Thu 05 October 2023: A drone attack on a military college in Syria’s Homs province during a graduation ceremony has killed and wounded civilians and military personnel, according to Syrian officials. Drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony on Thursday as it came to an end, Syria’s military said in a statement. They accused fighters […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 5th each year to recognize the important role that teachers play in education. This day aims to support and upskill teachers, especially in the face of challenges. UNESCO highlights the global shortage of teachers and advocates for better working conditions and support for educators. […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: A new Reuters/Ipsos poll is showing that support is falling among Americans for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on US arms to fight Russia. The two-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed only 41 percent of respondents agreed with a statement that Washington “should […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants is “unacceptable”, says the Taliban, denying Islamabad’s allegations that Afghanistan’s citizens were responsible for Pakistan’s security problems. “The behaviour of Pakistan towards Afghan refugees is unacceptable,” Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul, said in a post on the […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: Climate change is one of the most profound challenges the world faces, remarked Pope Francis on Wednesday. In his apostolic exhortation, the pope warned that the world is collapsing and may be getting closer to the breaking point, adding that it is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: During the 78th UN General Assembly last month, world leaders criticized existing multilateral institutions and called for reform, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday. “Without exception, leaders spoke of the importance of multilateral solutions. But leader after leader told me that our current multilateral institutions are not delivering-and called for […]
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Wed 04 October 2023: The Turkish Armed Forces have “legitimate targets” in Iraq and Syria belonging to the terror group PKK/YPG, , Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. “It is a known fact how clear Türkiye’s stance is in the fight against terrorism. After this latest incident, as a result […]
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Assault rifles and missiles seized by the French navy lay on the deck of a ship at an undisclosed location [US military’s Central Command via AP] Wed 04 October 2023: The United States has transferred to Ukraine 1.1 million rounds of small arms ammunition that it seized from Iran, says US Central Command. The rounds […]
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. Wed 04 October 2023: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Chemistry was awarded to researchers Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” which […]
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Wed 04 October 2023: The growing bedbug crisis, which is now seen as a serious public health issue, has prompted the French government to call for urgent meetings. With reports of infestations aboard trains, the Paris metro, and movie theaters, bedbugs—previously a laughingstock—have evolved into a controversial political issue. Bedbug infestation in Paris, France. pic.twitter.com/TosPmRx51e […]
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