Wed 13 March 2024: If Russia’s statehood is under danger, President Vladimir Putin has issued a warning, saying that his country is “ready” to deploy nuclear weapons. “From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready. They (Russian forces) are constantly in a state of combat readiness,” Putin told the state-run Rossiya-1 television […]
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Wed 13 March 2024: Europe urgently needs stronger measures to respond to climate change risks, a new report has warned. The 32-paged assessment, published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), asserted that the bloc is not prepared to respond to the increasingly severe risks that climate change poses. The policy adviser’s first-ever report on the […]
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Wed 13 March 2024: The UK-based Palestinian Return Centre submitted a report to the UN on the treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli forces in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Here’s a summary of what it said: More than 12,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza in attacks by Israeli forces […]
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Tue 12 March 2024: The Sudanese Army said today that it has taken control of Sudan’s national radio and television headquarters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters has reported. The building is in Omdurman, across the River Nile from Khartoum and part of Sudan’s wider capital. There was no immediate comment from the RSF. Earlier […]
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Tue 12 March 2024: Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over allegations of sexual aggression. The brothers were detained on Monday night on charges that date back to between 2012 and 2015. They were handed a European arrest warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London – […]
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Image is for illustration purpose only. Tue 12 March 2024: Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Tuesday again stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem amid Israeli forces’ security protections and tightened measures against Palestinians. According to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa, the settlers escorted by Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups […]
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Tue 12 March 2024: Haiti’s embattled PM announced his resignation late on Monday, effective once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed. A US official said the decision for Henry’s resignation was made on Friday, though he did not officially tender it to his cabinet until Monday evening and later issued an official […]
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New Delhi: Protestors hold placards during a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Jamia Nagar in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) (PTI12_20_2019_000064B) Tue 12 March 2024: New Delhi, India — Protests have erupted in parts of India over the Narendra Modi government’s implementation of a controversial citizenship law ahead of national […]
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Tue 12 March 2024: Pope Francis is continuing to face criticism over his remarks that war-torn Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion. This time, the pope’s remarks have been criticised by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. On […]
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Mon 11 March 2024: “Oppenheimer” swept the board on Sunday at theOscars, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Nolan’s masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer’s massive “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, also bagged acting […]
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