Aircraft debris following deadly Russian plane crash in Belgorod region with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board. Thu 25 January 2024: On Thursday, Russia once more accused Ukraine with downing a Russian military plane while it was its route to swap prisoners, calling the incident “a monstrous act.” “Ukrainians killed their citizens, who were supposed […]
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Thu 25 January 2024: Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War began Wednesday with the departure of the US Navy ship USS Gunston Hall from the American Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, according to the alliance. “Planned over the course of several years, Steadfast Defender 24 will […]
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A handout picture of SLIM on the moon [Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group/Doshisha University/Reuters] Thu 25 January 2024: Japan’s space agency has claimed that it successfully completed an unusually precise lunar landing just metres from its objective. On Saturday, Japan became the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon when […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: More than 70 people were killed when a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, according to local sources. Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries, is Africa’s largest gold producer. Authorities struggle to manage artisanal gold mining, which often ends up in disastrous landslides. “It started with […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its first alcohol store in the capital Riyadh, Reuters reported a source familiar with the plans saying. Customers will have to register via a mobile app, get a clearance code from the Foreign Ministry, and respect monthly quotas with their purchases, a document related to the plans […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: Atomic scientists have kept their Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight as they did last year, citing worry about Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, Israel’s war on Gaza and worsening climate change as factors driving the risk of global catastrophe. Here is what […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the border region of Belgorod, according to Russia’s defence ministry. According to the ministry, the plane was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped. The ministry further stated that the Ilyushin Il-76 was carrying six crew members and three more […]
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Several pro-regime Syrians residing in Europe have been convicted of war crimes in many EU courts [Getty/file photo] Wed 24 January 2024: A district court in The Hague has convicted a former member of a Syrian pro-government armed group for complicity in torture and illegal arrest in Syria and sentenced him to 12 years […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: NATO has signed a 1.1 billion euro contract for 155mm artillery ammunition, the alliance said on Tuesday, with part of the shells to be supplied to Ukraine after complaints a shortage of munitions was hampering its war efforts. “The war in Ukraine has become a battle of ammunition,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after a signing ceremony […]
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Tue 23 January 2024: For the first time in a quarter-century, the economic divide between the global North and South has expanded. This alarming trend is highlighted in the recent “Inequality Inc.” report by Oxfam, an international organization dedicated to combating inequality. The Global North, comprising regions such as the US, Canada, Western Europe, and East Asia, […]
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