Fri 31 January 2025: President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there is no chance for BRICS countries to replace the US dollar. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and watch, is OVER,” Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social, referring […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: A small US security firm is hiring nearly 100 US Special Forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world’s most violent conflict zones. […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: German lawmakers debated the possibility of banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party during a heated session Thursday, as concerns mounted over the party’s anti-democratic activities. Social Democrat lawmaker Johannes Fechner warned that right-wing extremists pose a serious threat to democracy and voiced his support for a motion to initiate proceedings to ban […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: 85 percent of the local population in Greenland are against the idea of becoming part of the United States, according to new polling conducted by research company Verian, for national newspaper Sermitsiaq in Greenland and media outlet Berlingske in Denmark. The poll was based on web interviews conducted between January 22 […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: With the opposition expressing strong reservations to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has wetted it accepting 14 amendments with a vote of 15 “Ayes” and 11 “Nays”. Now the Waqf bill is ready for the perusal of the Lok Sabha Speaker who will take further action […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men, 32 women and four children ran aground in Pereulak region in East Aceh on Wednesday after its engine broke down. […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: The situation in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo began returning to normal on Thursday after a week of intense clashes between government forces and rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda. Although the tension remains high, sporadic gunfire has ceased with no latest clashes reported in the […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: France ended its military presence in Chad on Thursday, vacating its last base in the central African nation a day ahead of the deadline set by Chadian authorities. The French military withdrew from the Sergent Adji Kossei base in the capital, N’Djamena, marking the final step in its departure, the Chadian […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will retain a ban on asylum seekers being able to claim protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws, even as its ministers have previously criticised those measures, Reuters has reported. Starmer is under pressure to deal with tens of thousands of people who arrive in […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: A regional plane collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, according to authorities. “A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport […]
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