Fri 02 February 2024: Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi, hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the disputed site. The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is one of several Muslim places of worship that right-wing Hindu groups, backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: Asian markets have rallied after the release of stronger-than-expected earnings results by Meta and Amazon sent the tech giants’ share prices surging. In Hong Kong, where stocks have slumped on weak economic indicators in mainland China, the Hang Seng Index on Friday rose around 2 percent in morning trading before paring […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley clarifies that her recent viral comments regarding Texas secession were primarily aimed at addressing President Biden and the “illegal immigration crisis,” rather than speculating on Texans actively pursuing departure from the union. The day before, Haley seemed to fumble over a question regarding Texas’s potential right […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: Turkish police captured a total of seven suspects who transferred information to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, according to security sources on Friday. The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and the General Directorate of Security conducted joint operations in Istanbul and the western Izmir province to nab the suspects, said the […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: The number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million in 2050, 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, according to predictions from the World Health Organization’s cancer agency. A survey conducted by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution as key […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will visit Turkiye on 12 February to meet counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday (31 January), in what will be the Russian leader’s first trip to a NATO ally since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Reuters reports. According to the report, Putin’s scope to […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes at the end of this season and join Ferrari in a multi-year deal, both Formula One teams have confirmed. Mercedes announced the Briton’s departure at the end of the current season in a statement that was swiftly followed by one from […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Hamas official Osama Hamdan says the Palestinian group has not handed yet an official response to the proposed deal after the four-way meeting in Paris. “When things are ready and we submit our response to the deal, it would be natural to let that be known,” he told Al Jazeera. “But […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Due to an ongoing salary dispute, security personnel at Germany’s main airports began a one-day strike on Thursday, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights, Anadolu Agency reported. Over 200,000 people were impacted by the strike, which canceled more than 1,100 flights at 11 airports, including Frankfurt, the busiest […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: All 27 EU members have agreed on an additional 50 billion euro ($54bn) support package for Ukraine, Charles Michel, president of the council of European Union leaders, said on social media platform X. “This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine”, he added. We have a deal. #Unity All 27 […]
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