Mon 21 November 2022: Java, the largest island in Indonesia, was shaken by a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday that damaged buildings and caused a landslide, according to local officials, killing at least 46 people and wounding 700 more. The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java, according to the United States […]
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Child laborers in the Ivory Coast. (BBC) Mon 21 November 2022: Child labor has increased in the supply chains of developed countries and blocs such as the European Union, the US, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, especially due to cruel and illegal business models of corporations, an expert said on the occasion of World Children’s Day. Speaking to […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: King gives leaders of rival coalitions an extra day to reach agreement as they try to secure majority after inconclusive election. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin have each said they have enough support among legislators to form a new government after the […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear inspector has called for an end to the “madness” and condemned what he called targeted strikes on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine. Over the weekend, the Zaporizhia area of Ukraine, home to the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe, was shaken by […]
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Sun 20 November 2022: Russia has borrowed its largest amount of cash ever in a single day to raise funds for the Ukraine war, British defence chiefs have said. On Wednesday, Russia’s finance ministry issued $13.6 billion in debt, its largest single-day debt issuance ever, in order to continue Vladimir Putin’s invasion, according to the report. The Ministry of Defence warned […]
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Sun 20 November 2022: Russia has reached an agreement with Iran to begin manufacturing hundreds of unmanned weaponised aircraft on Russian soil, The Washington Post has reported, citing intelligence seen by US and other Western security agencies. The newspaper said the deal was finalised during a meeting in Iran in early November. Russia and Iran […]
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File photo of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visiting Qatar’s World Cup stadium. (Twitter) Sun 20 November 2022: World leaders, politicians, diplomats and royalty have begun to arrive in Qatar before the World Cup kicks off on Sunday. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Doha on Saturday, […]
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Sun 20 November 2022: Almost two years after the former US president was barred from the social media site for encouraging violence, Elon Musk has restored Donald Trump’s account on Twitter. After Musk, the platform’s new owner, conducted a poll on the social media site, which showed slender support for allowing Trump to return, Trump’s […]
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Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim. Sat 19 November 2022: In Malaysia’s hotly contested general election, early polls show a close fight between the coalition led by former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the multiracial alliance of the opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, led by his United […]
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Sat 19 November 2022: In a speech to leaders in Bahrain on Saturday, the British foreign minister condemned Iran for “spreading bloodshed” and vowed to cooperate with partners to confront Tehran. Iran has been charged by Ukraine and its Western allies with providing drones to Russia, which they claim Moscow has been using in recent […]
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