Wed 10 July 2024: A Moscow court has sentenced Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, to two months in prison. Navalnaya, currently living in exile, has been accused of participating in an “extremist” group, ensuring her arrest if she returns to Russia. Navalnaya, 47, rose to prominence following her husband’s […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Widows across Africa have new hope with the proposal of a new continental empowerment fund. The initiative was proposed by Kenya’s second lady, Dorcas Rigathi, during an inaugural Africa Widows Summit held in Zanzibar. The fund seeks to address socio-economic challenges faced by millions of widows on the continent. The Widows […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might prove short-lived, given the size of the challenges in front of him. When […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Monday that nearly 300,000 UNRWA students in the Gaza Strip have been out of school for nine months. In a post on X, the humanitarian organisation added: “Education is fundamental for UNRWA: with over 700 schools across the region, the […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approved a plan on Tuesday to start drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, a move likely to further strain relations within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractious right-wing coalition, Reuters has reported. Netanyahu’s coalition government relies on two ultra-Orthodox parties that regard conscription exemptions as key to keeping their […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it disrupted a Russian operation that used fake social media accounts enhanced by artificial intelligence to spread pro-Kremlin messages in the United States and abroad. The news comes four months before the U.S. presidential election, which security experts widely believe will be the target of both hacking and covert social […]
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Rescuers search for survivors at the mine [File: Handout/ EPA] Tue 09 July 2024: Indonesian rescue workers are urgently searching for missing individuals after a landslide at an illegal gold mine on Sulawesi island claimed at least 23 lives. The death toll is expected to rise as 35 people remain unaccounted for, officials reported on […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: Approximately 4.3 million Ukrainians are currently under temporary protection in EU member countries, according to official data released on Tuesday. As of May 31, 2024, about 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict hold temporary protection status in the EU, according to Eurostat. Germany hosts the […]
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Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners criticising war in Gaza. Tue 09 July 2024: In response to growing concerns about community tensions fueled by the war in Gaza, Australia has appointed Jillian Segal, a Jewish lawyer and business leader, as a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism. Segal will engage with […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: Ukrainians are observing a day of mourning following a series of Russian missile attacks on Monday that killed dozens of civilians. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Tuesday that 38 civilians, including four children, were killed and 190 were injured in these attacks. One of the hardest-hit locations was Kyiv’s main pediatric […]
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