Tue 18 January 2022: In response to fears of a Russian invasion, the United Kingdom has begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons, and Canada has reportedly deployed a small contingent of special forces to Kyiv. The news comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov strongly denied US claims last week that Moscow was preparing a […]
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Tue 18 January 2022: A citizen scientist has discovered a giant gaseous planet about 379 light-years from Earth, orbiting a star with the same mass as the Sun, NASA has said. The exoplanet, called TOI-2180 b, was discovered in data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TOI-2180 b is almost three times more massive […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: UK government on Monday announced freeze on British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) license fee. The government claimed that freeze on the license fee was aimed at providing relief to families from cost of living pressures. However, the Opposition alleged that the real motive behind the move was part of vendetta of right-wingers […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most outspoken critic, stated on Monday that he does not regret returning to the country. On his return to Russia from Germany on January 17, last year, Navalny was detained in a Moscow airport, kicking off a months-long crackdown that saw his most prominent allies imprisoned or exiled. […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: According to a poll released on Monday, right-wing French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s rating has strengthened since anti-migrant former pundit Eric Zemmour entered the crowded contest. Le Pen was defined as a “patriot and advocate of traditional values” by 46 percent of respondents in a Kantar Public poll conducted for […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: According to The Verge, Apple has implemented a new policy requiring employees to produce confirmation of receiving the Covid booster dose. “Due to waning efficacy of the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines and the emergence of highly transmissible variants such as Omicron, a booster shot is now part of staying up […]
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Mon 17 January 2022: The gunman who held four people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday (January 15) has been confirmed as a British citizen by US officials. Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen from Blackburn, has been named by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, there was little information […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Sunday that in February, the country will become the first in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for adults. He agreed that this was a “sensitive topic.” Those who do not comply, according to Nehammer, a conservative who took office in December, will face a […]
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Novak Djokovic prepares for his deportation flight from Melbourne Airport. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 16 January 2022: On the eve of the Australian Open, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic slammed Australian authorities after a federal court decided in favor of tennis star Novak Djokovic’s deportation. “They think that they have by this, this mistreatment of 10 days, humiliated […]
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Sun 16 January 2022: On Sunday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation stated that evidence pointed to Russia’s alleged involvement in recent cyberattacks against the country’s official websites. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that its website, as well as the websites of a number of other government agencies, were down due to a cyberattack. […]
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