Thu 15 December 2022: With famine spreading, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday that the world will face “an enormous level of suffering” in 2023. “We expect an enormous level of suffering,” said Mirjana Spoljaric, who took over at the ICRC in October. “As the world is trending at […]
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Thu 15 December 2022: On Wednesday, US Vice President Joe Biden called for a broad partnership with Africa calling closer ties crucial for the world. “When Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds. Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well,” Biden told the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, the second such summit that has been held in the American capital […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran’s brutal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody. The 54-member U.N. Economic and Social Council […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: Kosovo’s top officials signed an official application to join the European Union on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. President Vljosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and Parliament Speaker Gljauk Konjufca attended the application ceremony in the capital. In a speech, Kurti said: “Today we’re taking the first step towards EU membership… It is a […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: A Turkish court sentenced the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s most populous city, to two years and seven months in prison on Wednesday for insulting the country’s Supreme Electoral Council. In addition to convicting Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the court imposed a political gag order on him, which could lead to his resignation. […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: On Wednesday, French prosecutors searched the headquarters of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance Party in connection with an ongoing investigation. According to Reuters, the investigation focused on the French government’s use of consulting firms since 2017. According to a report in the newspaper Le Parisien, the National Financial Prosecutors’ Office also searched […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: Approximately 8.3 million people across Somalia are likely to face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity between April and June 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. “This unprecedented level of need within Somalia is driven by the impacts of five consecutive seasons of poor rainfall, […]
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Emergency services and police officers examine parts of a drone at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack in Kyiv on December 14. Wed 14 December 2022: Three explosions have been heard in the heart of Kiev as Ukraine claims to have shot down several Shahed drones built in Iran. “The […]
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Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi was arrested by regime, with propaganda against the state and conspiring against national security. Wed 14 December 2022: According to an annual tally by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, the number of journalists imprisoned around the world has reached a new high (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: There’s always a first time – even for those who have known each other for more than a century. On Wednesday, Morocco and its former coloniser, France, will face off in a World Cup semifinal, the first time the two sides meet in a football contest outside of friendly games and exhibition […]
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