Thu 23 February 2023: Mohamed Salah, a senior official of the Qatar Red Crescent, said they are seeking funding to initiate reconstruction activity in the earthquake-hit zone of Turkiye and Syria, Anadolu News Agency reports. In an interview with Anadolu, Salah stressed the need for concerted efforts by the international community to mitigate the effects of the earthquake […]
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Protesters on Bondi Beach in Sydney wear masks of Australia’s ex-Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and Gautam Adani (right). Photo: (EPA) Thu 23 February 2023: The recent freefall in the Adani group’s stock prices has exposed tens of millions of dollars in Australian retirement savings, The Guardian reported. The group companies have been facing a continuing decrease in […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: Over 2,000 prisoners have been exchanged between Russia and Ukraine since the start of the war on Feb. 24 last year, according to figures compiled by Anadolu. The first prisoner exchange in the war was announced on March 17 by Daria Zarivna, press secretary for the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office. Ukraine’s Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) says one woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest data, with too few countries in the world managing to substantially reduce maternal death rates since 2016. The report, Trends in Maternal Mortality, showed that while there was significant progress in reducing […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters launched several rockets from the besieged coastal enclave amid tensions over an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus that killed at least 11 Palestinians. The early-morning attacks sent plumes of black smoke rising over one of the targeted […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: According to Stoltenberg, “we have witnessed the Russian pattern of aggression over a long period of time, from Georgia in 2008 through Crimea and Donbass in 2014 to the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine last year. NATO cannot allow Russia to undermine European security after the end of the war in Ukraine, […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: An Israeli army raid in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank resulted in at least 10 Palestinian deaths and numerous injuries. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 102 people were hurt on Wednesday, 82 of whom were hit by live ammunition. Six people were in serious condition. Widespread […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: Government has introduced a R9 billion tax relief programme to support South Africa’s clean energy transition, increase electricity supply and limit the impact of consistently high fuel prices. The programme was on Wednesday unveiled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana while delivering the 2023 Budget Speech at the Cape Town City Hall. […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the war in Ukraine is “absurd and cruel” and called for ceasefire and negotiations, two days before the first anniversary of the Feb. 24 Russian invasion. During his General Audience in the Vatican on Ash Wednesday morning, the Pope said his thoughts go again go to the people of the […]
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Wed 22 February 2023: A United States judge has ruled that family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not entitled to funds from Afghanistan’s central bank. In the ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge George Daniels said that awarding the families money seized from the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) would require […]
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