Thu 06 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 Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, who last month […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: Humza Yousaf took over the Scottish ruling party following the shock resignation of former leader Nicola Sturgeon. Glasgow, Scotland – He came to power as a trailblazer – but political goodwill has been in short supply for Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf. Yousaf, who became the first Muslim leader of any Western democracy […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting dozens more put on outbound trains following days of violence, Reuters reports. Disturbances between migrants and residents went on for a week in […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: The “unknown item” that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night and drew a Hazmat team from Washington, DC, Fire and EMS to the executive mansion initially tested positive for cocaine, according to a dispatch call made that evening. During a radio communication at 8:49 p.m. on Sunday, […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: The Russian rouble weakened on Wednesday, heading back towards the 90 mark against the dollar, with demand for foreign currency outweighing supply and as last month’s domestic political turmoil keeps risk appetite low. At 0718 GMT, the rouble was 0.8% weaker against the dollar at 89.92, after hitting a more than […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: Special forces commanders in the UK allegedly destroyed computer data to hide potential evidence of the killing of unarmed Afghan civilians, The Times reported. It is alleged that ahead of a visit by the Royal Military Police to special forces headquarters in London as part of a war crimes investigation, authorities […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: Data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction show that Monday was the hottest day ever observed on Earth, Reuters reported. As heatwaves scorched the globe, the average worldwide temperature rose to 17.01C (62.62F), breaking the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) set in August 2016. The southern US has been […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: Active-duty US soldiers committed suicide at a rate of more than one per day in the first quarter of this year, up 25% from the same period in 2022, according to a recent Pentagon report. Active-duty suicides rose to 94 in the January-March period from 75 in the same quarter a […]
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Tue 04 July 2023: The uncontrolled accumulation of debt by Western countries is increasing the risk of a new global financial crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday. Addressing a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via videolink from Moscow, the Russian leader cited global threats that could increase “conflict potential” in the […]
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Tue 04 July 2023: Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has suggested fining young people involved in the current turmoil in the nation, but he also claims that the “peak” of the riots in France has passed. Since Friday, there have been numerous protests across the nation in response to the death of a 17-year-old […]
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