Mon 17 Apr 2023: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada) is suspending its activities on Twitter following the social media platform’s decision to label them as a government-funded outlet, CBC said on Monday. “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on Twitter,” CBC said […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: The European Union has won a case against India’s trade tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT) products in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the European Commission (EC) announced on Monday. “In its panel ruling, the WTO upheld all EU claims against India and found that India’s tariffs of up to […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif will return from London as soon as the electoral preparations for the general elections begin. He also made it clear that elections in the politically crucial Punjab province will not be held on May 14 despite the Supreme Court’s […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: The Sudanese Army said, Monday, its forces had regained control of the building of the national radio and television station in the capital, Khartoum, Anadolu News Agency reports. A military statement said transmission will be resumed, without providing any further details. On Saturday, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said its fighters had […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being probed by the parliamentary standards watchdog into claims he failed to declare an interest. Sunak has been added to the list of politicians being probed by Commissioner Daniel Greenberg. The probe was launched on Thursday last week, Greenberg said. Although the parliamentary website shows […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: Pope Francis has come to the defence of the late pope John Paul II who was accused in a recent documentary film of ignoring allegations of abuse by priests and protecting them by transferring them. Francis said that the former pope, who was born Karol Wojtyla in Poland, is “these days […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Electoral Amendment Bill of 2022. The Bill provides for the amendment of the Electoral Act, 1992 (Act No. 73 of 1998) and gives effect to the Constitutional Court judgment that was handed down on 11 June 2020. The judgment in the matter of […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: On Monday, a Russian court convicted Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, of treason. He received a 25-year prison sentence. According to Interfax, a Moscow City Court convicted the 41-year-old guilty of treason, “false information about the Russian army,” and association with a “undesirable organization.”His […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: Explosions continued in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as fighting between the regular army and paramilitary group RSF raged for a third day with the death toll rising to nearly 100. The violence erupted on Saturday after weeks of power struggles between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed […]
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Sun 16 Apr 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership. Footage of the meeting posted by the Kremlin showed Putin shaking hands with Li and then sitting down at a table. Russian […]
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