Thu 03 August 2023: Seven Danish opposition parties, on Thursday, voiced objection to the government’s efforts to make it illegal to burn copies of the Quran, arguing that legislation would be an unacceptable restriction on freedom of expression, Reuters reports. Outrage in the Muslim world over desecration of the Quran in front of embassies of Muslim countries […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Two-thirds of UK citizens (66%) have disapproved of the Conservative Party’s work in managing the country’s topical issues, while only 14% of respondents have supported the party’s policies, a YouGov weekly tracker showed on Wednesday. The survey showed that fewer than a half (44%) of the Conservative Party’s 2019 voters considered them to […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Pope Francis held a private meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse in Portugal on Wednesday. The pope met with 13 victims at the Apostolic Nunciature “in an atmosphere of intense listening and lasted over an hour,” according to the Vatican News. “This evening, after concluding his institutional and ecclesial encounters, […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. The investigation into Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Gurugram, India – The Anjuman Jama mosque in Gurugram’s Sector 57 is deserted. About 10 police officers stand in front of the concrete structure, which used to host up to 450 worshippers but is now a mound of debris and ashes. The mosque – one of the few places for Muslim worship in […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: 5.6 billion people, or 71% of the world’s population, are currently protected by at least one best practice policy to reduce fatalities from tobacco use, said a report published by World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday. The Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded report on the global tobacco pandemic seeks to safeguard the general public […]
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Wed 02 August 2023: An investigation has found that methane gas was the cause of the deadly Lillian Ngoyi Street (formerly known as Bree Street) explosion that rocked the Johannesburg city centre last month. This was revealed by City of Johannesburg City Manager, Floyd Brink, during a media briefing on Wednesday. The explosion killed one person, […]
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Wed 02 August 2023: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is the latest high-profile name to express his exasperation over the Saudi Pro League. The German manager raised his concerns over the discrepancy in transfer window closing dates between Europe and Saudi Arabia. He has called on football world governing body, FIFA, to act as the Saudi […]
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Wed 02 August 2023: Tuesday marked the formal start of Meta, the parent company of the social media sites Facebook and Instagram, ceasing to provide news in Canada. The move was expected in response to the passing of the Online News Act, or Bill C-18, by the Canadian government in June. The bill aims to support news […]
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Wed 02 August 2023: Saudi Arabia has approved a $1.2 billion grant to Yemen’s internationally-recognised government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), as part of efforts to prop up the war-torn country’s flagging economy, AFP reported citing two officials. According to the sources, Yemen’s finance minister and central bank governor as well as the Saudi ambassador […]
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