Wed 16 August 2023: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the United Kingdom (UK) climbed by 6.8 percent in the twelve months to July, down from 7.9 percent in June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. “Inflation slowed markedly for the second consecutive month, driven by falls in the price of […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan – Armed mobs have attacked at least two churches in Punjab province’s Jaranwala town accusing two Christian residents of blasphemy. Videos on social media showed hundreds of people armed with batons and sticks attacking the Salvation Army Church and the Saint Paul Catholic Church, setting them ablaze, while another mob […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: The first case of the new Covid-19 variant was confirmed in South Africa, prompting the health department on Wednesday to reiterate its call for people to get vaccinated, IOL reported. Department spokesperson, Foster Mohale, confirmed to IOL that the first sample taken in Gauteng tested positive for the new strain named EG.5 […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that nearly 10,000 civilians have been reported dead since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. A new report confirmed 9,444 civilian deaths and 16,940 people injured since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. In […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: Niger’s defence ministry said on Tuesday (August 15) that 17 of its army soldiers were killed in a southwest region bordering Burkina Faso. In a statement, the defence ministry said a detachment of the army was attacked in an ambush next to Torodi commune, adding over a hundred “terrorists” were neutralised. […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: Russia launched consumer testing of its new digital rouble on Tuesday. The country, which has been at war with its neighbor Ukraine for about 540 days, plans to get around international sanctions and tighten control over its people by using blockchain technology. The Russian ruble has dropped to its lowest level […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: The US is pushing Iran to stop selling armed drones to Russia as part of discussions on a broader unwritten understanding between Washington and Tehran to de-escalate tensions, the Financial Times reports today, citing people briefed on the matter. The US is pressing Iran to stop selling armed drones to Russia, which Moscow […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: A British children’s organization claimed on Tuesday that the number of online child grooming offences reported by British police reached a record high in 2022 and called for advancement on tougher cyber safety regulations, Xinhua reported. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said that 6,350 offenses […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: The owners of Manchester United are reportedly set to announce a 7.2-7.3 billion pound ($9.15 billion) sale of the club to Qatari Royal, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, after a nine-month protracted sale process, the BBC reports. According to the report, the Chairman of Cardiff City, a Welsh soccer club, Mehmet Dalman spoke […]
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Tue 15 August 2023: Millions of people are running out of food in Sudan and some are dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war that have devastated the capital, Khartoum, and sparked ethnically-driven attacks in Darfur, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, Reuters reports. “Time is running out for farmers to plant the crops that will feed […]
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