Mon 20 October 2023: The BRICS group of nations is expected to gather for an Extraordinary Joint Meeting on the Middle East Situation on Tuesday. This is according to a statement released by the Presidency on Monday. The gathering will be convened by current BRICS chair President Cyril Ramaphosa. “Leaders of BRICS countries – Brazil, […]
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Israeli soldiers fire during an operation in a location given as Gaza in this image released November 16. via Israel Defense Forces. (Reuters) Mon 20 October 2023: Israel is embarking on a ‘war on terror’ that will benefit its military industrial complex, but will have devastating consequences. It is easy to get distracted by […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: A study conducted by the charity Oxfam International has shown a shocking inequality in carbon emissions: five billion people, or the richest 1% of the world’s population, contribute twice as much to carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds. In order to address these discrepancies in the fight against climate change, the […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: Argentina has elected libertarian outsider Javier Milei as its next president, taking a chance on the eccentric economist’s programme of radical economic reform after decades of stagnation. Milei’s win heralds a dramatic shake-up of the Latin American country’s economy and institutions amid public anger over high inflation and record poverty rates […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that only “minor” challenges remain to a deal to release some of the more than 200 people taken captive into Gaza after Hamas’s attack on Israel last month. Sheikh Mohammed, a former foreign minister, gave few additional details or a timeline. “The […]
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The Bahaman-flagged GALAXY LEADER ship purportedly hijacked by the Yemen-based Houthis on November 19, 2023. Sun 19 October 2023: Israel says the Houthis seized a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the Red Sea. There was no immediate comment from the rebel group in based in Yemen. The Houthis, an ally of Iran, have […]
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Abdel Rahim Moussa, 62, was injured by an Israeli army tank shell approximately a kilometre from the Gaza border with Israel, during the 2012 conflict [Paddy Dowling/Al Jazeera] Sun 19 October 2023: Weapons tested in each war Israel wages see a spike in global demand. The current Gaza war is the latest laboratory for […]
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Sun 19 October 2023: Fifteen government agencies have been keeping an eye on possible critics’ social media activity and gathering “secret files” to prevent them from speaking at public gatherings, a new Observer report has claimed. According to the report, several government departments, including the departments of health, culture, media and sport, and environment, food […]
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Sun 19 October 2023: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Madrid in opposition to a controversial Catalan amnesty law that enabled Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to form a government for a second term. Sanchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) secured the backing of the Catalan separatist Junts party by offering amnesty to those linked […]
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Sun 19 October 2023: Hamas fighters who attacked a music festival in Israel on October 7, killing hundreds, likely did not know in advance about the event and decided to target it on the spot, Israeli media has reported citing police and security sources. According to a copy of the first Israeli police report into the […]
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