Sat 25 October 2023: African countries must sustain a common position in their demand for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, the president of Equatorial Guinea said Friday. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said the continent has been pushing for the position since 2005 without significant progress toward achieving its legitimate aspirations. There is a need […]
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Sat 25 October 2023: United States President Joe Biden has said there is a “real” chance that a four-day pause in Israel’s war on Gaza could be extended. “I think the chances are real,” he told reporters on Friday, while also refusing to speculate on how long the war that started “My expectation and hope […]
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Fri 24 October 2023: Prominent Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah has been freed from jail after more than 600 days of confinement after a court granted him bail, saying there was “not enough evidence” to try him for terrorism. Shah, 34, was released from Kot Bhalwal Jail in the region’s southern city of Jammu on Thursday, […]
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Fri 24 October 2023: Gun ownership has reached a record high among American voters, according to an NBC poll published Tuesday. More than half of respondents (52%) reported that they or someone in their household owned a gun. That percentage is the highest since NBC began asking the question in 1999. Gun ownership rates have […]
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Fri 24 October 2023: The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza could cost the Israeli economy $48 billion over the current and next year, a financial consulting company estimated on Thursday. “It is likely that Israel will bear two-thirds of the total costs of the war, with the remaining portion covered by the United States in […]
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Filmmaker Finlay Pretsell, flanked by director Eilidh Munro, displayed a poster that read, ‘I refuse to be silent. Ceasefire now’ during the BAFTA ceremony in Scotland [Screengrab/BAFTA/YouTube] Fri 24 October 2023: Glasgow, Scotland – The BBC has been accused of editing out multiple calls for a ceasefire in Gaza in its coverage of an entertainment […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: Malian authorities announced the signing of an agreement with Russia to build a gold refinery in the national capital of Bamako. The two countries have signed several agreements and continue bilateral relations, including the construction of a 200-ton annual gold refinery, the largest in West Africa. The memorandum is valid for […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: Hundreds of police officers in Germany have searched the properties of Hamas members and followers of the militant group this morning. It comes after a formal ban on any activity by or in support of the group was introduced earlier this month. German police raid target pro-Hamas groups, individuals Police search […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: A plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the US was foiled by authorities, and they have warned India that they may have been linked with the administration in New Delhi, the Financial Times has reported. The FT on Wednesday named Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as the intended victim of the allegedly […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children,” the United […]
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