Thu 21 March 2024: India’s top court has ordered a stay on the government notifying a state-run press body to check alleged fake news or misinformation about the government’s policies on social media. The Supreme Court’s order on Thursday said “serious constitutional questions” were raised in the petitions challenging the government’s move. The court’s ruling […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Cholera outbreaks worldwide are deeply linked to climate change, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday after a meeting of a key advisory group on immunization. Dr. Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s director of immunization, vaccines and biologicals, spoke at a press conference of the organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: A number of prominent Jewish donors are included in a letter from more than 100 Democratic funders calling on US President Joe Biden to pull back his “unconditional” support for Israel’s war effort, and warning that it may harm his reelection prospects. “Because of the disillusionment of a critical portion of […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka won Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election, the country’s General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Wednesday. According to the official counts released by KPU, Prabowo-Gibran received 96,214,691 votes, beating the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair who got 40,971,906 votes, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: The French Defense Ministry has denied Russia’s claims that France is preparing to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine. Comments by the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are “indicative of Russia’s systematic use of mass disinformation tactics,” the ministry told Anadolu in a written statement. Also, the statement emphasized […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: Russia plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from a border region because it is being shelled continuously by Ukraine, a local official has said. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region farther east, away from the Ukraine border, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Tuesday. The announcement came a […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: The City of Johannesburg has presented a comprehensive intervention plan to address ongoing water supply challenges in the city. Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, together with his Deputy Ministers, David Mahlobo and Judith Tshabalala, met with Johannesburg City officials, led by Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, to receive an update on […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: A Spanish newspaper has reported that the drastic drop in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has opened a gap for fentanyl in Europe. A report from the European Drug Monitoring Center warns of the risk that a possible lack of global supply will be replaced with “more harmful synthetic opiates, such as […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: The US Air Force said on Tuesday it had conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean. The test was conducted on Sunday after a B-52 bomber left the island of Guam carrying an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), the Air Force said in a statement. […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: Kenyan doctors have sustained their work boycott across the country as the industrial action entered its sixth day Tuesday. The health workers started the boycott on March 14, accusing the government of failing to address their grievances, including a demand to post 4,000 interns to medical facilities. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists […]
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