Sat 11 March 2023: China brokering a deal between longtime Gulf rivals is ‘a broader sign of a changing global order’, analysts say. China’s efforts in brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been seen by analysts as broader signs of a “changing global order”. During talks in Beijing on Friday, Saudi Arabia and Iran […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Britain will pay France around £480 million ($577 million) over the next three years to help clamp down on migrants travelling to Britain in small boats, helping to fund more patrols and enhanced technology, Reuters reports. The new deal was announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron during […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Iran and Saudi Arabia have decided to reestablish relations and reopen embassies within two months, according to Iranian and Saudi state media. The deal was reached on Friday following negotiations in Beijing, the capital of China. “As a result of the talks, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Xi Jinping was handed an unprecedented third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader in generations. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People for Xi to be […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday formally set the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14 — a month earlier than scheduled despite last month’s devastating earthquake. “Our nation will go to the polls to elect its president and parliamentarians on May 14,” Erdoğan said in a speech after signing the election decision. “May our decision to renew […]
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Thu 09 March 2023: A flood of nations is trying to cut dependance on the dollar, fearing ‘weaponisation’ by the US. But it won’t be easy. A rebellion is brewing. The United States dollar has ruled the financial world for nearly eight decades since the end of World War II. Now, another war is setting […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Eight people have been killed in the shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg, German police has said. Police gave the figure on their website. There was still no word on a possible motive for the shooting. The shooting took place in Hamburg’s northern Alsterdorf district. Residents there say they […]
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Thu 09 March 2023: Russia said, on Thursday, that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports was only being “half-implemented”, raising doubts about whether it would allow an extension of the deal that is due to expire next week, Reuters reports. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United […]
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Thu 09 March 2023: On Thursday, protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport, escalating a nationwide movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to weaken the country’s judicial system. People walking towards Terminal 3 with suitcases at Ben Gurion Airport due to a blocked road, as scenes […]
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Thu 09 March 2023: The governor of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s Balkh province was killed in a blast at his office on Thursday (March 9). Speaking to the news agency AFP, Asif Waziri said the governor Mohammad Dawood Muzammil and three other persons were killed in the explosion. Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that Muzammil was […]
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