Mon 28 November 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat from weapons of mass destruction, including chemical munitions, the head of the world’s toxic arms watchdog says. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine, its chief, Fernando Arias, said at the regulator’s annual meeting. “The […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: The Iranian authorities have arrested Farida Moradkhani, the niece of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, after she recorded a video describing the authorities as a “criminal and a child- killing regime”. She posted the video as a comment on the government’s violent crackdown on protesters. Moradkhani’s brother Mahmoud explained on Twitter that […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: The UK government has been heavily chastised for spending £1.3 million ($1.5 million) of taxpayers’ money on a bronze sculpture by a well-known English artist. The statue was then delivered to No. 10 Downing Street and placed in the garden of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new residence. The Sun reported that […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: Beijing: China will be sending a three-person crew to its space station, which is nearing completion, and also announced today plans for a manned mission to the Moon amid intensifying competition with the US. The Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: The United States and Russia are negotiating the release of basketball player Brittney Griner and former marine Paul Whelan through special channels, according to a senior U.S. diplomat quoted by RIA Novosti on Monday, According to Elizabeth Rood, charge d’affaires of the American embassy in Moscow, although the United States had […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: Pope Francis on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian authorities to make greater efforts to seek dialogue following recent conflicts in the region. After leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis said he is following with concern about the increase in violence and fighting that has taken place in […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Police and government sources report that al-Shabab fighters assaulted a hotel used by government officials in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Security officials said the shooters were wearing “suicide” vests. There was no word yet on any casualties in the latest al-Shabab armed group attack. The attackers stormed the Villa Rose […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Police used water cannons to disperse crowds in Belgium’s capital, after the mood turned sour, during the country’s shock defeat to Morocco, at the FIFA World Cup, on Sunday. Dozens of fans smashed shop windows, threw fireworks and torched vehicles. According to Brussels police, Even before the end of the match, […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Despite four-decade-high inflation in the United States, online shoppers set a record with purchases totaling at least $9.12 billion, according to a report by Adobe Inc’s data and insights product Adobe Analytics. Retail stores, on the other hand, saw fewer than usual crowds for the Black Friday sale. The previous record […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: “We have made progress in the defense industry thanks to our developing technology and the steps we took. In our defense industry, the rate of locally-made products has increased from 20 percent to 80 percent. Our domestically-produced Akinci drones can carry the bombs carried by the F16 fighter jets. The manufacturing of unmanned Kizilelma fighter jets is just a matter […]
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