Fri 25 November 2022: Israeli designate Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party signed its first coalition deal with Itamar Ben-Gvir, appointing the Head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party as the “Minister of National Security”, Likud announced in a statement this morning. “We took a big step tonight toward a full coalition agreement, toward forming […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: British Health Secretary Steve Barclay said on Friday that he was open to talks with the nurses’ union RCN, but emphasized the benefits of a pay increase announced by the government in July. Responding to news that nurses are set to carry out their biggest ever strike action, Barclay emphasised that a previously announced […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: Voria Ghafouri, one of the most outspoken supporters of hijab rallies in Iran, was detained by the Tehran police for allegedly spreading disinformation against the Islamic government. Former national team player Ghafouri, who had played 28 times for Iran up to 2019, was detained during a training session at his club, […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new World Health Organisation (WHO) and United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports revealed. According to the joint publication, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose, of which […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have made their debut on the UK’s ‘Asian Rich List 2022’ topped by the Hinduja family. Rishi Sunak and his wife, whose father N R Narayana Murthy co-founded Indian IT major Infosys, are ranked 17th on the list, with an estimated […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: With the US aiding Ukraine in the war with Ukraine, the Pentagon is rethinking its weapons stockpiles. Much of Ukraine’s firepower is being supplied through US government-funded weapons pushed almost weekly to the front lines. But, US defence production lines aren’t scaled to supply a major land war, with some lines, […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: A fake video ascribed to Al Jazeera claims ‘drunken’ Ukrainian football fans were detained over ‘Nazi symbols’ in Doha. Kyiv, Ukraine – A fake video ascribed to Al Jazeera that claims “drunken” Ukrainian football fans spread “Nazi symbols” in Doha has been circulating online since Tuesday. In less than a minute, the […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: On Thursday, an Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death for the lynching of a man who was wrongfully accused of starting catastrophic forest fires in August of last year. However, since the last executions in 1993, North Africa has maintained a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty. Djamel Ben […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: The energy regulator for the UK said on Thursday that the energy price cap would increase by 20%, from £3,549 to £4,279 ($5,176). The information was released as part of Ofgem’s quarterly update to the energy price cap for the period of January 1 through March 31, 2023. “Ofgem continues to […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: According to a warning issued by UNICEF on Wednesday, cholera and malnutrition are killing youngsters in Haiti at an alarming rate, Anadolu Agency reported. Children make about 40% of confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti, or two out of every five patients. According to the UN agency, nine out of ten […]
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