CHINESE PRESIDENT XI URGES PREPARATION FOR MILITARY CONFLICTS AT SEA

Thu 07 March 2024: On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called the military to plan ahead for naval conflicts, defend the nation’s maritime interests and rights, and foster the growth of the marine industry. It was necessary to build cyberspace defence system and improve the ability to maintain national network security, Xi was quoted by […]

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ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SELLS $8 BILLION IN BONDS TO COVER FINANCIAL LOSSES

Thu 07 March 2024: On Wednesday, 6 March, 2024, the Israeli Ministry of Finance held its first international dollar bond sale since the outbreak of the war on Gaza, raising a total of $8 billion, coinciding with the continued decline in financial incomes. The Globes website, which specialises in the Israeli economy, quoted the Ministry of Finance as saying […]

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FOUR SUSPECTS IMPLICATED IN JOSLIN SMITH DISAPPEARANCE APPEAR IN COURT

  Boeta Appollis, Steveno van Rhyn, Kelly Smith and Phumza Sigaqa are charged with human trafficking in connection with the disappearance of Joslin Smith, 6. Thu 07 March 2024: The mother of missing six-year-old Joslin Smith is among four suspects implicated in the disappearance of six-year-old Joslin Smith made a short appearance at Vredenburg Magistrate’s […]

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SENEGAL’S GOVT SETS TO HOLD DELAYED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON MARCH 24

Thu 07 March 2024: Senegalese voters will select a new president on March 24, according to a statement made by President Macky Sall on Wednesday. This announcement puts an end to weeks of political unrest that gripped the West African nation after elections that were initially set for February 25 were postponed. On April 2, […]

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FEBRUARY MARKS THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE OCEANS

Thu 07 March 2024: Last month’s ocean temperatures reached a record high and it was also the warmest February on record worldwide, according to scientists in the European Union. In February, the average worldwide sea surface temperature was 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking the previous high of 20.98C (69.77F) set in August 2023 […]

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GREENLANDIC WOMEN SUE DENMARK OVER INVOLUNTARY CONTRACEPTION IN THE 1960S AND 1970S

  A mural depicting an Inuit woman and a polar bear in Nuuk, Greenland. Thu 07 March 2024: Greenland’s Indigenous women have opted to sue Denmark for failing to meet their compensation claim of roughly 43 million kroner (approximately $6.3 million) for forcing them to use involuntary birth control in the 1960s and 1970s, Danish […]

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DONALD TRUMP CALLS ON ISRAEL TO ‘FINISH THE PROBLEM’ IN GAZA, SUGGESTING INTENSIFICATION OF GENOCIDE

Thu 07 March 2024: Former president of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed his view that Israel must “finish the problem” in its war on the Gaza Strip, suggesting that the Occupation state should double down on its war crimes and genocidal acts against the Territory’s Palestinian population. In an interview on Fox News on Tuesday, […]

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WEST “PLAYING WITH FIRE” BY DISCUSSING SENDING TROOPS TO UKRAINE, RUSSIA SAYS

Wed 06 March 2024: Western leaders are “playing with fire” by discussing the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “The French president is discussing the idea of sending a foreign contingent. They are all playing with fire,” Peskov said on the sidelines of the World Youth Festival, […]

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NIKKI HALEY EXITS ELECTION 2024 CAMPAIGN, CEDING REPUBLICAN RACE TO TRUMP

Wed 06 March 2024: Front-runner and former US President Donald Trump is the only contender left in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 after Nikki Haley officially ended her campaign. Haley expressed gratitude to people who supported her presidential campaign at an address to a group of supporters in Charleston, South Carolina, […]

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