RUSSIAN OFFICIALS HELD TALKS WITH A BIDEN AIDE AMID NUCLEAR TENSIONS – WSJ

Mon 07 November 2022:  According to the Wall Street Journal, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with top Russian officials in the aim of reducing the chance that the Ukraine crisis may spill over or escalate into a nuclear warfare, Reuters reported. According to the newspaper, Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s senior national security advisor, had […]

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THREATS AND ABUSE DIRECTED AT WOMEN JOURNALISTS AT ‘CRISIS POINT’

Mon 07 November 2022:  The level of violence being directed towards women journalists has reached a “crisis point”, according to researchers behind a new global report. Academics who conducted the three-year-long international study, covering 15 countries, urged policymakers to take action after it found the vast majority of journalists who took part had suffered from […]

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ACCOUNTS “ENGAGING IN IMPERSONATION” WOULD BE PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED : TWITTER CEO MUSK

Mon 07 November 2022:  Elon Musk has responded to criticism of his decision to charge a monthly fee for the blue checkmark that is available to all users of the site by pledging to delete any accounts who impersonate others on Twitter. Following some high-profile users changing their names to Elon Musk to protest the […]

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AT LEAST 19 DEAD AFTER PLANE CRASH-LANDS INTO LAKE VICTORIA IN TANZANIA

 Sun 06 November 2022:  At least 19 people were killed when a plane operated by Tanzania’s Precision Air crash-landed into Lake Victoria on approach to the lakeside city of Bukoba, the country’s prime minister said. “All Tanzanians join you in mourning these 19 people … who have lost their lives,” Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told reporters in Bukoba. Authorities […]

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US MAY ELECT FIRST MUSLIM SENATOR. WHY ARE FEW MUSLIMS THRILLED?

Sun 06 November 2022:  Donald Trump-backed Mehmet Oz’s Senate bid fails to produce enthusiasm seen with previous Muslim firsts in US. The United States may elect its highest-ranking Muslim official next week – a Donald Trump-backed Republican who has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 elections. Mehmet Oz, a television personality and retired surgeon of […]

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SWEDEN TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM KURDISH MILITIAS IN EFFORT TO JOIN NATO, FM SAYS

Sun 06 November 2022: Sweden has reaffirmed its decision to distance itself from Kurdish militant groups in its bid to join NATO, as it attempts to secure Turkiye’s approval to join the military alliance. Earlier this year, Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the potential […]

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UK IMMIGRATION CENTER ATTACK WAS A ‘TERRORIST’ ATTACK, POLICE SAY

Sat 05 November 2022:  The attack on an immigration center in Dover last week using a petrol bomb was inspired by extreme right-wing ideology, according to British authorities. Nobody was critically injured in the October 30 assault in the southern English port town, and police said 66-year-old Andrew Leak, who was discovered dead at a […]

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IRAN CONFIRMS DRONES TO RUSSIA BUT ‘MONTHS’ BEFORE UKRAINE WAR

Sat 05 November 2022:  Tehran says it ‘won’t be indifferent’ if Russia is proven to have used its unmanned aerial vehicles in the Ukraine conflict. Tehran, Iran – Iran for the first time confirmed it sold drones to Russia, but said this happened “months” before the start of the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters after […]

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BIDEN: TWITTER SPEWS ‘LIES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD’

Sat 05 November 2022:  Elon Musk has come under fire from US President Joe Biden for buying Twitter, claiming that the microblogging service spreads “lies across the world.” According to Fox Business, Biden made these remarks during a fundraiser for Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten, two Democratic congressmen from Illinois. “Elon Musk goes out and […]

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