Tue 10 September 2024: The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that Apple must pay €13 billion ($14.3 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing a decade-long legal dispute to a close. The Court of Justice of the EU upheld a 2016 decision by the European Commission, which found that Ireland had granted Apple […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: A woman has been killed near Moscow after the remnants of a downed Ukrainian drone hit the apartment block where she was living and started a fire, according to Russian officials. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defences shot down 144 Ukrainian drones overnight in nine regions, with 20 alone over the […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Israel is actively lobbying members of the US Congress to exert pressure on South Africa to withdraw its case against Israel from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to recent reports from Axios and Israeli media Walla. Israel’s foreign ministry has dispatched a classified cable instructing its diplomats in the US to […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: The devastating conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has claimed over 20,000 lives since it erupted in April 2023, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. During a two-day visit to Sudan, Ghebreyesus highlighted the staggering toll at a press conference […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday announced that his government plans to ban children from using social media. In a statement, Premier Albanese said that his Labor government will introduce legislation this year to enforce a minimum age for access to social media and other relevant digital platforms. “We know […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: Russia has invited Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, to attend a BRICS summit in the city of Kazan from 22-24, Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Monday. The bloc of developing nations, last year, invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates to become members, in […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: The summer of 2024 has set new temperature benchmarks globally, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released Thursday. Global average temperatures for June to August reached 0.69C above the 1991-2020 average, surpassing the previous record of 0.66C set in 2023, according to the European Union’s climate monitor. […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: In his first major television interview since entering 10 Downing Street, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared on the BBC to discuss a range of pressing issues, including the rise of far-right extremism and this summer’s riots, Anadolu Agency reports. In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Starmer said that while he does […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, has left a trail of destruction in Vietnam, claiming at least 59 lives as landslides and floods wreaked havoc across the country. The storm, which made landfall on Vietnam’s northeastern coast on Saturday, had already caused significant damage in China […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: As the countdown to the US presidential election reaches its final stretch, the race between Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump and Democratic contender Vice President Kamala Harris is proving to be a nail-biter. Recent polling data showcases just how competitive this race has become, with Trump holding a razor-thin […]
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