Wed 05 June 2024: US President Joe Biden has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be extending the war for self-preservation, according to an interview released on Tuesday. During an interview with Time magazine, Biden was asked if he believes that some of Israel’s suggestions that Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope temporarily suspended operations, the US space agency announced Tuesday. “NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode May 24 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue, suspending science operations. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health,” NASA said in a statement. “The telescope automatically […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: Indian stocks have suffered their worst intraday fall since March 2020 and foreign investors sold the most on record, as vote-counting trends in the general election suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance was unlikely to win the overwhelming majority predicted by exit polls. With over half the votes counted on Tuesday, Modi’s Bharatiya […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: The Kremlin on Tuesday said it welcomed Türkiye’s interest in the BRICS economic bloc. “We, of course, all welcome the increased interest in BRICS on the part of our neighbors, including such important partners as Türkiye,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a press briefing in Moscow. Expressing that Türkiye’s […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: Vote counting in India’s general elections began Tuesday morning after the seven-phase mega polls concluded last week with millions casting their votes across the South Asian country. The vote count began at 8 a.m. local time (0230GMT), with the final official results expected by the end of the day, according to the […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: Elon Musk’s social media platform X has updated its policies to formally allow adult content. Under the updated guidelines, the platform formerly known as Twitter will allow users to share sexualised content so long as it is consensual and clearly labelled. The revised policy, which was updated over the weekend, states […]
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This undated handout photo taken by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and released on June 4, 2024 shows a general view of of the surface of the Moon, which was shot by the panoramic camera attached to the Chang’e-6 lunar probe before it started collecting samples [Handout/China National Space Administration. Tue 04 June […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: Britain intends to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda on 24 July, a government lawyer said on Monday, although the hotly contested scheme is dependent on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party winning the upcoming General Election, Reuters has reported. Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda if they have arrived in Britain without permission […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: The governing party has a range of potential partners. But early negotiations suggest that no deal would be easy. Johannesburg, South Africa — After suffering a stunning blow in last week’s election, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has begun closed-door negotiations with its political opponents to begin talks about forming […]
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Tue 04 June 2024: Some 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza have contracted infectious diseases as a result of overcrowding and displacement in the Gaza Strip, including 20,000 cases of viral hepatitis, the Government Media Office said yesterday. Releasing figures on day 240 of Israel’s relentless bombing campaign, the government warned that 60,000 pregnant women in […]
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