Photo: Website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan Sat 10 June 2023: Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry reported on Friday that a wildfire in the Semey-Ormany national reserve has engulfed an area of 30,000 hectares. The ministry said in a statement that more than 600 personnel, six helicopters and 168 pieces of equipment are […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: 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. In the past day, Ukraine’s military conducted attacks […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: The United States on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corp and a chemical company over alleged human rights abuses in China, according to a post for the Federal Register. Ninestar, whose website says it is the world’s fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical Co Ltd, are […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: British fighter jets were dispatched twice in the past 24 hours to intercept three Russian aircraft that were flying close to NATO airspace, the UK claimed on Friday. Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft and Su-27 fighter jet were intercepted on Thursday evening by Swedish Air Force Gripens and Royal Air Force Typhoons […]
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A satellite image shows possible planned location of UAV manufacturing plant in Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone, as evidence of new Russian-Iran cooperation, in this handout acquired June 9, 2023. White House/Handout via REUTERS Fri 09 June 2023: The White House said, on Friday, that Russia appeared to be deepening its defence cooperation with […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: Stella Assange, his wife, announced on Thursday that Julian Assange would file a second appeal with the UK’s High Court after learning that another judge had denied his prior request, clearing the way for the transfer of the WikiLeaks founder to the US. “On Tuesday next week my husband Julian Assange […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Thursday that over 13.6 million children are in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian support in Sudan, the highest number ever recorded in the country amid intense fighting, Anadolu Agency reports. The conflict-hit African nation has been engulfed by violence for weeks between the Sudanese Army and […]
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A dog rescued by the emergency services in Kherson region, south Ukraine. Photo by Serhii Korovayny Fri 09 June 2023: Ukraine’s security service says it has intercepted a telephone call proving a Russian sabotage group blew up the Kakhovka dam. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) posted a short audio clip on its Telegram channel […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: Images of orange, hazy skies across Canada and parts of US fuel calls to tackle climate crisis making wildfires worse. Montreal, Canada – “Do you smell smoke?” That’s the question people in Canada have been asking each other this week as hundreds of wildfires are burning in what has been described as an […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: Saudi Arabia and the United States have called on Western governments to repatriate their citizens who are among the captured Daesh fighters detained in north-east Syria. At a meeting of the international anti-Daesh coalition in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Thursday, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, stated that […]
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