Mon 11 March 2024: The price of Bitcoin hit a new record level of $71,500 on Monday, increasing by 2.7% on a daily basis. Closing last week at around $69,000, the biggest cryptocurrency hit the $71,000 level, and it is at around $71,550 as of 11.30 a.m. (GMT0830). Bitcoin has been on an upward trend […]
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Mon 11 March 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his defence, national security and finance ministers to open up space in Israeli prisons in preparation for the arrests of “thousands” more Palestinians this year. The office of the prime minister said in a statement that the military and internal security agency Shin Bet […]
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Mon 11 March 2024: Ukraine on Sunday slammed Pope Francis’ call to negotiate with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing “never” to surrender after the pontiff said Kyiv should “have the courage to raise the white flag”. The Catholic leader had fuelled anger in Kyiv after saying in an interview published Saturday that Ukraine […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from the ongoing Israeli attacks exceeded 31,000, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Sunday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 85 Palestinians and wounded 130 others in various areas in the coastal enclave, bringing the total […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: Occupied East Jerusalem – The mood in occupied East Jerusalem is tense as the city’s Palestinians prepare for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. From dawn to sunset, Ramadan requires practising Muslims to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations before they break their fast with friends, family and communities. But the […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: A major step forward in the current lunar exploration race is the joint pursuit by China and Russia of plans to build a nuclear power facility on the moon. The project, which is expected to be completed between 2033 and 2035, represents a ground-breaking partnership between the two countries to further […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 30% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government worked toward a pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030. According to preliminary satellite data from space research agency INPE, 226 square km (87 square miles) of the world’s […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: More than 99,000 people including 61,492 children have fled their homes due to renewed violence in northern Mozambique, Save the Children said Tuesday. In a statement, the British charity said multiple cases of violent confrontation between armed groups and security forces had been reported in several districts across Cabo Delgado province. […]
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Sat 09 March 2024: The Ukrainian war has claimed at least 10,703 lives, according to a UN report released on Friday. The deaths include “594 children” and 20,146 more, including 1,316 children, have been injured,” Mohamed Khaled Khiar, UN assistant head for Middle East, Asia and Pacific, said at a Security Council meeting on Ukraine. […]
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Sat 09 March 2024: Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the center-left Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was chosen by parliamentarians on Saturday to serve as the nation’s fourteenth president. Zardari, 68, the widower of the two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the candidate of the ruling coalition, defeated Mahmood Khan Achakzai, a veteran politician from the southwestern […]
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