DEFEAT OF FAR-RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN IN FRENCH ELECTION A ‘WIN’: ERDOĞAN

Sat 30 April 2022: According to local media, President Recep Tayyip Erdoan hailed far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s defeat in the French election as a “win,” stating that extremism has caused the world to suffer. Last Saturday, Le Pen, 53, came close to unseating President Emmanuel Macron, but she received a historic 41.5 percent […]

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OVER 3,000 PEOPLE DIED OR WENT MISSING AT SEA IN HOPE OF REACHING EUROPE: UN

Sat 30 April 2022:  More than 3,000 people died or went missing while trying to cross into European countries in 2021, an official from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. The people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Central and Western Mediterranean and Atlantic to Europe, UNHCR […]

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RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO’S INDEPENDENCE: ENVOY

President Vjosa Osmani speaks at a pro-Ukraine rally in Mother Teresa square, Pristina. Osmani said the war in Ukraine had brought back ‘personal’ and ‘painful’ memories for the people of Kosovo. ARBAN OSMANI Sat 30 April 2022:  Moscow will not recognize Kosovo’s independence, Russia’s ambassador to Belgrade said on Friday. Speaking to Serbian Insajder TV, […]

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ANTI-MUSLIM ACTS ROSE BY 9% IN THE US – CAIR REPORT

Sat 30 April 2022:  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) report shows that there has been a 9 per cent increase in discrimination against Muslims in the US During a press conference of a newly published report “Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia”, CAIR Director, Nihad Awad, said Islamophobia is structural and deep in the US. According […]

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PFIZER’S COVID-19 PILL FAILS TO PREVENT SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS

Sat 30 April 2022:  Pfizer said Friday that results from a study, which evaluated the Paxlovid for post-exposure preventive use, were not statistically significant. The primary endpoint of reducing the risk of confirmed and symptomatic Covid-19 infection in adults who had been exposed to the virus through a household contact was not met in the study. The analysis evaluated data […]

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PUTIN’S ‘MIDDLE FINGER’ TO THE UN SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE WEST

Sat 30 April 2022:  Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Friday a missile attack on his city Kyiv was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s way of giving “his middle finger” to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the West over the war in Ukraine. The targeting of the capital on Thursday killed at least one person and wounded 10 others, […]

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VIOLENCE AGAINST VEILED WOMEN IN FRANCE SPARKS TENSIONS

Fri 29 April 2022: A French lawyer has expressed deep concern over the recent assault of two veiled young Muslim women by police officers at the Pont de Clichy in the northwestern part of the capital Paris. Video footage showing police officers involved in the incident on April 14 went viral, triggering tensions. In France, two Muslim women were beaten by police […]

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RUSSIA BANS ENTRY TO NEARLY 600 CANADIANS INCLUDING TRUDEAU AND FREELAND

Fri 29 April 2022:  Russia said on Thursday it was imposing entry bans on nearly 600 Canadian nationals including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for what it called “hostile actions” by the country’s leadership. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was also among 592 people barred from travelling to Russia in the largely symbolic move. It formed […]

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