Wed 19 March 2025: Shutdown of US-funded news outlets ends more than 80 years of uncensored news broadcasts in China. Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese state media and pro-China commentators have welcomed the de facto shutting down of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) following the latest budget cuts by the administration of United States President […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: India, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were four of the five top arms importers globally between 2020 and 2024, a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) earlier this month has shown. Ukraine was the world’s largest importer of major weapons over the past five years, accounting for […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: The US National Archives released around 80,000 pages of declassified records late Tuesday related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The documents, which have been uploaded to a portal maintained by the National Archives, are part of a long-awaited […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: The White House said Tuesday that an ongoing call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is “going well” as the two nations seek to hammer out a deal to pause the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine for at least 30 days, and improve bilateral relations. The highly-anticipated call […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: The EU plans to increase its pledge for Syrians to around €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) for 2025 and 2026, the European Commission president announced Monday. “Syrians need greater support, whether they are still abroad or they decide to go home, and this is why today, the European Union is increasing its […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: U.S. tariffs will inflict significant harm on the U.S. economy as other countries hit back with “high tariffs” on American goods, Chinese state media warned, leaving the door open for more measures by Beijing as another wave of levies looms. Barely two months after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: At least 404 Palestinians were killed and 562 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, breaking a ceasefire that lasted nearly two months, the Health Ministry said. “Many victims are still under the rubble and efforts are underway to recover them,” the ministry added in a statement. […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map. Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and jagged in […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: Israeli assaults across Gaza resume, effectively shattering the fragile ceasefire with Hamas. At least 326 Palestinians have been killed as Israel launched a massive assault on Gaza, shattering the fragile two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas. Tuesday’s attack took place across Gaza, including in Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, Gaza City in […]
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Tue 18 March 2025: Many women and children among more than 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli air attacks across the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s health ministry said. Hamas said Israel carried out a “treacherous” attack on besieged and defenceless civilians in order to overturn the Gaza ceasefire deal. Palestinian Islamic Jihad accused Israel of “deliberately sabotaging” […]
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