Wed 12 October 2022: According to a new report from West Health and Gallup, nearly half of the U.S. population (44 percent), or approximately 114 million Americans, give the country’s healthcare system poor (30 percent) or failing (14 percent) grades, with percentages climbing higher and growing even more negative when it comes to affordability and […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: Right-wing Israeli lawmaker, Itamar Ben-Gvir, along with dozens of Israeli extremists, stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning under the protection of Israeli authorities, for the second day in a row. Local witnesses told Wafa news agency that dozens of settlers, led by Ben-Gvir, raided the Islamic holy site, took […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: A court in the military-ruled country of Myanmar has sentenced Nobel laureate and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison, bringing her total time behind bars to 26 years. The 77-year-old was accused of accepting bribes; on Wednesday, a court found her responsible for two […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: Several bodies wrapped in black plastic were pulled from a mass grave Tuesday in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman, part of an arduous effort to piece together evidence of what happened during more than four months of Russian occupation. Ten body bags lay beside a roughly 30-meter trench from which authorities […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: One of the 31 culturally significant items that have been returned to the Nigerian government is a bronze sculpture of a West African king that was held in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years. A ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, on Tuesday […]
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Wed 12 October 2022: Riyadh says oil production curbs are ‘purely economic’ as critics in Washington accuse it of empowering Moscow. Washington, DC – The Biden administration has said it will “re-evaluate” ties with Saudi Arabia as United States lawmakers grow increasingly critical of the Gulf kingdom following a decision by a group of major oil producers, including […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: Iran’s interior minister Ahmad Vahidi Tuesday claimed that overthrowing the Islamic Republic “is a stupid idea” because the regime is at “apex of its power”. The minister was visiting the western city of Sanandaj where protesters have been defying hundreds of government troops and gunmen for at least three days. There […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” After authorities accused Meta of tolerating “Russophobia” during Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, Russia banned Facebook and Instagram in late March for “carrying out […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: The Chairman of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for a “freeze” on cooperation with Saudi Arabia, after the Kingdom defied Washington’s demand to increase oil production and, instead, agreed with other oil-producing countries to cut production. In a statement yesterday, the Committee’s Chairman, Bob Menendez, stressed that […]
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Tue 11 October 2022: Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. Heatwaves are predicted to “exceed human physiological and social limits” in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia, […]
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