Tue 26 September 2023: The world’s coldest region recorded the most intense heatwave ever last year, according to a study published last month. In March 2022, temperatures in Eastern Antarctica spiked about 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above the monthly average, said the study “The Largest Ever Recorded Heatwave – Characteristics and Attribution of the Antarctic […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: British police has launched an investigation into a number of sexual offence allegations from across the country after media reporting of claims against Russell Brand. The 48-year-old comedian and actor has been accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: France’s highest Court, on Monday, ruled that the government ban on Muslim dress abaya is legal, Anadolu Agency reports. The Council of State said it had rejected an appeal by three organisations against the government ban announced last month on abaya – a loose-fitting and full-length robe – worn by some Muslim students in schools. […]
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Mr Himmat Singh Nijjar, uncle of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, sitting inside his house in Bharsingpura village, in Punjab, India, Sept 21, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS Mon 25 September 2023: BHARSINGHPURA, India – A bitter row between India and Canada over the murder of a Sikh separatist is being felt in Punjab. Sikhs in the north-western […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to announce proposals which would force convicted rapists to serve their full sentence as part of a ‘gear change’ on crime. Convicted rapists frequently commit new crimes. The United Kingdom has documented numerous incidents where, after receiving an early pardon, such criminals went […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: Expressing surprise over the “silence” of “relevant countries,” China on Monday called for “revealing” the facts about the Nord Stream explosion “as soon as possible.” “The Nord Stream pipeline explosion has been nearly a year since it occurred, but the investigation progress seems to be very slow,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesman […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his country will withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger in the wake of the July coup that overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France,” Macron said in […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: After a thrilling seven-year, four-billion-mile journey, a saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may contain information about the formation of the solar system slammed into Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday. The capsule then dropped to an on-target parachute-assisted descent in Utah. Only minutes away from landing! The #OSIRISREx main parachute has deployed […]
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Civilians get out of a truck during an evacuation performed by Russian peacekeepers at an unknown location following the launch of a military operation by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, in this still image from video published September 20, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout Sun 24 September 2023: Armenian Prime Minister […]
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Slovakia’s former Prime Minister and leader of Smer party Robert Fico attends the party’s election campaign rally. Sun 24 September 2023: Riding waves of fear and anger emanating from Russia’s war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, nationalist, populist and far-right parties are eyeing rising support across Europe. Polls have suggested […]
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