Sun 02 October 2022: Pope Francis said he is haunted by “rivers of blood and tears” and has made a direct appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine. In a speech devoted to Ukraine in St. Peter’s Square, the head of the Catholic Church also denounced […]
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Sun 02 October 2022: The US suicide rate rose in 2021, particularly among young men, according to official data out Friday — an increase that ends a two-year-decline. The number of suicides rose from around 46,000 in 2020 to 47,650 in 2021, according to preliminary figures released by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention […]
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Observers are deployed throughout the country to assess the elections. Sun 02 October 2022: Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens head to the polls Sunday to choose lawmakers at the canton, entity, and national levels, as well as the three members of the Presidential Council. More than 5,900 ballot boxes across the country open at 7 a.m. local time (0500GMT) […]
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Sun 02 October 2022: According to British military intelligence, Russia’s forces are believed to have sustained significant losses as they withdrew from Lyman, a strategically significant town in eastern Ukraine. The British Defence Ministry’s daily brief stated on Sunday that the town in the Donetsk region was “likely being defended by undermanned elements of Russia’s […]
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Sun 02 October 2022: At least 174 people have died in a fatal football stampede after Arema FC lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya in a home game on Saturday night at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia, Deputy East Java Governor Emil Dardak told local media on Sunday. A police statement said supporters of the […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: In order to avoid being surrounded by the Ukrainian army, Russia said on Saturday that its troops had withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. “In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines,” […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, has said that Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after a significant new defeat on the battlefield. In a message on Telegram criticizing Russian commanders for abandoning the east Ukrainian town of Lyman on Saturday, Kadyrov wrote: “In my personal […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: Iranian protesters and police had a violent confrontation in southeastern Iran, that killed 19 people in one of the deadliest incidents since antigovernment protests began sweeping Iran two weeks ago. The confrontation happened as worshippers from Iran’s Sunni minority left Friday prayers at the Makki Grand Mosque in Zahedan, capital of […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: Royal Mail delivery workers in the United Kingdom went on strike for 48 hours on Friday, citing an escalating pay dispute. Postal deliveries were disrupted across the country as members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) went on strike. According to the union, the walkout by approximately 115,000 of its members […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: In an ongoing operation, Ukraine has encircled Russian forces around a key Moscow bastion in the eastern town of Lyman, according to a Ukrainian military spokesman on Saturday, Reuters reported. According to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces, Russia’s forces at Lyman totaled between 5,000 and 5,500 soldiers, but the […]
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