Thu 09 May 2024: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed reports that the United States paused a weapons shipment to Israel, as President Joe Biden’s administration faces growing pressure to condition aid to the top US ally amid the war in Gaza. Testifying before a US congressional subcommittee on Wednesday, Austin said the Biden administration had […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: There is enough fuel to run hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip for only three more days, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warns after Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing. Israel on Tuesday sent ground troops and tanks into the city of Rafah and seized […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Polish state-run National Research Institute (NASK) have accused Russian cyber operatives of targeting networks associated with government this week. NASK identified the group responsible as APT28, believed to be affiliated with Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. Utilizing malicious software, the group aimed its attacks at various Polish government entities. This revelation […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: New universities have joined the student movements triggered by American and Western universities in solidarity with the Palestinians. In the Netherlands, students at the University of Amsterdam set up a camp on campus in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a devastating Israeli war […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated on Tuesday that if Kyiv chooses to attack Russian territory using UK-supplied weaponry, Moscow retains the right to attack British military installations in both Ukraine and “and abroad,” Anadolu Agency reported. “If such a scenario is implemented, then our country, the […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Global April Temperatures Soar to Unprecedented Levels, Marking 11-Month Streak, Reports EU Climate Monitoring Service According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), April 2024 emerged as the hottest April on record, extending an unbroken streak of 11 months of remarkably high temperatures worldwide. Since June 2023, each month has consistently […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: United States President Joe Biden’s administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by its forces to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official has said. Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis against Rafah, […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: The number of people retrieved from the collapsed five-storey building in George has risen to 36 as of Wednesday morning. This means 39 others are currently unaccounted for, while seven people have been declared dead. According to the Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, the multi-disciplinary team of more than 200 emergency […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Afghan Consul-General in India’s financial capital Mumbai has resigned from her post following smuggling allegations, according to media reports. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s Mumbai, was reportedly caught smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. She confirmed her resignation on her official X handle, saying: “It […]
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Tue 07 May 2024: On Tuesday, the South African rand exhibited strength, although anticipations of increased volatility loomed as the market awaited U.S. employment data later in the week. At 1507 GMT, the rand was trading at 18.4350 against the dollar <ZAR=D3>, marking a 0.2% increase from its previous close. Meanwhile, the dollar index saw […]
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