Fr 18 August 2023: Russian forces have destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet, AFP reports, citing Russian officials. Russia’s defence ministry said its air force downed a Ukrainian drone over the capital at about 04:00 (0100 GMT) on Friday. “The UAV, after being exposed to air defence weapons, changed its flight […]
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Fr 18 August 2023: More than 3,000 people have fled their homes amid growing violence in neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince, UN agency says. A surge in violence in parts of Haiti’s capital over the past week has pushed more than 3,000 people to flee their homes, including many who have been forced to seek shelter in […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Turkish authorities warned Russian counterparts after an incident involving a cargo ship in the Black Sea that took place within international waters, the Turkish presidency has said. “After the (Russian) intervention, our interlocutors in the Russian Federation were warned appropriately to avoid such attempts, which escalate tensions in the Black Sea,” […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: The United States (US) granted authorisation for the sale of Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, in a deal worth $3.5 billion, reported Reuters. The ministry said in a statement today that senior officials from the Israeli and German defence ministries would sign a letter of commitment to the deal […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Authorities in Pakistan have launched a probe and arrested at least 146 people in the Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob torched five churches and attacked dozens of houses belonging to the local Christian community over claims of blasphemy, the province’s top police official has told Al Jazeera. “We are continuing […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Russia penalized Alphabet’s Google $31,845 on Thursday for failing to remove what it claimed was false information regarding what it refers to as its “special military operation” in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported. A Moscow magistrate’s court has fined US tech giant Google 3 mln rubles ($31,800) for its failure […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived Thursday in Riyadh on his first trip to Saudi Arabia since a landmark rapprochement deal in March, Iranian state media reported. Amir-Abdollahian “has arrived at Riyadh Airport a few minutes ago for a one-day trip, and was welcomed by the deputy foreign minister of Saudi […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Following an incident involving a boat off Cape Verde, West Africa, at least 60 migrants are believed to be dead, according to the International Organization on Migration (IOM). 101 people were on the boat at the time, according to the IOM, who also confirmed that 38 individuals, including four children, were […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: The Republican-led General Assembly overrode North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of three bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth on Wednesday (August 16), prohibiting minors from receiving gender-affirming health care, limiting their participation in school sports events, and restricting classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. GOP supermajorities in the House […]
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A trader from Zambia sits outside a clothing wholesale market, August 2013, in Guangzhou, home to one of the largest black communities in Asia, peopled by traders from around the world. (AFP/Getty Images) Thu 17 August 2023: Human Rights Watch has found racist content targeting Black people is becoming increasingly prevalent on China’s social […]
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