NIGERIA RESTORES POWER AFTER NATIONWIDE GRID COLLAPSE

Thu 14  September 2023: On Thursday, Nigeria had a statewide power outage due to technical issues in the country’s electrical grid, the West African nation’s electricity distribution companies reported. Multiple grid failures have occurred in recent years, and the most recent one occurred on Thursday, affecting all 36 of Nigeria’s states as well as the […]

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SOUTH KOREA EXPRESSES ‘DEEP CONCERN’ OVER RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA MEETING

Thu 14  September 2023: South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Lim Soo-suk, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, said, “We express our deep concern and regret that despite repeated warnings from the international community, North Korea and Russia discussed […]

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FLOOD DEATH TOLL COULD REACH 20,000 IN LIBYA’S DERNA: MAYOR

Thu 14  September 2023: The death toll from devastating floods that struck eastern Libya could reach 20,000 in the city of Derna alone, the mayor said. “We expect a very big number of victims. It can reach 18,000 to 20,000 deaths based on the destroyed districts in Derna,” Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi told the Al Arabiya channel […]

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NEARLY 2,000 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED OVER 10-YEAR PERIOD: NGO

Thu 14  September 2023: A total of 1,910 environmental activists have been killed between 2012 and 2022, with Latin America holding the highest percentage globally, an international non-governmental organization (NGO) announced Wednesday. Global Witness released a report that revealed statistics on murdered environmental activists ahead of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will […]

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‘ALIEN’ BODIES PRESENTED TO MEXICAN CONGRESS BY UFO EXPERT

Thu 14  September 2023: A hearing on alien sightings was held in Mexico’s lower house, and Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of “non-human” individuals, Anadolu Agency reported. 'Alien' bodies presented to Mexican Congress by UFO expert The two alleged "alien bodies" were retrieved in Cusco, Peru, and are 1,000 years old, according to […]

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TURKISH PRESIDENT MEETS SUDANESE ARMY CHIEF AL-BURHAN IN ANKARA

Wed 13  September 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday. No more information was provided about the closed-door meeting held at the presidential complex.  The visit is the fifth foreign trip by al-Burhan, who is Sudan’s army […]

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LIBYA FLOODS: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 6,000; AT LEAST 30,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED

Wed 13  September 2023: In Libya, floods have caused the displacement of more than 36,000 people, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday. “At least 30,000 individuals displaced in Derna due to Storm Daniel, with 3,000 in Albayda, 1,000 in Almkheley, and 2,085 individuals still displaced in Benghazi,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Libya […]

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CHINA BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO APPOINTS FIRST AFGHAN ENVOY SINCE TALIBAN TAKEOVER

  Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, accepted the credentials of Mr Zhao Xing, the new Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan on 13 September 2023 [bakhtarnews/X]. Wed 13  September 2023: A new Chinese ambassador presented his credentials to the Taliban prime minister in Kabul on Wednesday, Reuters has reported. Afghan officials added […]

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FRENCH GOVERNMENT ORDERS APPLE TO HALT IPHONE 12 SALES DUE TO HIGH RADIATION LEVELS

Wed 13 September 2023: Apple was asked to cease selling its iPhone 12 model in France due to newly-discovered elevated radiation levels. On the same day Apple launched its flagship devices at its annual event in Cupertino, California Radiation watchdog ANFR demanded the halt saying the Apple devices emitted too much electromagnetic radiation.  Jean-Noel Barrot, […]

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CANADIAN WHO KILLED MUSLIM FAMILY INSPIRED BY WHITE NATIONALISM: PROSECUTOR

  Nathaniel Veltman is escorted while leaving trial outside Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, Ontario, Tuesday, Sept.5, 2023. Wed 13  September 2023: A Canadian man inspired by white nationalist beliefs acted deliberately and with premeditation when he crashed his pick-up truck into a Muslim family, killing four people in an alleged “terrorist” rampage, the prosecutor said […]

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