Fri 07 July 2023: Kenyan police have used tear gas to disperse protesters, marching on Friday against a new finance law, that has doubled the fuel tax and introduced a housing levy, for employees. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called the protests to oppose tax increases, that were imposed despite a court-ordered suspension, and came […]
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Fri 07 July 2023: Former US President Donald Trump roasted President Joe Biden and his son over the discovery of cocaine in the White House, suggesting it may have belonged to them. According to US officials, none of the Bidens were present at the time the stash was found. On Sunday, Secret Service agents found […]
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Fri 07 July 2023: A senior Ukrainian official says Ukraine will welcome the delivery of cluster munitions from the United States because they would have an “extraordinary psycho-emotional impact” on Russian forces. “Undoubtedly, the transfer of additional volumes of shells to Ukraine is a very significant contribution to the acceleration of de-occupation procedures,” presidential political […]
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Fri 07 July 2023: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Tunisia to stop its expulsion of sub-Saharan African migrants and for humanitarian services to be provided to those migrants currently languishing at the North African country’s border with Libya. The international human rights group made the statement on Thursday, after hundreds of migrants were rounded up from […]
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Fri 07 July 2023: The French National Assembly adopted a third article of a bill that allows police and gendarmerie to secretly take video and audio recordings from the phones of suspects in terrorism and organized crime cases. The bill allows the geolocation of crime suspects, covering other devices like laptops, cars and connected devices, […]
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Titan submersible, from OceanGate Expeditions. Source: OceanGate Expeditions Fri 07 July 2023: The Titanic submersible’s maker, OceanGate, has announced that it will stop operations in the wake of last month’s tragic implosion. On Thursday, a red banner reading “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations” appeared at the top of its website. No other […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: During a meeting at ARG, Scott Smith, the head of the UN political office in Afghanistan, declared that plans are on for a new Doha summit, to which representatives of the current regime will be included this time, Khaama Press reported. He emphasized that the meeting will be scheduled prior to […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: Deputy President Paul Mashatile has, in his capacity as Acting President, declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 as a mark of honour for the late struggle stalwart and former Minister in the Presidency, Dr Essop Goolam Pahad. Pahad passed away at the age of 84. He will be laid to […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: The United States has accused Russian fighter jets of engaging in dangerous behavior near its drones in Syria. According to the US Air Forces Central, a video was released showing a Russian SU-35 fighter aircraft approaching a US MQ-9 Reaper drone. 3 Russian fighter jets harassed US drones over Syria, US […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: More than 2,000 police officers could be sacked over the next year under new measures to make it easier to remove those suspected of misconduct, according to Government ministers . The Home Office is expected to announce a simplified disciplinary system in the coming weeks in response to anger about high-profile cases […]
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