PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA COMMITTED TO COOPERATE WITH AUTHORITIES IN PHALA PHALA MATTER

Fri 24 March 2023: Government has reiterated that law enforcement institutions investigating the alleged theft of foreign currency at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm must be allowed to complete their investigations, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile. The Deputy President who was responding to oral questions in the National Assembly for the first time since […]

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MORE THAN ONE MILLION PROTEST IN FRANCE AGAINST MACRON’S PENSION REFORM

Thu 23 March 2023: More than a million French people demonstrated on Thursday, against the pension reform announced by President Emmanuel Macron  Anadolu Agency reported. Private broadcaster RTL France reported that approximately 1.1 million people, including almost 120,000 in the nation’s capital Paris, took part in the protests, citing the Interior Ministry. The ministry also […]

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TIKTOK TO BE BANNED FROM BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DEVICES OVER SECURITY CONCERNS

Thu 23 March 2023: The Chinese video-sharing app TikTok will be blocked from all parliamentary devices and internet servers, the British parliament declared on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported. The action was taken a week after the UK banned the use of the app on all electronic devices used by the government. Oliver Dowden, minister for […]

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WORLD TB DAY 2023: EIGHT LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT CAN LOWER YOUR RISK OF TB

Thu 23 March 2023: On the 24th of March each year, we take the time to observe World TB Day to raise awareness and increase action towards overcoming this diseases globally. Let’s understand the history, significance and theme of the this day. Along with this, let’s understand how certain lifestyle changes can lower our risk […]

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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCERNED BY RUSSIA’S ‘THREATS’ OVER PUTIN WARRANT

Thu 23 March 2023: Following the release of a war crimes arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed concern over “threats” from Russia. After a threat by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to launch hypersonic missiles at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

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UN CHIEF WARNS OF ‘VAMPIRIC OVERCONSUMPTION’ OF WATER RESOURCES

Thu 23 March 2023: UN Secretary General António Guterres said humanity is in peril due to a worldwide shortage of clean water that is only threatening to worsen in the coming years. “We’ve broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater,” Guterres said at the start of a three-day conference in New York to […]

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RAHUL GANDHI CONVICTED IN ‘MODI SURNAME’ DEFAMATION CASE, GIVEN TWO-YEAR SENTENCE

Thu 23 March 2023: A Surat district court in Gujarat on Thursday convicted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark in April 2019. Gandhi was convicted under IPC sections 499 and 500. The maximum possible punishment under this section is two years. The Court of […]

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UK LAUNCHES AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARMY’S ‘UNLAWFUL KILLINGS’ OF AFGHANS

Thu 23 March 2023: The UK has officially launched an independent investigation into allegations that British armed forces committed dozens of extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. The investigation, which was first announced in December, will also look into whether the UK military investigated allegations of unlawful killings of civilians by British forces […]

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