Thu 05 September 2024: Consumers in the Middle East are boycotting Coca-Cola and Pepsi, fuelling a surge in demand for local sodas as the global brands face backlash over the Israeli war in Gaza, Reuters reports. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, after years of investing heavily in Muslim-majority nations such as Egypt and Pakistan, now face growing […]
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russkiy Islands. [4 September 2024]. Thu 05 September 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Thursday that the country will continue its oil and gas exploration activities in the South China Sea, despite China’s claims of territorial infringement. Speaking from Russia […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Heavy rains and torrential floods that hit Yemen during the period between April and August 2024 have directly affected more than 420,000 people and destroyed thousands of homes, temporary shelters for the displaced, and infrastructure, a new report revealed on Monday. “About 63,195 families, consisting of about 424,123 people, were directly […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Settlements above the Law, a new film from BBC Eye, investigates extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank amid claims that they are increasingly using violence to seize land and property from Palestinians in the region. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that the area has become increasingly violent since Hamas killed […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa early on Monday, adding that the situation was now under control. In a statement posted on X early on Tuesday, Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said a […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has handed in his letter of resignation to the country’s parliament, its speaker said on Wednesday. Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk in a statement on Facebook shared a photo of the resignation letter, saying it will be considered during an upcoming plenary session. Neither Stefanchuk […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will pay an official visit to Türkiye on Wednesday to co-chair the first meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, the Turkish Communications Directorate said in a statement. Sisi will visit Türkiye at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “As part of the visit, […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: Ukraine said on Tuesday that 47 people were killed and over 200 injured in a Russian missile attack in the city of Poltava. “There have already been 47 deaths and 206 injuries reported. Russia is taking away the most valuable thing from us: our lives. We will never forget this,” Ukraine’s […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: Nearly 60 percent of young Africans want to leave their countries because their governments are not reining in corruption, according to a new poll of youth across 16 African nations. They cited corruption as the biggest obstacle to progress, according to the 2024 African Youth Survey published on Tuesday. The poll […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Monday in Mongolia, his first visit to a country that is member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since the tribunal issued a warrant for his arrest in March 2023. “Vladimir Putin arrived in Mongolia on an official visit at the invitation of President of […]
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