Thu 11 July 2024: CNN is set to cut around 100 jobs and introduce digital subscriptions by the end of the year as part of a major business restructuring. In a memo, CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced the job cuts, which represent a small fraction of the network’s 3,500-strong workforce, emphasizing that the company aimed […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: The United States has agreed to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel while continuing to hold back supplies of powerful 2,000-pound bombs over concerns that Israeli forces will use the weapons in densely populated areas of Gaza, a US official said. The US in May paused one shipment of 2,000-pound (900kg) and 500-pound (230kg) […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: After nine months of war, much of Hamas’s tunnel network in the Gaza Strip is still in a “good functional state” in many parts of the besieged enclave, and the Palestinian group still has the capacity to organize attacks close to the border with Israel and possibly even across it, Channel […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: US President Joe Biden says NATO allies are committed to keeping alliance strong and will work together to “defend every inch of NATO territory”. NATO member countries say they have begun transferring F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help bolster its defence against Russia’s invasion. Announcement comes as leaders of military alliance’s […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: In what is perceived as a veiled threat, Saudi Arabia warned G7 nations earlier this year that it might sell off European debt holdings if the group decided to seize nearly $300 billions of Russia’s frozen assets, Bloomberg has reported. The move, which was being considered to support Ukraine, was seen as a veiled threat […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: A Moscow court has sentenced Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, to two months in prison. Navalnaya, currently living in exile, has been accused of participating in an “extremist” group, ensuring her arrest if she returns to Russia. Navalnaya, 47, rose to prominence following her husband’s […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Widows across Africa have new hope with the proposal of a new continental empowerment fund. The initiative was proposed by Kenya’s second lady, Dorcas Rigathi, during an inaugural Africa Widows Summit held in Zanzibar. The fund seeks to address socio-economic challenges faced by millions of widows on the continent. The Widows […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might prove short-lived, given the size of the challenges in front of him. When […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Monday that nearly 300,000 UNRWA students in the Gaza Strip have been out of school for nine months. In a post on X, the humanitarian organisation added: “Education is fundamental for UNRWA: with over 700 schools across the region, the […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approved a plan on Tuesday to start drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, a move likely to further strain relations within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractious right-wing coalition, Reuters has reported. Netanyahu’s coalition government relies on two ultra-Orthodox parties that regard conscription exemptions as key to keeping their […]
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