Wed 19 July 2023: Billionaire Asif Aziz has obtained permission to convert a part of London’s iconic Trocadero building into a mosque and Islamic center. The 56-year-old Malawian property tycoon bought the famous landmark for over £220 million ($287.7 million) in 2005 and canceled plans to convert it into a 1,000-capacity mosque in 2020 after […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked permission from the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to arrest Russia’s Vladimir Putin, because to do so would amount to a declaration of war. Ramaphosa made the remarks in a legal response to a court case brought by the opposition Democratic Alliance to compel […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: The government has passed the Illegal Migration Bill after winning a final series of votes in the House of Lords. The bill was passed between the House of Commons and the House of Lords three times whilst a group of peers attempted to make amendments. One amendment was that UK-based victims […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: An increase in Russia’s debt burden has become inevitable as Moscow spends on the military and economy, a deputy finance minister said, Reuters reported. Deputy Finance Minister Irina Okladnikova said Russia’s current level of debt is 22.8 trillion roubles or 14.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Faced with a January-May […]
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Saudi Crown Prince receives the President of the Republic of Türkiye at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, where an official reception ceremony is held in his honor.. Tue 18 July 2023: Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Turkish drones, one of several lucrative contracts President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured for Turkey’s struggling economy as Ankara […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: The new head of the World Bank said Tuesday that growing divides between rich and poor nations risked deepening poverty in the developing world, at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in India. Many countries are still recovering from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and fallout from Russia’s war […]
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Tue 18 July 2023:v Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), and Vinod Tomar were given two days of provisional bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday in an allegation of alleged wrestler sexual harassment. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal also granted interim bail to […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country’s statistics agency which highlights the impact of surging inflation. Out of nearly 15,000 households surveyed between February 8 and May 1, 5 percent […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: A large wildfire broke out in the Attica region of Greece with the blaze closely approaching residential areas. According to the fire department, strong winds are worsening the situation and complicating the work of the firefighters. The fire in the Dervenochoria area is particularly strong due to the region’s roughness and […]
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Mon 17 July 2023: The paramilitary force battling the Army in Sudan has taken control of a town in South Darfur, triggering clashes, looting and a new wave of displacement, conflict monitors and a witness said on Monday, Reuters reports. Clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Army around the town of Kas had caused […]
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