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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Fri 20 January 2023: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov criticised a ban on Russian soldiers wearing beards, noting his forces fighting in Ukraine are Muslims and having facial hair is a religious duty. Kadyrov’s comments are the latest outburst against the Russian military leadership as he joined Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in venting public criticism. In […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: Russia has warned of a “extremely dangerous” escalation if NATO sends heavy weapons to Ukraine, such as battle tanks and long-range missile systems. The Kremlin issued the warning ahead of a key donor meeting on Thursday, as Western countries consider sending more powerful military equipment to Ukraine, where Russian forces are […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: The BBC documentary features the findings of a British inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questioned his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots as “propaganda”. Modi […]
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Fri 20 January 2023: More than a million people have joined a day of protests and strikes, according to France’s interior ministry, against plans to push back the age of retirement, from sixty two to sixty four. Some eighty thousand protesters took to the streets of Paris, with demonstrations in two hundred more French cities. […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: The president of Serbia expressed his pessimistic about his country’s and its neighbors’ chances of joining the European Union on Thursday, Anandolu Agency reportd. “I am pessimistic about the possibility of entering the European Union in a relatively soon period of time. I am pessimistic for all of us, including Montenegro, […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Two people have been killed after a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before the Gulf Cup final between Iraq and Oman, which was due to kick off at 7pm (16:00 GMT). The Iraqi interior ministry has confirmed two deaths and about 80 injuries after a stampede […]
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Dheisheh camp in Bethlehem bids farewell to Omar Khmour, the Palestinian child who was shot in the head by the lsraeli forces during a military raid on January 16 2023. Thu 19 January 2023: A UN envoy warned Wednesday that Israelis and Palestinians remain on a collision course amid escalating political and inflammatory rhetoric as […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Failure to act on the climate emergency means ‘parts of our planet will be uninhabitable and for many it will be a death sentence’, Antonio Guterres warns. Some big oil companies ignored their own science on the dangers of climate change and “peddled the big lie” for decades about the […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, has announced that she will step down in a month and not run in the general elections this year. Ardern, fighting back tears, told reporters in Napier on Thursday that February 7 will be her last day in office. “I am not leaving […]
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