Wed 11 January 2023: A man with a knife attacked six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, leaving one with major injuries, French police have said. The man had attacked several people, including a police officer, with a “bladed weapon” at about 6:43am (05:43 GMT) Gerald Darmanin told reporters at the […]
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Wed 11 January 2023: Following a controversy involving diversity and ethics, the Golden Globes returned this year with Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh winning the top acting prize. On Tuesday night, Yeoh, known for performing her own stunts, was named best actress in a musical or comedy for her lead role in the dimension-hopping action film […]
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Wed 11 January 2023: Although the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group claims to have gained control of the salt mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, there is still ambiguity due to ongoing clashes in the city center. Days of ferocious combat have been concentrated around Soledar as Russia has seen it as […]
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Tue 10 January 2023: Andrew Tate and his brother have left a Romanian court after launching an appeal against their continued detention in connection with an investigation into human trafficking, rape and organised crime charges. The 36-year-old former kickboxer and controversial influencer were seen entering the back of a police van handcuffed to his brother and […]
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Tue 10 January 2023: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says for now, government will not impose any internal restrictions as a result of the emergence of a newly found sub-variant of the COVID-19 virus. The first instance of the XBB.1.5 sub-variant was detected in South Africa in December and reported earlier this month. Phaahla explained […]
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Tue 10 January 2023: Some 5 million children are estimated to have died before turning five years old in 2021, according to UN data published on Tuesday. The latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) also found that 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years […]
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Tue 10 January 2023: The daughter of a former Iranian president was sentenced to five years in prison after being arrested for her alleged role in anti-government protests, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran’s public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges […]
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Tue 10 January 2023: Ukrainian troops are repelling waves of attacks led by the Wagner Group around the salt mining town of Soledar and nearby fronts, officials in Kyiv have said. Ukrainian forces repelled an earlier attempt to take the town but a large number of Wagner Group units quickly returned, deploying new tactics and more soldiers […]
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Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia on Sunday 08/01/2023 in latest boat arrival. (FILE PHOTO) Tue 10 January 2023: Myanmar has jailed 112 people, including 12 children, from the minority Rohingya after they were caught attempting to leave the country. The court in Bogale in the southern Ayeyarwady region of Myanmar sentenced the group […]
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Mon 09 January 2023: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tanimbar region in Indonesia on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 97 kilometers (60.27 miles) below the earth’s surface, EMSC said. 🇮🇩 : Indonesia Issues #Tsunami Warning Massive earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hits 342km SW of Tual, […]
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