Sat 19 August 2023: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the leader of the opposition in Pakistan, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, just hours after he announced legal action if the election was delayed. Party spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: More than 120,000 children in the UK are living in the most extreme form of poverty, according to a charity survey which suggested the situation has worsened since last year. A rise in levels of destitution has been described as “stark and worrying” by Buttle UK, which works with children and […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Nearly half a million soldiers on both sides may have been killed or wounded in the Ukraine war, according to a report by the New York Times on Friday, which quoted US government officials. At the same time, they warned that casualties were difficult to estimate because Kiev does not publish […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Having nuclear weapons shields Russia from security challenges, and Moscow regularly warns the West about the dangers to avert a nuclear war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “The possession of nuclear arms is today the only possible response to some of significant external threats to security of our country,” Lavrov […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: The major West African bloc has agreed on a “D-day” for possible military involvement in Niger to restore democracy after generals deposed and imprisoned President Mohamed Bazoum last month. According to a senior official, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on Friday to activate a standby force as […]
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Fri 18 August 2023: A woman who sprayed an anti-Islam protester with fire extinguisher as he staged a Quran-burning protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm was detained by Swedish police. The woman was captured on camera running up to Salwan Momika and spraying him with white powder before being stopped by plainclothes police officers […]
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Fri 18 August 2023: A container ship, named Joseph Schulte, which set sail from Ukraine’s Odesa port earlier this week, has reached the Istanbul Strait. It is the first vessel that departed from Odesa port after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative last month. The Hong Kong-flagged vessel entered the Istanbul Strait through […]
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Fri 18 August 2023: Police Minister Bheki Cele says while there are still unacceptably high crime levels, violent crime levels are starting to show a decrease. “We have analysed these recent figures and this Ministry remains persuaded, that the decision to aggressively and strategically confront crime, was the right one,” Cele said at a media […]
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Fr 18 August 2023: In the center of Canada’s Northwest Territories, a city beats with the urgency of its inhabitants fleeing the destructive fangs of fire as they race against an relentless clock. Yellowknife, the capital, is bracing itself against an oncoming wildfire, one of hundreds that have erupted in this vast northern area. With […]
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Fr 18 August 2023: Despite a 38 percent year-over-year fall during the second quarter of this year, Saudi Aramco has once again been named the most profitable company in the world, according to a new report released by Forbes. Based on financial data from the last 12 months, as of May 5, 2023, the Saudi […]
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