISH JOURNALISTS AND DEFENSE FIGURES ARE BANNED FROM ENTERING RUSSIA

Tue 14 June 2022: Russia has barred scores of British journalists, media representatives, and defense figures from visiting the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, citing Western sanctions and the “spreading of false information about Russia,” Reuters reports. 29 journalists and members of British media organizations such as the BBC, Sky […]

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TURKIYE WILL PUMP 10M CUBIC METRES OF GAS A DAY FROM BLACK SEA: ERDOGAN

Tue 14 June 2022:  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will start pumping ten million cubic metres of natural gas per day from the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea in the first quarter of 2023, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking at a public event marking the laying of the first offshore pipeline to […]

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UKRAINE WAR “IN SOME WAY PROVOKED” SAYS POPE FRANCIS

Tue 14 June 2022: Pope Francis has launched a new round of criticisms of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, describing Russian troops as “brutal, cruel, and ferocious,” while applauding Ukrainians for fighting for their lives. However, in the text of a discussion he held with editors of Jesuit media last month, which was published on Tuesday, […]

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