Sat 21 January 2023: Thousands more gather outside President’s Residence in Jerusalem, as well as in Haifa and Beersheba. Saturday’s (21 January) demonstrations mark the third week that opponents of Netanyahu’s government take to the streets, protesting Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposals to shake up the judiciary by severely curbing the High Court of Justice’s […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: The Indian government has ordered Twitter and YouTube to take down links of a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, people with direct knowledge of the matter have said. Many tweets and YouTube videos of the documentary titled “India: The Modi Question” no longer appear […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: A second charge alleging sexual misconduct by a Roman Catholic Cardinal has surfaced, the Canadian Press reported Friday. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, former archbishop of the Quebec City diocese in Canada and now head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, was accused but the charge had not been publicly disclosed. But a letter dated June 23, 2021 and sent to the […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: Chris Hipkins, the country’s minister of police and education, won the election to lead the ruling Labour Party and will succeed Jacinda Ardern as prime minister. Following Ardern’s unexpected resignation, the senior politician must now receive the formal support of Labour lawmakers in order to become the nation’s 41st prime minister […]
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Sat 21 January 2023: The US has designated Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a “transnational criminal organization,” putting additional pressure on the private army that has recruited tens of thousands of Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine behalf of Russia. According to John Kirby, the national security spokesman for the White House, Wagner, which is […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: US General Mark Milley expressed strong doubt that Ukraine would succeed in driving Russian troops out its territory this year. At a US-hosted meeting on Ukraine in Germany, Milley told reporters, “From a military standpoint, I still maintain that for this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate are to stay in police custody for another month after a Romanian court extended their detention, according to multiple reports. Tate and his brother, Tristan, are to stay in Romanian custody until February 27, while police build their case, the judge ruled, according to the […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made the decision to remain in the United States at least through the end of February according to Brazilian media. The Metropoles newspaper reported on Thursday that Bolsonaro, who is currently staying at the Orlando home of well-known Brazilian professional mixed martial artist Jose Aldo, […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will host a multinational maritime exercise with Russia and China over a 10-day period to strengthen the already flourishing relations between the three countries. According to the statement released on Thursday, the event known as Exercise MOSI will take place in Durban and Richards […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Former United States National Security Adviser John Bolton faced harsh criticism on Thursday after calling for NATO to expel Türkiye and extend support to opposition parties in the upcoming elections. “Bolton, who previously admitted that he supported coups, called on NATO to intervene in the elections in Türkiye. It is a futile […]
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