Mon 25 December 2022: Proudly Muslim Qatar has taken advantage of the World Cup to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of visiting fans to change minds about Islam or even make conversions. The Gulf emirate is the first Muslim nation to stage a football World Cup and its gas riches have endowed it […]
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EU President Ursula von der Leyen at Govt Buildings for meeting with the Taoiseach. Mon 25 December 2022: The top diplomat for the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, may have sparked a diplomatic row with the UK by equating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Britain’s dominance over Ireland. The President of the European Commission […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: More people were evacuated Monday from nearby villages, following the eruption of Mount Semeru in Indonesia, with officials warning of the dangers of cooling lava, despite the volcano’s reduced activity. More than 2,400 villagers have now fled their homes and taken shelter in 11 evacuation centres after the highest mountain on […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: Annual report on weapons trade shows sales up 1.9 percent, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine adding to supply chain problems. Sales of arms and military services by the world’s 100 biggest defence companies rose 1.9 percent to $592BN in 2021 despite supply chain issues that held up shipments of critical components, […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: On early Sunday, Indonesia’s highest volcano on its most densely populated island of Java erupted, spewing large gas clouds and a lava river. According to the country’s disaster mitigation agency, this prompted authorities to issue the highest level of warning and begin the evacuation of at least 93 residents of East […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: Recent polling suggests support for the war in Ukraine is falling “significantly” among the Russian public, the British defence ministry has said in its latest intelligence update. The data indicated 55 percent of the population favoured peace talks, while only 25 percent claimed to support the ongoing conflict. Despite efforts on […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: There has been no official police confirmation on the forces being taken off the streets, and no sign that a law requiring mandatory hijab will be changed. Tehran, Iran – Iran has suspended its morality police as the country continues to deal with two months of protests, the Iranian prosecutor general said. […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: After a missile landed in southern Israel, Israeli airplanes bombed locations in the Gaza Strip, raising tensions in the occupied West Bank, where 10 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli forces since last week. According to the Associated Press news agency, the Israeli military claimed the airstrikes in the early hours […]
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Sat 03 December 2022: Christopher Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has issued a warning over Chinese apps like Tik-Tok that are posing a threat to national security. He said that the Chinese government, which controls the popular video sharing app, does not uphold “our values.” TikTok and other similar apps can […]
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Sat 03 December 2022: Russia said that it will continue to find buyers for its oil despite “dangerous” attempts by Western governments to put a price cap on its exports. The Group of Seven (G7) nations, Australia and the European Union agreed on a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil, aiming […]
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