Wed 26 July 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 Russian Black Sea Fleet is positioning […]
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Wed 26 July 2023: Niger’s President, Mohamed Bazoum, is being held by presidential guards at the city’s presidential palace, which has been surrounded by military vehicles since Wednesday morning, Reuters reported. According to presidency and security officials, ministries next to the palace have also been blocked off, and personnel inside the palace have been unable […]
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Wed 26 July 2023: The second Russia-Africa Summit takes place in St Petersburg on 27-28 July. This comes at a time of a major geopolitical shift, which African leaders may see as offering beneficial opportunities. The previous summit, in 2019, led to the signing of 92 agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding worth over $11 billion. Several African countries (Nigeria, […]
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Wed 26 July 2023: Richer countries should be asked to better pull their weight in helping the world cope with pandemics, according to a new draft of a treaty being negotiated at the World Health Organization. Countries with more “capacities and resources” should bear a “commensurate degree” of responsibility for preparing for and responding to global […]
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Wed 26 July 2023: New Delhi: Almost three months after it imposed a blanket internet ban on the state’s residents, the Manipur government has decided to allow broadband internet access with strict conditions on Tuesday, July 25. The government has kept mobile internet services suspended. Subject to a list of conditions, including having to submit a […]
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Wed 26 July 2023: The recently declassified files related to the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, consisting of over 1,100 documents, revealed excerpts from a telegram describing the extraordinary sighting of “unusual flying vehicles resembling flying discs or flying saucers” witnessed by American officials during a trip to the Soviet Union. The […]
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Tue 25 July 2023: The Kremlin accused the West, specifically the United States, of trying to sabotage the Russia-Africa summit later this week by pressuring African countries not to take part. On Thursday and Friday, Putin is expected to hold intensive one-on-one talks with individual African leaders on trade, security, arms deals, and grain supplies. […]
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Tue 25 July 2023: The Chinese government has ousted Qin Gang as foreign minister and replaced him with Wang Yi, his predecessor, according to state media. “China’s top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister … as it convened a session on Tuesday,” the Xinhua news agency reported. “Qin Gang was removed from […]
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Tue 25 July 2023: Indian police say they have arrested 74 Rohingya refugees for living “illegally” in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in a move activists condemned as an arbitrary crackdown on people fleeing violence. The members of the mainly Muslim Rohingya community were detained in six towns and cities in the state and 10 of […]
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Tue 25 July 2023: A judge in the UK has ruled that the home secretary acted unlawfully in not providing basic support to asylum seekers including young children and pregnant women. Mr Justice Swift found that Suella Braverman broke the law by withholding £3 ($3.8) a week for healthy food for children up to three […]
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