Wed 26 June 2024: The third meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan will take place in Doha from June 30 – July 1, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. “The meeting will discuss how to advance international engagement on Afghanistan in a more coherent, coordinated and structured manner,” Dujarric told the reporters. UN Under-Secretary-General for […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said his peace proposals provide a pathway to ending the years-long conflict in Ukraine. His message was conveyed in an address to participants of the Primakov Readings Forum by his aide for international affairs, Yury Ushakov. “I hope that, unlike many Western politicians who did […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: The family of Julian Assange has called for donations as the WikiLeaks founder heads home to Australia. The funds are needed to cover travel costs from the UK to Australia via the Saipan Islands, where Assange is scheduled to attend a US court hearing on Wednesday. “Julian’s travel to freedom comes […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Tuesday that arrest warrants have been issued for former Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov. The ICC stated that the warrants followed an investigation into alleged international crimes committed in Ukraine between October 10, 2022, and March 9, 2023. […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato, has announced that port health officials have developed an outbreak preparedness plan to deal with Monkey Pox or Mpox. In response to the 13 cases that have been confirmed by the National Department of Health, the BMA is implementing screening […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: Palestinian group, Hamas, is rearming itself from unexploded ammunition used by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. According to Israel’s Army Radio, the military believes that Hamas is re-establishing its workshops for ammunition production in Gaza. The radio, citing informed security officials, said there is […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: As the European Union prepares to impose new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, economic tensions between Beijing and the EU are intensifying. In response, China’s Premier has called on nations to “oppose decoupling” amid these growing disputes. Geopolitical conflicts and the technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington have exacerbated tensions with […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in the UK and is heading home to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to a charge of breaching US espionage laws. “Julian Assange is free,” WikiLeaks said in a statement on X. “JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE”: WIKILEAKShttps://t.co/cEhoRTiRwi pic.twitter.com/JtgXJDZEPE — INDEPENDENT PRESS […]
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Mon 24 June 2024: Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) announced on Monday that patient data was published online following a severe ransomware attack on the Synnovis diagnostics service, used by several major London hospitals earlier this month. NHS England stated that Synnovis, a partnership between the hospitals and the German company Synlab, is conducting further […]
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Mon 24 June 2024: Israel’s Knesset House Committee has approved a government request to fast-track a bill delaying retirement for the country’s military reservists, according to the Times of Israel newspaper. The report says the proposal seeks to extend a temporary measure raising the exemption age for reserve military service from 40 to 41 for […]
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