Sat 15 March 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host a virtual meeting of world leaders Saturday to discuss peacekeeping in Ukraine and urge them to make “concrete commitments,” according to Downing Street. Around 25 leaders are expected to join to discuss the “coalition of the willing” peacekeeping mission. Starmer will urge allies to […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The UN on Thursday expressed concern about growing tension in Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling for peace and stability. “We call on all political leaders to fully support and facilitate the work of state institutions in order to consolidate peace and ensure stability throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Urging “relevant actors […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: Every year on March 14th, math enthusiasts and scientists celebrate pi, one of the most famous irrational numbers. The number pi, symbolized as π in mathematics and commonly approximated as 3.14, is significant not only for mathematical calculations but also as an element highlighting the aesthetic and poetic aspects of science. WHAT IS PI? Pi (π) […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: UK sees surge in shoplifting and retail worker abuse, study finds Nearly a quarter of Britons have witnessed shoplifting or seen retail workers subjected to physical or verbal abuse over the past year as criminals grow “bolder and more aggressive,” according to a new survey. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), in partnership with market research […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that his country agrees with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but stressed that any ceasefire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict. “We agree with the proposals to stop the hostilities, but we proceed from the fact that this […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: The price of gold reached a new record on Thursday with an ounce trading at $2,983.50 at 1810GMT amid uncertainties caused by US President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The ounce of gold rose 1.68% on Thursday to set a new record. The safe haven asset has gained around 10% since Trump […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: US President Donald Trump struck a note of tempered optimism Thursday amid negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire proposal to bring the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine to a halt for at least 30 days. Addressing reporters as he hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump said his officials […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s economic management amid stock market turmoil, polls show. United States President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is facing growing pushback from Americans amid wild swings in the stock market and growing fears of a recession, new polling shows. In a CNN/SSRS poll released on Wednesday, 56 […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: The urge to throw more money at defence budgets across a number of countries has become infectious. It was bound to happen with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, given his previous insistence that US allies do more to fatten their own armies rather than rely on the largesse of […]
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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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