Tue 17 January 2023: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic urged Russia to stop trying to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its paramilitary Wagner group in Ukraine. Vucic criticized Russian websites and social media groups for posting adverts from the Wagner group, which solicits recruits to join its ranks, in the Serbian language. “Why do you, from […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: The latest Twitter Files thread exposing the inner workings of the pre-Elon Musk era dropped on Monday, disclosing how pharmaceutical companies pressured the social media giant to censor activists voicing generic COVID-19 vaccine advocacy. “In 2020, it was clear that the pandemic would require rapid innovation. Early on, there was a […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: A group of asylum seekers has been given permission by the High Court of London to appeal the decision that the British government’s proposal to send refugees to Rwanda is legal. In December, two High Court judges upheld the controversial approach, dismissing a complaint brought by several asylum seekers, aid groups […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: Following a complaint from the Ukrainian ambassador to the country, the Australian Open organizers have banned Russian and Belarusian flags from the Melbourne Park precinct during the tournament. Fans on Monday held up the red, white, and blue flags of Russia during a first-round match between Russian Kamilla Rakhimova and Ukrainian […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: For the first time in more than 60 years, China’s population has decreased, according to the official data. This is a momentous shift for the most populous country in the world, which now anticipates a prolonged period of population reduction. The 1.4 billion-people country has seen birth rates fall to record […]
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David Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001. Photograph: Family handout Mon 16 January 2023: Over an 18-year period, a serving officer in London’s Metropolitan Police admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape, reigniting calls for urgent reform in the United Kingdom’s largest police force. David Carrick appeared in Southwark Crown Court in London […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: At least 40 people are confirmed dead so far in the Russia bombing of an apartment building in Dnipro as the search for more survivors is ongoing, says Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region. “The search for people underneath the rubble continues,” Reznichenko said on the Telegram messaging app. “As of […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: India is hopeful that trade in rupees with Russia will pick up after the two countries spoke about facilitating transactions in local currencies, an Indian trade ministry official said. India has been exploring a rupee trade settlement mechanism with Russia soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February, but the countries have […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: In anticipation of his upcoming visit to the continent later this month, Pope Francis has condemned the exploitation of Africa and its people. “This idea that Africa exists to be exploited is the greatest injustice,” the pope said. “But it is in the collective subconscious of many people and this must […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: The United Kingdom government plans to revise the law to give police more powers to crack down on protests, after demonstrations that have seen some people blocking roads or marching slowly. The amendments to the Public Order Bill, to be tabled on Monday, will broaden the legal definition of “serious disruption”, […]
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