Mon 22 April 2024: TikTok has criticized Congress for allegedly infringing on people’s right to free speech by proposing a measure that would prohibit the video-sharing app from operating in the US if it does not separate from its Chinese owner. In a statement on Sunday, TikTok stated, “It is unfortunate that the House of […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, the commander of the Israeli army’s Military Intelligence Directorate, resigned on Monday, according to Israeli media reports, because he was unable to foresee the Hamas attack on October 7. Israeli Army Radio released a statement stating that Haliva has chosen to retire from the Israeli army as […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, has welcomed Egypt into the family of BRICS nations. “This development further enhances the role the South plays in global matters,” she said on Friday. The BRICS grouping of major emerging economies – Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Russia – has admitted […]
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The uncovering of the mass grave comes after the Israeli military withdrew its troops from the southern city on April 7. [AFP] Sun 21 April 2024: Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so far, Al Jazeera has learned, as Israel has […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Britain is set to impose tough measures to stub out smoking, which has emerged as one of the biggest causes of cancer deaths in the country. Parliament approved the government’s “historic” plans to create a “smoke-free” generation on Tuesday in a bid to reduce the number of people dying from smoking-related […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Moscow warned that a US decision to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine will cause “irreparable damage” to America’s image, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. In response to a US decision to use the assets to benefit Ukraine, Peskov said the confiscation would also scare off Russian investors. Peskov evaluated […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: For the first time this century, half of the world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are experiencing an increasing income gap with the wealthiest economies, according to a World Bank research released on Monday, Anadolu reports. According to the paper The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, and Policies in International Development Association nations, […]
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Sat 20 April 2024: The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban in the United States, where it has around 170 million users. US officials have voiced alarm over the popularity of the social media platform […]
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Sat 20 April 2024: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! A regional war doesn’t serve the interests of either the US and global powers as well as Iran. It does however serve Israel, but Tel Aviv is extremely unlikely to succeed in this endeavour After a week of telegraphing its plan to […]
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A cargo ship and a passenger vessel are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s planned aid mission to Gaza this month. (Courtesy of Freedom Flotilla Coalition) Sat 20 April 2024: The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, formed by non-governmental organizations from a dozen countries, is continuing its preparations on a ship called the Mediterranean, a vessel to […]
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