Thu 03 March 2022: France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a ban on barristers wearing the hijab and other religious symbols in courtrooms in the north, a ruling that is the first of its kind and sets a precedent for the rest of the country. The conspicuous display of religious symbols is an emotive subject […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Turkiye has no plans to impose sanctions on Russia at this point as the country does not want its strong economic ties with Moscow to be damaged, Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Wednesday. Kalin participated in British journalist Becky Anderson’s program on CNN International and made assessments of the Russia-Ukraine war. […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Since the full-scale war on Ukraine began a week ago, approximately 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, according to Ukraine’s president. “About 9,000 Russians were killed in a week. In the direction of Mykolaiv, they had to take 200, 300 (Russian soldiers) 19-20 years old with dozens of helicopters,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
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Ukraine Hungary border – Amanda Coakley/Al Jazeera _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu 03 March 2022: Ukraine rejects claims of discrimination by border guards and says it operates on a ‘first come, first served’ approach. Záhony, Ukraine-Hungary border – After six years in Ukraine, Ayoub, a 25-year-old Moroccan pharmacy student, had built a life he was proud of in Kharkiv, […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Eurozone inflation rose to a new high in February, according to Eurostat, the European Union’s official statistics agency. Inflation was at 5.8%, and energy prices were skyrocketing. The increase, up from 5.1 percent in January, came as oil and gas prices soared even higher amid concerns about the impact of Russia’s […]
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Solidarity with Ukraine from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu 03 March 2022: There is now an opportunity for vulnerable countries like Bosnia to shake off Russian influence and take steps to join NATO, analysts say. The Russian invasion of Ukraine may spill over into the Western Balkans, most critically, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Nearly a week after Russia began its military operation against Ukraine, Moscow said 498 Russian troops have been killed in the war. Reports claim at least 350 Ukrainian civilians including 14 children have been killed in the war so far which began on February 24 after Putin declared military offensive against […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, demanding that Moscow cease fighting and evacuate its military forces, a move aimed at diplomatically isolating Russia at the UN. The resolution, which received support from 141 of the assembly’s 193 members, came as […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: More than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russia launched a war on its neighbor last Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. According to data on the UNHCR website, Poland has welcomed 453,982 people from Ukraine. Poland is followed by Hungary and Moldova which took […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Russia has cancelled a bid to send four of its warships through Turkish waters into the Black Sea at Turkey’s request, according to the Turkish government. A NATO member and neighbour of Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea, Turkey has good ties with both and adopted a cautious rhetoric on […]
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