Fri 08 April 2022: The UN has decried a strike blamed by Ukraine on Russia against a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk that left at least 50 people dead. “The strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine today, which killed and injured scores of civilians waiting to be evacuated, […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Russia has suffered “significant losses of troops” in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. “This is a huge tragedy for us,” he told SkyNews TV in an interview. Asked if the war was a humiliation for Russia given the number of troops lost, Dmitry Peskov said: “No, it’s a wrong […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: British Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s millionaire wife has been revealed to hold non-domicile status, meaning she does not pay British taxes on her foreign earnings, triggering controversy in the UK. Non-domicile status, colloquially known as non-dom, means your permanent home is outside the UK and you do not pay tax on income […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: In intercepted radio messages, Russian soldiers said to talk about interrogating and killing soldiers and civilians. Germany says it has intercepted radio conversations in which Russian troops discussed the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. German magazine Der Spiegel, which first reported on the intercepted communication on Thursday, said […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, House of Representatives of the United States has tested positive for coronavirus. The 82-year-old leader does not seem to have any symptoms of the disease, her office said on Thursday. This comes a day after the Democrat leader from California was standing next to US President […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Russia has been suspended from the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council by the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, a Reuters report said. The action has been taken over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” by the Russian troops in Ukraine war. […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia defense contractor, which paid developers […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: One-in-four people do not feel valued at work, and those who do are mostly in senior positions, according to a new report launched on Wednesday by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency. Although diverse and inclusive workplaces generate greater productivity, innovation and well-being, ILO’s report ‘Transforming Enterprises through […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: The British government’s increase in national insurance contributions came into effect Wednesday, reigniting controversy over its handling of Britain’s escalating cost-of-living crisis. Employees pay national insurance on their wages, employers pay contributions for their staff and the self-employed pay it on their profits. Effective today, it has increased by 1.25 percentage […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in […]
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