BOLSONARO HOSPITALIZED IN US WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN

Mon 09 January 2023: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, for abdominal pain, according to the presidential office. News of Bolsonaro’s hospitalization comes hours after President Joe Biden condemned the “outrageous” storming of three major Brazilian government buildings by supporters of Bolsonaro on Sunday. In late December, […]

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SUBSIDY CUT MAY LEAD TO BLACKOUTS AND JOB LOSSES, WARNS UK INDUSTRY BODY

Mon 09 January 2023: As the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, prepares to announce a sharp reduction in industry support, the trade body Make UK said the impact from sky-high energy costs on manufacturers showed no sign of abating, The Guardian reported. The industry group, which represents 20,000 UK manufacturers, said that cutting financial support would exacerbate […]

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“THIRD PARTY” WOULD MAKE IT “UNSURVIVABLE” -PRINCE HARRY

Mon 09 January 2023: Prince Harry ruled out the possibility of his family returning to the United Kingdom, saying that a “third party” would make it unsurvivable even if such an arrangement was done between him and the other Royals. “I do not think it is going to be possible. Even if there was an agreement or an arrangement between […]

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U.S. TO GIVE EXTRA $100 MILLION TO PAKISTAN FLOODS RECOVERY

Mon 09 January 2023: A senior official from the U.S. development agency USAID said on Monday that Washington would provide an additional $100 million in funding for Pakistan’s recovery from devastating floods last year. “I am delighted to announce that the United States is making an additional 100-million-dollar commitment to Pakistan to help it recover […]

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UN CHIEF CALLS FOR ‘MASSIVE INVESTMENTS’ TO HELP PAKISTAN RECOVER

Mon 09 January 2023: In the aftermath of disastrous floods, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed for widespread assistance to aid Pakistan with a $16 billion rebuilding effort. He claimed that the country had been a victim of both the global financial system and climatic catastrophe, Reuters reported Officials from more than 40 countries, […]

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ISRAELI POLICE ORDERED TO REMOVE PALESTINE FLAGS FROM PUBLIC SPACES

Mon 09 January 2023: Israel’s new far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces, calling the Palestinian national symbol an act of “terrorism”. Israeli law does not outlaw Palestinian flags but police and soldiers have the right to remove them in cases where they deem there is a […]

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CHINA SAYS IT CARRIED OUT MORE MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AGAINST “PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS OF EXTERNAL FORCES”

  The self-ruled island of Taiwan was the target of military maneuvers focused on land and sea assaults, according to China’s military. This was the second such exercise in less than a month. 57 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships were spotted flying over Taiwan in the last 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s defense […]

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RUSSIA CLAIMS TO KILL 600 UKRAINIAN TROOPS; UKRAINE CALLED THE CLAIM “PROPAGANDA”

Sun 08 January 2023: In order to avenge the deaths of Russian troops in Makiivka, Moscow said on Sunday that its army carried out a devastating “retaliatory strike” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. While some estimates place the number of casualties in the hundreds, Russia claims that 89 of its soldiers perished in […]

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BOAT WITH NEARLY 200 ROHINGYA REFUGEES LANDS IN INDONESIA AFTER A MONTH AT SEA

Sun 08 January 2023: Approximately 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, arrived on Indonesia’s western coast on a wooden boat on Sunday, according to authorities. This is the fifth boat transporting Rohingya migrants to arrive in Indonesia since November, according to the authorities. Each year, thousands of the severely persecuted Rohingya, who are primarily […]

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