Thu 29 December 2022: Ukraine has reported a fresh Russian missile strike as blasts were heard in several cities which the authorities said came from air defence systems shooting down incoming missiles. Presidential office adviser Oleksiy Arestovych wrote on Facebook that more than 100 missiles were incoming in several waves and air raid alarms could […]
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Thu 29 December 2022: A hundred million people across the world were forced to leave their homes in 2022 and the United Nations is continuing to help those in need in a myriad of ways, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said on Monday. Filippo Grandi, head of the agency, described the figure as “a record […]
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Thu 29 December 2022: Citizens rooting for Russia’s defeat in Ukraine are “traitors” and “enemies,” the country’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said. “Traitors who hate their country so much that they call for its defeat and destruction should be treated as hostis publicus, enemies of society,” Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: The Kremlin declared on Wednesday that Russia “supports” its ally Serbia amid growing tensions between Serbia and neighboring Kosovo as a result of recent shootings and blockades. “Russia is very closely following what is happening and how the rights of the Serbs are ensured,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We support Belgrade […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday issued a global “wake-up call” on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which is observed annually on Dec. 27. “The world must come together. COVID-19 was a wake-up call,” Guterres said in his message for the international day. “The costs have been catastrophic,” he said, […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: The Chinese video app TikTok has been blocked from all devices managed by the US House of Representatives, the House’s administration arm announced on Tuesday. The move is similar to another law that is set to take effect soon in the country, which will prohibit the app from being used on […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: Authorities in United States is considering entry restrictions for Chinese visitors, as officials express concern about a lack of transparency about the country’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak. “There are mounting concerns in the international community on the ongoing COVID-19 surges in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: Every 30 hours, the pandemic spawned a new billionaire, while pushing a million people into poverty. Here’s why. Death and devastation are not the only calling cards COVID-19 will be remembered by. The pandemic has also drastically widened inequalities across the globe over the past three years. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires […]
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Wed 28 December 2022: Moscow gave its long-awaited response to the price cap on Tuesday, that bans oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed to by Western countries in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, Moscow responded to the price cap in a much-anticipated manner. It forbids the supply […]
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Tue 27 December 2022: The New York Times revealed on Tuesday that a US military device designed to collect biometric information from mainly Afghans and Iraqis was sold on eBay to a German security researcher in August for $149.95. The memory card of the SEEK II device contained the Names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints and iris […]
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