UK SENDING 700 TROOPS TO CYPRUS FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION OF CITIZENS FROM LEBANON

Wed 25 September 2024 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that 700 troops are being deployed to British bases in Cyprus to support a possible evacuation of British nationals from Lebanon amid rising tensions in the region. Speaking to reporters aboard a flight to New York for the 79th session of the UN General […]

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POPE CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP ‘TERRIBLE ESCALATION’ IN LEBANON

Wed 25 September 2024: Pope Francis on Wednesday called on the international community to “make every effort to stop this terrible escalation” after days of intense Israeli airstrikes killed hundreds in Lebanon. “I am saddened by the news coming out of Lebanon,” the pope said at his weekly general audience at the Vatican, voicing hope “that the international community will […]

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GETTING SHORTER AND GOING HUNGRIER: HOW CHILDREN IN THE UK LIVE TODAY

Wed 25 September 2024: Children’s lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago. Recently, more have died each year than they did a few years ago. Increased poverty, more destitution and the effects of ongoing austerity are the clear culprits. But why did this happen to our […]

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RUSSIA HAS SECRET WAR DRONES PROJECT IN CHINA, INTEL SOURCES SAY

Wed 25 September 2024: Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters. IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned weapons company Almaz-Antey, has developed and flight-tested a new drone […]

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IRAN’S PRESIDENT PEZESHKIAN SAYS TEHRAN READY TO IMPROVE TIES WITH WEST

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in New York.. Wed 25 September 2024: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that he wants to open a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations and that Tehran is “ready to engage” with the West over its nuclear […]

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JEWISH-AMERICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CONGO OVER COUP PLOT LINKED TO ISRAELI MOSSAD: REPORT

Tue  24 September 2024: A Jewish-American man has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt, raising debate and conspiracy theories regarding possible ties to Israeli spy organization Mossad, according to MEMO. Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, a native of Washington DC and father of […]

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US PLANS TO PROHIBIT KEY CHINESE SOFTWARE, HARDWARE IN CONNECTED VEHICLES

Tue  24 September 2024: The move is a significant escalation in US restrictions on Chinese vehicles, software and components. The United States Department of Commerce has proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns, a move that would in effect bar Chinese cars and trucks […]

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RIGHTS GROUPS WARN MYANMAR MILITARY EXECUTING MORE ANTI-COUP ACTIVISTS

Tue  24 September 2024: A married couple reportedly executed on Monday with five more people facing the death penalty on Tuesday. Myanmar’s military regime has executed two anti-coup activists and plans to execute five more on September 24, rights groups have said, urging action from the international community. Maung Kaung Htet and his wife Chan […]

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SYRIAN FAMILIES FILE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST REGIME LEADERS IN GERMANY

Tue  24 September 2024: The complaint against Syrian regime officials was filed by families of victims seen in the Caesar photos Syrian families of victims of the Assad regime have filed a criminal complaint in Germany, accusing high-ranking officials of murder, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture in four specific cases, it was announced on […]

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ALMOST 30,000 SUSPECTED MPOX CASES IN AFRICA THIS YEAR: WHO

Mon 23 September 2024: Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday. More than 800 people died of suspected mpox across the continent in that time, the U.N. health body said in its report. Congo’s central African […]

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