Fri 24 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the use of American property in Russia as compensation for damages caused by the seizure of Russian property in the U.S. The decree containing the corresponding provision was published on the government portal, which instructed the country’s government to establish a […]
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Thu 23 May 2024: A total of 121 human rights and civil society called on US President, Joe Biden, to respect and support the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to reject sanctions threatened groups against the Court’s officials, Anadolu Agency reports. The groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, highlighted the ICC’s role […]
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Thu 23 May 2024: Dennis Francis, president of the UN General Assembly, said on Wednesday that proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day was a “landmark and salutary” achievement. “More so, because I understand that today marks 100 years, to the day, since the first international football tournament – held with the participation of all […]
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Thu 23 May 2024: In the fourth high-profile military arrest within a month, Russia has detained Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, deputy head of the army’s general staff, for suspected large-scale bribe-taking. On Wednesday, a military court ordered Shamarin, also the head of the Ministry of Defence’s main communications directorate, to be jailed for two months, as […]
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Thu 23 May 2024: Only about a third of Hamas’ fighters have been killed and around the same fraction of the group’s tunnels have been destroyed in the Gaza war, US intel has indicated, according to a report by Politico. “Although Hamas’ communications and military abilities have been degraded, only 30 to 35 percent of its fighters…have been […]
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Thu 23 May 2024: At least nine people were killed and 50 injured when strong winds caused a stage to collapse at an event Wednesday in Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico, authorities said. The tragedy occurred during a rally in support of Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez, who was unharmed. The state’s governor, […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unexpectedly called for a general election on July 4, a move widely seen as a desperate bid to retain power despite the governing Conservatives’ 14-year tenure and poor standing against the opposition Labour Party. Ending months of speculation about the election date, Sunak, 44, announced […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Record-low levels of sea ice were seen in the Antarctic last year as a result of climate change, scientists confirmed in a report published on Monday. “In 2023, the area of winter Antarctic sea ice fell to the lowest measured since satellite records began in late 1978,” according to research released […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: In a major triumph for human rights protesters, the UK High Court has declared the government’s anti-protest legislation unlawful. The court found that the law, which lowered the threshold for protest crackdowns to any disturbance deemed “more than minor” was enacted without proper authority. The High Court’s ruling quashed the law […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led prayers at a memorial ceremony for late President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. “Oh Allah, we didn’t see anything but good from him,” said Khamenei on Wednesday, paying tribute to Raisi at the University of Tehran before crowds of […]
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