Wed 19 June 2024: Britain’s opposition Labour Party is on track to win the most seats in the party’s history at a July 4 election, according to a YouGov poll published on Wednesday. The multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) poll predicted that Labour would win 425 seats, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives expected to win 108. Nigel […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: South Africa’s seventh democratically elected President, Cyril Ramaphosa, was officially sworn in on Wednesday for a second term in office after his re-election by Parliament last Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo, administered the oath of office in a colourful ceremony attended by several heads of state and government in […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: Russia and North Korea on Wednesday signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, which will serve as the foundation for future bilateral cooperation, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un signed the document following several […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: Canada and India are aligned on big issues, but in the wake of the murder of a Canadian Sikh, “keeping Canadians safe” must be addressed, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a wide-ranging interview on Monday with CBC News, Trudeau spoke on a number of issues, including Canada-India relations. There is […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has released a report that highlights the “profound impact” of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. According to the UN’s findings, an estimated 39 million tonnes of debris since October 7. “The escalation of the conflict since 7 October, 2023 has clearly had a profound impact […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: The European Union countries have defeated opposition to greenlight a landmark nature restoration law that commits member states to revitalise at least a fifth of the bloc’s land and sea by 2030. Twenty of the 27 members of the European Council voted in favour of the legislation on Monday, giving it […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: 🇿🇦 LIVE: SOUTH AFRICA MARKS INAUGURATION DAY The day has arrived for President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa to take the Oath of Office at the seat of government – the Union Buildings this morning.https://t.co/Rk5QB9vNk2 — INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) June 19, 2024 The final touches have been made and the day has arrived for […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: Tehran, Iran – Nine patients have died after a fire broke out in the basement of a hospital in the city of Rasht in northern Iran. The six women and three men killed were in the intensive care unit of Qaem Hospital, local authorities said. All the patients in the facility were […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz, stressed the urgent need to halt the war on Gaza immediately and called on the international community to recognise the State of Palestine within the pre-1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that MBS made the remarks […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: Anti-government protesters have converged on west Jerusalem, calling for new elections in an effort to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who once again sits atop one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel’s history. A wartime unity government fell apart a week ago when two centrist former generals, Benny Gantz, and […]
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