Tue 25 October 2022: Rishi Sunak became Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday following a meeting with King Charles. Below are the highlights from Sunak’s first speech as prime minister outside his No. 10 Downing Street office: ON THE ECONOMY “Our country is facing a profound economic crisis. The aftermath of COVID still lingers. Putin’s war in Ukraine has […]
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Tue 25 October 2022: WhatsApp services are back online and the app should start working for users soon if it hasn’t already. WhatsApp is now working for the Android and iOS apps as well as via WhatsApp Web. Note that some users report that services are still not working on WhatsApp Web, but your phone app should be up […]
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Tue 25 October 2022: As Moscow gears up to send more forces to the southern city in response to Ukraine’s counteroffensive, the Russian-occupied Kherson region in Ukraine will soon witness a fierce battle. In the early stages of the conflict, which began in February of this year, Kherson was the first territory to be captured […]
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Tue 25 October 2022: Following the “unlawful attacks” carried out during Israel’s deadly assault on the Gaza Strip in August, Amnesty International urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to look into potential war crimes. According to a new report from Amnesty International that looks into three specific attacks on civilians, Israeli forces “boasted” of the […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: Four people have been detained after cake was thrown over King Charles III’s wax statue at Madame Tussauds by Just Stop Oil protesters. At the London attraction on Monday, activists approached the statue and unveiled T-shirts bearing the name of the environmental organization. They then threw cake in the king’s lifelike […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: The Holy See announced that Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron had a private audience on Monday at the Vatican. “During the cordial discussions, which took place in the Secretariat of State, the parties focused on matters of an international nature, starting from the conflict in Ukraine, with special attention […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: Sunak has been declared the new leader of the Conservative Party by the head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative legislators, placing him on course to be the UK’s next prime minister. Graham Brady, the 1922 committee’s chairman, said Sunak would address Conservative MPs at 2:30pm (13:30 GMT) following his leadership […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: The 49-year-old journalist, who fled Pakistan in August after multiple cases were filed against him for criticising the military, was shot dead in Kenya. A prominent Pakistani investigative journalist critical of the country’s powerful military has been killed in Kenya nearly two months after he left Pakistan. “I lost friend, husband […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: Rishi Sunak leads the race to replace Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader and looks set to become the United Kingdom’s new prime minister. Rishi Sunak, 42, was born in Southampton to Indian parents who came to the UK from East Africa. His father was a doctor and his mother owned a chemist shop. Following […]
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Mon 24 October 2022: The Israeli government decided on Sunday to house the largest collection of Albert Einstein documents in a museum, according to the Hebrew University. The government will contribute about $6 million, and the university will contribute an additional $12 million, for construction to take place on the university’s Givat Ram campus in […]
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