Fri 01 March 2024: Meta has said that it will no longer offer new Facebook products designed only for news publishers and will not be entering into new commercial agreements for conventional news content in Australia, France, or Germany. Facebook News, a specific tab for news content, will be terminated by the company in the […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Iranians on Friday are voting to elect members of the country’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts, with authorities urging people to come out in droves amid fears of low turnout. More than 15,000 candidates are vying for 290 seats in the parliament (Majlis), while 144 candidates are running for the […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: At least 45 people have been killed and numerous others injured in a major fire that broke out at a six-story retail mall in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Thirteen fire departments battled for two hours to put out the fire that began in a biryani restaurant on the first floor […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Legislators in Rwanda adopted on Wednesday a treaty that was agreed in December between the UK and Rwanda, allowing London to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda. The agreement was signed in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, by Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and British Home Secretary James Cleverly, with at least […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Paul Pogba, a midfielder for Juventus and France, says he would work to clear his name following his four-year doping ban. A tribunal of Italy’s national anti-doping organization (NADO Italia) temporarily suspended the France international in September following a test result that showed positive for DHEA, a drug that is prohibited […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: The Russian leader has warned the West of “tragic consequences” for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv. His comments appeared to be a response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal earlier this week to rule out sending troops to Ukraine, which drew rejection from leaders in Europe. “They have announced […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate due to a massive fire that Australian firefighters are fighting in some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent memory. Authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of citizens due to a massive bushfire […]
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World Athletics Championships in Beijing 2015. Thu 28 February 2024: The 2027 World Athletics Championships will take place in Beijing, the governing body of track and field announced on Wednesday. The city was chosen at a conference held in Glasgow by the World Athletics Council. “Congratulations to Beijing on their successful bid to host the […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 others wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City, as the besieged enclave faces an unprecedented hunger crisis. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned what it says was a cold-blooded “massacre”, reporting that at […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: The presence of Western troops in Ukraine in any form would lead to a “direct escalation” of the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday. The spokesperson said that with every new shipment of weapons, Western nations are already escalating the conflict. If the West decides to officially deploy […]
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