Sat 22 Apr 2023: Fighting continued in Khartoum on Friday despite Sudan’s army saying it had agreed to a three-day truce with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to enable people to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The RSF said earlier in the day that it had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire to mark Eid. […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: The British government named Oliver Dowden deputy prime minister on Friday, replacing Dominic Raab who resigned earlier in the day following a report into claims he bullied colleagues. As deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab had no formal powers but stepped in for the prime minister if he was away from parliament […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Police in Canada are looking into a big gold robbery at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after millions of dollars in gold and other valuables went stolen. According to authorities, thieves stole more than $14 million in gold and other valuables on Monday. Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told the Toronto Star […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment, officially marked […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: In a Friday phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud discussed efforts to resolve crises in the Middle East. The phone call came just days after Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud visited Syria for the first time in more than […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. “Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world as you celebrate Eid al-Fitr and […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Shishalh First Nations in Canada’s British Columbia province said Thursday that ground-penetrating radar has located what is believed to be 40 unmarked graves at a former Indian Residential School. The Nation said older tribal members have said for decades that such graves existed at the old St. Augustine’s Residential School. “We […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on Thursday instructed all staff members, litigants and lawyers to wear a mask and avoid being gathered in groups while in court premises. The direction has been issued in view of the rising number of covid cases in the national capital, which on Thursday […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Billionaire Elon Musk’s iconic rocket Starship, the largest and most powerful ever built designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond, exploded on Thursday during the spacecraft’s first test flight. Mr Musk said that the next Starship test will be in a few months. Minutes after SpaceX congratulated itself on an “exciting […]
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Fmr Gujarat min and BJP leader Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi. Thu 20 Apr 2023: A special court in Ahmedabad designated for speedy trial of 2002 Gujarat genocide on Thursday acquitted all 67 accused, including former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel, in the 2002 […]
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