Sat 23 March 2024: Satellite images analyzed by the United Nations Satellite Centre show that 35% of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. In its assessment, the United Nations Satellite Centre, UNOSAT, used high-resolution satellite images collected on Feb. 29 and compared […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: 40 people were killed and over 100 were injured when gunmen stormed into a large concert hall in Moscow and opened fire with automatic weapons, according to Russia’s official news agency TASS, which cited the Federal Security Service (FSB). The attackers reportedly used explosives as well, setting off a big fire […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: World Water Day is an occasion to reaffirm our commitment to protecting and conserving our planet’s water resources for future generations. The United Nation (UN) designated March 22 as World Water Day in 1993 after a recommendation in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: The World Health Organization on Tuesday said the effects of starvation in the GazaStrip are getting heavier each day as doctors and medical staff are seeing “newborn babies simply dying because they’re too low birth weight.” “They’re seeing the pregnant women who are coming in also underweight and suffering, the complications that […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: UN agencies have warned in a new report that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including mobile phones, electronic toys, TVs, […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: Judicial officials in Lebanon say an investigative judge has issued arrest warrants for two people on suspicion of giving information to Israel, including the digital mapping of a Beirut street where the Palestinian Hamas group’s deputy leader was killed in January. The officials say that Fadi Sawwan, the investigative judge at […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland. Afghanistan, plagued by a humanitarian catastrophe since the Taliban regained control in 2020, stayed at the bottom of the 143 countries surveyed. Compiled by using data from more than 140 countries, the report is published […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: India’s financial crime bureau has detained Delhi Chief Minister and well-known opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in relation to corruption claims involving the city’s liquor policy, his party has said. After two of Arvind Kejriwal’s deputies were arrested in the same case last year, which the party has referred to as “dirty […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Government numbers show that New Zealand has entered its second recession in less than 18 months. New Zealand’s official statistics office reported on Thursday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1 percent from October to December, after contracting by 0.3 percent in the third quarter. Government statistics show […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Russia has said it is aware of US intelligence efforts to use commercial satellite operators such as SpaceX and has cautioned that such moves made their satellites legitimate targets. The Reuters news agency reported this month that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract […]
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