Mon 31 October 2022: More than 300 Iranian journalists have demanded the release of two colleagues jailed for their coverage of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody triggered protests posing one of the biggest challenges to ruling clerics in decades, Reuters reports. Their call came in a statement published by the Iranian Etemad and other newspapers on […]
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Mon 31 October 2022: Instagram has stopped working properly, and a large number of people have been notified that their account has been locked. Instagram users are flooding social networking sites after being notified that their accounts are set to be permanently deleted. The warning messages began to emerge at 1 p.m. today, with several […]
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This combination photo shows Muhammad Aziz, a suspect in the slaying of Malcolm X, after his arrest, in New York, on February 26, 1965, left, and Aziz outside court after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated, on Thursday, November 18, 2021, in New York Mon 31 October 2022: The city and […]
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Mon 31 October 2022: President Recep Tayyip Erdoan stated on Monday that Turkey will press ahead with its efforts to secure the Black Sea grain export agreement despite Russian hesitancy. Moscow had earlier suspended its participation in the project. “Even if Russia behaves hesitantly because it didn’t receive the same benefits, we will continue decisively our efforts […]
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Mon 31 October 2022: As rescuers worked through the night searching the Machhu River for survivors, the dead toll from the collapse of a colonial-era suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state has increased to 132, according to officials. The number of fatalities increased from 68 on Sunday to 132 early on Monday, according to […]
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Mon 31 October 2022: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election, , but with incumbent Jair Bolsonaro still not conceding defeat there were concerns the far-right contender might challenge the result. The country’s election commission reports that on Sunday, Lula won 50.8 percent of the vote versus Bolsonaro’s […]
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Sun 30 October 2022: At least 60 people were killed and dozens injured, when a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into the water below. More than 400 people were on the bridge, over the Machhu River in the town of Morbi on Sunday, at the time of the […]
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Sun 30 October 2022: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday signed a decree accepting the resignation of the country’s caretaker government, a day before his mandate expires without a designated successor, Anadolu reports. “This morning, I sent a letter to the House of Representatives in accordance with my constitutional powers and signed the government’s resignation decree,” Aoun […]
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Sun 30 October 2022: On Sunday, the European Union pleaded with Russia to reconsider its decision to withdraw from a crucial grain export agreement with Ukraine. “Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea deal puts at risks the main export route of much needed grain and fertilisers to address the global food crisis […]
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Sun 30 October 2022: President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea has announced a period of national mourning following a fatal Halloween crush in Seoul, where grieving family members went to the city’s hospitals in search of their lost loved ones. In a statement released hours after 151 people died in a stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon […]
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