Wed 12 March 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that US representatives at the 18 February meeting in Riyadh expressed their desire to normalise relations with Russia, Anadolu has reported. Speaking to US bloggers in Moscow, Lavrov said that the American delegation also stressed the need to prevent conflicts from escalating into confrontation, especially military […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Search for missing surfer now a recovery operation after evidence of bite marks found on surf board. Australian police have confirmed that a surfer who went missing was “taken by a shark” after search and rescue teams recovered a surfboard scarred with “bite marks” from the area of the attack. The […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Global risks are rising, and many companies are struggling with how to adapt. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Risks Report makes it clear that challenges like escalating global tensions and conflicts, climate change, economic instability and supply chain disruptions are interconnected and build on one another. And they’re here to stay. Meanwhile, […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: The US Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will cut nearly half of its workforce after President Donald Trump proposed to eliminate the agency entirely. “As part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce,” […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: The United States has agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after Kyiv expressed “readiness” to accept a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia. The Saudi official Al-Ekhbariya channel said on X late Tuesday: “The US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah succeeded under Saudi diplomatic efforts.” “After 9 hours of US-Ukrainian […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: With recorded anti-Muslim hate crimes up by 165 per cent since the beginning of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, concerns are growing among Britain’s Muslim communities over the government’s decision to withdraw funding from Tell Mama, one of the UK’s longest-running organisations monitoring Islamophobia. The move leaves the group facing potential […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: CAIR reports record 8,658 discrimination complaints in 2024 as war in Gaza stirred up Islamophobia. Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Arabs in the United States hit a new record in 2024 amid the Israel-Gaza war, an advocacy group has reported. A report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Canada a “tariff abuser” and said Washington would no longer be “subsidizing Canada” following Ontario’s decision to impose a 25% electricity surcharge on three US states. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from […]
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Mon 10 March 2025: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has followed through with his promise and slapped a 25 percent surcharge on electricity the province provides to 1.5 million American homes. The surcharge imposed on Monday is a retaliatory measure for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and will affect New York State, Minnesota and Michigan. The […]
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Mon 10 March 2025: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has followed through with his promise and slapped a 25 percent surcharge on electricity the province provides to 1.5 million American homes. The surcharge imposed on Monday is a retaliatory measure for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and will affect New York State, Minnesota and Michigan. The […]
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