Wed 07 June 2023: Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan express displeasure over ‘Undivided India’ mural in the recently inaugurated building. The installation of a map in India’s newly inaugurated parliament building has riled its South Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on Monday sought an explanation from New Delhi over the Akhand Bharat, or […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: Scientists have discovered what they claim to be the world’s oldest burial site in South Africa, containing the remains of a small-brained distant ancestor of humans who they believe buried their dead, perhaps forcing a revision of current theories. In the initial findings some years ago, scientists thought that the small-brained […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding on both sides of the Dnipro River after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian officials have said, with floodwaters expected to peak on Wednesday. The prediction came after UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the security council on Tuesday night that the […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: The BBC reported on Tuesday that an investigation by the media outlet has found a marked decrease in poppy cultivation across Afghanistan this year. The BBC reported that it traveled in Afghanistan – and used satellite analysis – to examine the effects of a decree issued in April 2022 by the […]
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U.S. president Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, and UK PM Rishi Sunak met in San Diego, California On March 13, 2023 Tue 06 June 2023: China asked the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia on Tuesday to abandon planned nuclear submarine cooperation, calling the plan a “act of nuclear proliferation,” Anadolu Agency reported. At […]
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Tue 06 June 2023: Underage marriages have reduced in Afghanistan, according to a poll released by country’s National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA) on Tuesday. The survey shows that 9.6 percent of girls get married under the age of 15 and another 28.7 percent are married from the age of 18. Based on the survey, […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak onboard Border Agency cutter HMC Seeker during a visit to Dover, England, Monday, June 5, 2023. Tue 06 June 2023: The UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced on Monday that the government had purchased two new barges to house up to 1,000 migrants seeking refuge in the UK. Speaking […]
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Tue 06 June 2023: The mother of a Palestinian toddler, who died of his wounds after being shot by Israeli soldiers last week, called for justice on Tuesday as she attended his funeral in the Occupied West Bank, Reuters reports. Marching with dozens of mourners, Marwa Al-Tamimi held her toddler for the last time, his face fitting […]
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Tue 06 June 2023: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2023. Data show that the manufacturing and finance industries were major drivers of growth on the supply side of the economy. “The demand side was lifted by exports, […]
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Tue 06 June 2023: Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin, criticized Russia’s defense ministry after it claimed to have thwarted a “large-scale” Ukrainian offensive that had resulted in significant casualties. Prigozhin, whose soldiers spent months fighting in the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut and who is a regular critic of Russia’s military top brass, blasted their […]
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