Sat 04 June 2022: A UN spokeswoman told media on Friday that the UN had accepted Turkey’s formal request to change the spelling of the country’s name to Türkiye. Following a letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt avuşolu to the UN, the change took effect. According to the letter, the country also wishes to be […]
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Sat 04 June 2022: After hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick conceded Friday, celebrity cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz won Pennsylvania’s Senate primary election. “I received a gracious phone call from David McCormick and am tremendously grateful for his pledge of support in the fall election. We share the goal of a brighter future for Pennsylvania […]
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Sat 04 June 2022: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States said Friday that it is aware of more than 700 monkeypox cases worldwide, including 21 in the United States, with investigations currently indicating that the disease is spreading within the country. According to a new CDC analysis, 16 of […]
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Sat 04 June 2022: Global plastic waste is set to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfills and less than a fifth recycled, according to a new report released on Friday. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates that global plastics consumption will rise from 460 million tons in […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Russia announced on Friday that oil and natural gas exports will bring in an additional 393 billion rubles (almost $6.3 billion) in June. In May and June, the government would earn a total of 656.6 billion rubles (roughly $10.7 billion) from oil and gas exports, according to the Finance Ministry. Due […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Asylum seekers in a UK detention center launched a hunger strike in protest of the government’s proposal to deport refugees to Rwanda as part of its new immigration plan. At the Brook House detention camp, around 17 asylum seekers refused to eat for five days. According to the BBC, the hunger […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Apple protected customers from more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions on the App Store in 2021, the company has informed. This prevented attempted theft of the App Store users’ money, information, and time, and kept nearly a million problematic new apps out of their hands. Apple said in a […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Instagram, a Meta-owned photo-sharing platform, has announced the addition of AMBER Alerts, which would allow users to read and post alerts of missing children in their area. In the coming weeks, this functionality will be fully available in 25 countries, including South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United Arab […]
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Jacinda Ardern met with victims, and other members of the community, in Christchurch the day after the attack christchurch-mosque-attack. Fri 03 June 2022: New Zealand established the Center of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her government is implementing all recommendations of […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: The UN has confirmed 9,151 civilian casualties in Ukraine from the start of the conflict on February 24 until June 2. This includes 4,169 people killed and 4,982 injured, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in its latest civilian casualty update, noting that the actual […]
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