Fri 01 November 2024: The Kremlin announced Thursday that a massive fine imposed on Google is intended to encourage the U.S. tech giant to reconsider its restrictions on Russian channels on YouTube. During a Moscow press briefing, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov explained, “These demands illustrate the essence of our broadcasters’ complaints against Google. The platform […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: North Korea confirmed Thursday that it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, marking Pyongyang’s 12th missile test this year. In a statement, the Ministry of National Defense said the country’s Missile Administration conducted a critical test, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “The test-fire, conducted under the order […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Lebanon‘s prime minister said US envoy Amos Hochstein had signalled during a phone call Wednesday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war was possible before US elections are held on November 5. “The call today with Hochstein suggested to me that perhaps we could reach a ceasefire in the coming days, before the fifth” of […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Some 1 million Batswana will vote amid worries about the economy as diamond dollars fall. In the midst of a punishing drought and a massive drop in diamond revenue, up to 1 million eligible voters in Botswana are heading to the polls in a tense general election on Wednesday. Africa’s longest-serving […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget was welcomed by partners in the government of national unity (GNU). Pragmatic and balanced, parties said it struck the right note. Opposition parties were less happy, though. In his first budget since the formation of a coalition government, Godongwana was compelled to meet expectations from a variety […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: Saudi Arabia has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at a meeting of a new “global alliance” to press for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The kingdom also announced a joint Arab-Islamic summit to discuss countering Israeli aggression. It will take place on November 11, a year after a combined summit of the Arab […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: The United States will help oversee a Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire by which UN forces and the Lebanese army replace the Iran-backed group in the south of the country, according to an unverified draft published by Israel’s Channel 11. “During initial 60-day implementation period, Lebanon will dismantle and confiscate all military assets, arms, […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Missing children and unmarked graves at Indian Residential Schools in Canada should be probed by a national commission, said a final report released Tuesday. The report’s author, Kimberly Murray, said the commission should have a 20-year mandate and be led by Indigenous representatives. Murray, flanked by Indigenous residential school survivors, unveiled […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Tragic flooding in Spain’s Valencia region has led to the loss of 51 lives, as reported by the Interior Ministry’s Center for Integrated Operational Coordination. The storm, labeled as the most severe in the past century, unleashed devastation reminiscent only of major storms from the 1980s, according to Spain’s meteorology agency. […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: Ottawa says the close ally of India’s PM is involved in an intimidation campaign against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. Indian sources call the allegations ‘flimsy’. Canada has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah of being behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh activists, in a move […]
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