Wed 20 November 2024: Ukraine has fired long-range British Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory for the first time, a day after launching United States-made long-range missiles into the country, British media outlets report. Russian war correspondent accounts on Telegram posted footage on Wednesday they said included the sound of the missiles striking in the Kursk region, […]
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Wed 20 November 2024: World Children’s Day this year for millions of children around the world is not about celebration but survival, according to a UNICEF spokesman, who told Anadolu that conflicts, climate crises and systemic neglect continue to devastate young lives. “World Children’s Day should be a day of celebration and a day of reflection. For those children in Gaza and Lebanon, […]
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Wed 20 November 2024: Saudi Arabia and Iran have reaffirmed their commitment to implementing all of the provisions of the Beijing Agreement. They also committed themselves to continue the efforts to reinforce good neighbourly relations between the two countries by adhering to the UN and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation charters as well as international law, including […]
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Wed 20 November 2024: US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine to use the land mines in its own territory, though it has […]
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Wed 20 November 2024: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu offers big cash reward and safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducement to free Israeli captives. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said $5m will be given as a reward for each captive released from Gaza and those that help free Israelis held by Hamas will be given a way […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Thousands of farmers from across the UK gathered in central London on Tuesday in the largest protest yet against the government’s controversial changes to inheritance tax rules, announced in the Autumn Budget on Oct. 30. The policy, set to take effect in April 2026, will impose a 20% inheritance tax on farms valued over £1 million. Farmers from […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Every 19 November, World Toilet Day, a United Nations observance campaign, encourages governments and the private sector to address the global sanitation crisis. It relates to target 6.2 of the UN’s sixth Sustainable Development Goal: ‘Safe toilets for all by 2030’. According to the UN, about 3.5 billion individuals do not have […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: The IDF found Russian-made weapons in Hezbollah stores in South Lebanon, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. Among the weapons made in Russia were anti-tank missiles sent in recent years to Lebanon via Syria which had been receiving Russian weapons for years. Many of the weapons were originally owned by […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: The head of the Turkish intelligence service, Ibrahim Kalin, met with the director of the Israeli internal security agency, Ronen Bar, during a secret visit to Turkiye on Saturday. The two security officials discussed the issue of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip, Israeli website Walla reported yesterday. The website quoted “informed” […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Schools go online until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the Indian capital’s health crisis Authorities in India’s capital have shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. A thick […]
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