CARRYING HOPES OF AFRICA, MOROCCO AIM FOR WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS

Morocco’s shut-out of Belgium provokes celebrations in the stands and on the pitch [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]. Sat 10 December 2022: The Atlas Lions are now looking to become the first side from the continent to make it through to the semi-finals. As Morocco’s history-making football team prepares to take on 2016 European champions Portugal in […]

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IRAN CONSIDERING SALE OF HUNDREDS OF BALLISTIC MISSILES TO RUSSIA -WH

Fri 09 December 2022: The United States believes Iran is looking at selling hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Friday. “We even believe that Iran is considering the sale of hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia,” Kirby told a briefing. “We expect […]

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XI JINPING: CHINA TO USE SHANGHAI EXCHANGE FOR YUAN ENERGY DEALS WITH GULF NATIONS

Fri 09 December 2022: China’s President, Xi Jinping, said in Riyadh on Friday that China and Gulf nations should make full use of the Shanghai Petroleum and National Gas Exchange as a platform to carry out Yuan settlement of oil and gas trade, Reuters reports. China and States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are natural partners […]

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VIRAL VIDEO OF VISIBLY DRUNK PUTIN SAYING ‘YOU STARTED IT – NOT US’

Fri 09 December 2022: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new video went […]

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TWITTER HAD ‘SECRET BLACKLISTS’ TO LIMIT USERS, JOURNALIST CLAIMS

Fri 09 December 2022: Independent journalist Bari Weiss says platform restricted visibility of ‘disfavored tweets’. Twitter created “secret” blacklists to limit the visibility of “disfavored tweets” and certain right-leaning accounts, independent journalist Bari Weiss has claimed, citing an investigation based on internal company documents. Weiss, a former New York Times opinion editor who now runs […]

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TRUMP: “WHAT A ‘STUPID’ AND UNPATRIOTIC EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE USA!”

Fri 09 December 2022: The Biden administration’s exchange of Russian businessman Viktor Bout for imprisoned US basketball player Brittney Griner is an unpatriotic embarrassment for the United States, former President Donald Trump said on Thursday. “What kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our country, for […]

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RUSSIAN MERCENARY ORGANISATION WAGNER GROUP UNVEILS ‘CULTURAL CENTER’ IN SERBIA

Fri 09 December 2022: Russian military company Wagner announced on Thursday that it had opened a cultural center in Serbia’s capital Belgrade. In a statement, the mercenary group said the “friendship and cooperation center” would focus on public diplomacy as its mission “to strengthen and develop friendly relations between Russia and Serbia with the help of ‘soft power’.” The […]

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