Wed 03 April 2024: Washington, DC – The White House has cancelled a Ramadan iftar meal after several Muslim Americans declined the invitation in protest of President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources, who spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, said the cancellation […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: Taiwan has been jolted by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century, triggering tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island, Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake on Wednesday shook buildings off their foundations and led to a landslide in the eastern part of the island. At least two buildings in the eastern city […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: The death toll has risen to 29 at a nightclub in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul after a fire broke out during renovation work in the venue, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Television images showed flames and a column of thick smoke rising from upper storey windows. The fire began at 12:47 […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and one way or another we communicate with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: In separate declarations released late on Sunday, over 80 political parties and civil organizations urged the military junta to hold presidential elections as soon as possible in order to put an end to transitional military rule, Anadolu Agency reported. “Currently, the country is going through enormous difficulties, and the transition is […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: US President Joe Biden’s administration is weighing whether to go ahead with an $18bn arms transfer package to Israel that would include dozens of F-15 aircraft, according to the Reuters news agency. The sale of 25 F-15s has been under review since the US received the formal request in January 2023, […]
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Argentine provinces are concerned about dengue and intensify combat campaigns Photo: Disclosure / Province of Corrientes (ARG) Tue 02 April 2024: As of now in 2024, Argentina has recorded 163,419 cases of dengue fever, its Ministry of Health said Saturday. According to the ministry’s National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN), the northeastern and central areas had the […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes “were not welcome” at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year. “I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris and to tell Ukrainian athletes and all the Ukrainian people that we support them very […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Russia on Monday claimed that foreigners detained in the Russian Republic of Dagestan during a special operation a day earlier were involved in the Moscow concert hall attack late last month, which killed 144 people. “On March 31, the FSB (Federal Security Service) of the Russian Federation in the Republic of […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived a push to close down Al Jazeera in Israel. The Israeli leader demanded on Monday that his coalition government prepare to push legislation through the Knesset that would allow the prime minister to shut down foreign news networks. Netanyahu, who has long sought to shutter […]
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