Sat 17 June 2023: The Turkish national defense minister said Saturday that if Sweden fulfills its commitments it can become a NATO member like Finland, Anadolu reports. Meeting reporters in Brussels after the NATO defense ministers meeting, Yasar Guler expressed support for the military alliance’s “open door” policy. In the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Sweden […]
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Sat 17 June 2023: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Iran on Saturday amid a rapprochement between the two Middle East arch-foes, Iranian state TV said, Reuters reports. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March, in a deal brokered by China, to end a diplomatic rift and reestablish relations following years of […]
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Sat 17 June 2023: Warsaw, Poland: The upcoming BRICS Summit is expected to be one of the key issues President Cyril Ramaphosa will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in St Petersburg, Russia. This as South Africa is expected to host the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China at the 15th BRICS Summit […]
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Sat 17 June 2023: UK former head of the police watchdog has been accused with rape and indecent abuse on a minor. Michael Lockwood, 64, is charged with six charges of indecent assault and three counts of rape against a minor under the age of sixteen. Lockwood, 64, stepped down from his role at the […]
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Sat 17 June 2023: The United States Department of Energy has received ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and the scientific education facilities that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said. The energy department contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Waste Isolation […]
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Sat 17 June 2023: The Committee to Protect Journalists says it expects the US to make India’s media crackdown ‘a core element of discussions’. A prominent press watchdog says the United States government should urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end what it called a crackdown on media as it demanded the release of […]
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The Allied Democratic Forces has killed an estimated 6,000 civilians since 2013 [File: Kenny Katombe/Reuters] Sat 17 June 2023: At least 25 people were killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the country’s border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Ugandan police, and a government spokesman said individuals […]
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Fri 16 June 2023: Putin has confirmed that Russia has sent nuclear arms to its ally Belarus which borders Ukraine. “The first nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus … This is the first part,” Putin told an annual economic forum, where AFP and media of other countries Russia deems “unfriendly” were not […]
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Youth Day celebrations at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in the Free State. Fri 16 June 2023: The commemoration of Youth Day this year marks the 37th anniversary of the 16 June Soweto uprising and was celebrated under the theme “Working together for youth development and a drug free South Africa”. The national Youth […]
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Fri 16 June 2023: In order to get their money back, protesters in Lebanon have attacked multiple bank buildings, set tires on fire, and smashed windows. The Bank Audi, Bank of Beirut, and Byblos Bank branches in Sin el-Fil in the Mount Lebanon Governorate were the targets of the irate protests, which took place on […]
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