Mon 05 February 2024: The Kremlin on Monday warned that the seizure of Russia’s assets by Western countries, believed to be worth $300 billion that were frozen after Moscow launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine in February 2022, will be challenged in court. “If such decisions are made, they will be deeply illegal. They […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Global same-store sales – or sales at restaurants open at least a year – rose 3.4 percent in the October-December period last year, well below the 4.7 percent increase Wall Street was expecting, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Customers in the Middle East were angered after McDonald’s Israel – which […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that an independent review group, helmed by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, will conduct an assessment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) following Israeli allegations that members of the organisation took part in the October 7 attack. “Antonio […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Amid “rising concerns over a potential invasion of Taiwan by Beijing in the future,” Japanese media reported on Sunday that the US and Japanese forces have, for the first time, designated China as a hypothetical enemy in their combined command post exercise. The US and Japan started conducting joint drills in […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Boeing, a US aircraft manufacturer, announced on Sunday that it has discovered additional issues with the fuselage of its flagship 737 model. These issues do not now pose a threat to aviation safety, but they will require “rework” on a large dozens of aircraft. “This past Thursday, a supplier notified us […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: At least 112 people have died as a result of Chile’s wildfires, and hundreds more are still missing, authorities said Sunday. President Gabriel Boric on Sunday warned that casualties would rise “significantly” as forest fires continued to blaze in the central region of Valparaiso. “It is Chile as a whole that […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Internally displaced Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fled to Bangladesh in a new wave of forced migration in search of safety, refuge, and food as clashes between military junta forces and rebel groups escalate. Many have crossed into the Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Cox’s Bazar, where 1.2 million Muslims […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Israel is using a land route for the import of goods through the Gulf and across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Jordan to Israel, in an effort to bypass the shipping route through the Red Sea blockaded by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Following the start of Israel’s ongoing bombardment […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: The United States Senate has unveiled a $118bn bipartisan deal that would boost border security and provide wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. US President Joe Biden and Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate have been pushing to resupply Ukraine with wartime aid but have faced resistance from conservative Republicans […]
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Sun 04 February 2024: Rights groups have warned that the new deal signed between Italy and African states is border control disguised as aid with questions being asked about the partners in the deal, who include a defence company. On Monday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni launched a much-awaited Italy-Africa summit aimed at unveiling concrete projects […]
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