Thu 07 December 2023: The Chinese government has lashed out at the “smearing” of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after its only major Western partner pulled out of the infrastructure project. Italy was the first Group of Seven (G7) nation to take part in China’s ambitious global plan, but notified Bejing it would withdraw in 2024. Without addressing […]
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Israeli troops on the ground on in Gaza, December 7 [Handout/Israeli army via AFP]. Thu 07 December 2023: Fighting has escalated in Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain down throughout the enclave, forcing Palestinians to flee to increasingly crammed pockets of the territory’s southern edge where there is no promised security, […]
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Thu 07 December 2023: Israel’s war on Gaza was a central theme as four presidential candidates for the Republican party took part in their fourth public debate on Wednesday night. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former UN envoy Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participated in the event at the University of Alabama while the Republican […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: Nepal has arrested a gang that it accuses of smuggling people to be forced to join the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. The 10 detainees are accused of extorting large sums of money from unemployed youths, with the promise of a travel visa, an official said on Wednesday. However, the customers were […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: After the other three founder countries withdrew, the two surviving members of West Africa’s G5 Sahel alliance said on Wednesday that they were preparing to dissolve the anti-rebel collaboration. Chad and Mauritania “take note and respect the sovereign decision” of Burkina Faso and Niger to leave the alliance, following in the footsteps of Mali, the two countries said in […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: December 6, Ambedkar Smriti Din, is significant in Indian history for one more reason. It was on another December 6 – in 1992 – that the Babri Masjid was demolished. Former president and the then-vice president Dr K.R. Narayanan has described this as the greatest tragedy India faced after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The event […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met families of captives freed from Gaza in an encounter described as tense by the Israeli media. Tuesday’s meeting came amid intensified fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip following the end of a seven-day pause in hostilities that enabled the return of more than 100 captives, who […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: Uncertainty is growing over Western backing for Ukraine amid Russia’s intensifying campaign to knock out the country’s energy infrastructure. The White House has warned the United States Congress that funds designated for providing aid to Ukraine would run out by the end of the year, in a letter made public on […]
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British Home Secretary James Cleverly tours the Kigali Genocide Memorial during his visit to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign a new treaty with Rwanda, on December 5, 2023 . Tue 05 December 2023: British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to the African […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: An online row has emerged between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Israel after the United Nations health body said the Israeli army ordered it to remove supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza, a claim Israel then denied. The “WHO received notification” from the Israeli forces “that we should remove […]
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