Wed 20 April 2022: Alexey Navalny, a jailed Kremlin critic, has urged French citizens to vote for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election, accusing his far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s party of having ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny said he’ll “root for France” in Sunday’s second round of voting between Macron […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Kiev has attracted about 7,000 foreign mercenaries from 63 countries since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. “The collective West supports Ukrainian nationalists, supports them not only with weapons, but also with personnel, supplying mercenaries there, their own extremists nurtured […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Men’s tennis world number two Daniil Medvedev is set to be barred from this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament as The Times reported organisers are to ban Russian and Belarus players. Russian and Belarusian players have been able to continue to compete in ATP and WTA events under a neutral flag. […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Following an order from a United Kingdom court, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is one step closer to being extradited to the United States. The Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London formally issued an order on Wednesday to extradite Assange to the United States to face spying charges for publishing a trove of […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Under proposed changes to the UK’s Highway Code, drivers in self-driving cars will be able to watch television or check their emails on built-in screens. Insurance companies rather than individuals will be liable for claims if vehicles are involved in collisions, the Department for Transport (DfT) said. However the update to […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Carbon monoxide levels have risen in recent years as a result of billowing smoke from wildfires, according to the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Climate change, which is making the atmosphere drier and warmer, has exacerbated wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest. According to project scientist Dr Rebecca Buchholz, […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts from the United States, only days after US President Joe Biden announced a $800 million military aid package for the country. The type and quantity of aircraft, however, have not been specified. As the US and Europe announced that they would be delivering […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: An award-winning film telling the story of the Turkish-German mother of a survivor of the US’ notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp this month hit Turkish theaters as part of the Istanbul Film Festival. Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush tells the real story of a Turkish-German mother’s fight to get justice […]
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Tue 19 April 2022: Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow is not seeking “regime change” in Ukraine despite earlier calls from the Kremlin for Ukrainian forces to topple the government in Kyiv. “We have said it repeatedly … We want the Ukrainians themselves [to] decide how they want to live … We want the people to […]
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Tue 19 April 2022: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced Russia’s new offensive and called for a four-day truce to coincide with the onset of Orthodox Holy Week. “Instead of a celebration of new life, this Easter coincides with a Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine,” Guterres told reporters at the UN’s headquarters in New York. […]
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