Mon 27 October 2023: The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time as the country’s experiences its biggest-ever outbreak, a worrying development that African scientists warn could make it more difficult to stop the disease. In a statement issued late Thursday, […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: Russia has put the communications director of social media company Meta on a wanted list, it has been revealed, amid Moscow’s announcement of new media restrictions ahead of next year’s presidential election. Andy Stone, a spokesperson of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is wanted on […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: Twenty four people have been killed in lightning strikes in different parts of Gujarat during widespread unseasonal rainfall in the state, an official said Monday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the deaths due to bad weather and lightning in various cities of Gujarat on Sunday and said the local administration […]
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Mon 27 October 2023: A new front has emerged in Israel’s fight against the funding of groups from Hamas to Hezbollah: A fast-growing crypto network called Tron that until recently attracted less scrutiny than Bitcoin, Reuters reports. Quicker and cheaper than Bitcoin, the Tron network has overtaken its rival as a platform for crypto transfers associated with […]
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FILE PHOTO Sun 26 October 2023: The Chinese health ministry on Sunday (Nov 26) urged local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country. Addressing a press conference, National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng said that the surge in acute respiratory illnesses was linked to the […]
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Sun 26 October 2023: The White House aims to lift nearly all restrictions on Israel’s access to weapons from a crucial US stockpile, enabling a smoother weapons pipeline to Israel, which has paused weeks of its devastating bombing of the Gaza Strip. The White House asked the United States Senate to scrap the restrictions in […]
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Sun 26 October 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country needs more air defense systems in order to protect the grain corridor that has been operational since Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July. “We still need a very specific number of systems with a very specific name. The request […]
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Streets are empty in Freetown, Sierra Leone after the government announced a nationwide curfew following an attack on the Wilberforce military barracks. Sun 26 October 2023: Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked a military barracks in the capital, Freetown, according to a government statement. Sierra Leone’s government on Sunday said […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: Israel’s GDP growth could decline by 1.4%, settling at 2% in 2023 due to the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, chief economist at the Israeli Ministry of Finance, Shmuel Abramson, said in a statement. In reference to the next year, the statement noted that “given the high […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: Istanbul is hosting the 9th World Halal Summit and the 10th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo, two major events for products and services conforming to Islamic guidelines, known as halal. The events opened Thursday with the participation of 500 prominent companies from 45 countries and the gathering is expected […]
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