BANGLADESH SUFFERS NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT DUE TO POWER GRID FAILURE

Tue 04 October 2022: National power transmission grid failed at 2:05 pm — causing blackout across Bangladesh, except some parts of the north. According to officials at Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), the transmission line tripped somewhere in the eastern part of the country, especially districts on the […]

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‘I AM A HUGE ZIONIST,’ SAYS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS

Tue 04 October 2022: British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she is a “huge Zionist” and a “huge supporter of Israel,” a video shared online showed. The video, which was shared many times on social media platforms, shows Truss speaking at a Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) event during her party’s fall conference being held in Birmingham. She […]

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‘PEACE PLAN’ FOR UKRAINE SPARKS TWITTER SPAT BETWEEN ZELENSKYY AND MUSK

Tue 04 October 2022: Elon Musk, a controversial billionaire, recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking users to comment on a proposal to end the conflict in Ukraine. This poll drew a barrage of criticism, including that of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The highly controversial “peace” proposal put forth by the businessman behind Tesla Inc. and […]

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FOOD CRISIS IN UP TO 20 COUNTRIES COULD REQUIRE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE- IMF

Tue 04 October 2022: Up to 20 countries, many of which are in Africa, may require emergency assistance to deal with the world food crisis, according to a report released on Monday by the International Monetary Fund. Speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva added that 141 million people in […]

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UN UPS FLOOD AID APPEAL AS PAKISTAN ENTERS ‘SECOND WAVE OF DEATH’

Tue 04 October 2022:  Islamabad, Pakistan – The United Nations has increased its aid appeal for Pakistan, where more than five million people are facing a severe food crisis in the wake of recent catastrophic floods. Nearly 1,700 people, including more than 600 children, lost their lives and a total 33 million people were affected after record-breaking […]

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“DARK DAY” FOR SOCCER: 32 CHILDREN DIED IN INDONESIA STADIUM DISASTER

Mon 03 October 2022: In one of the deadliest football disasters in history, at least 32 children died in Indonesia’s stadium crush, an official said on Monday as police moved to punish those to blame. In the tragic incident that occurred on Saturday night in Malang, police used tear gas to disperse a stampede in […]

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IRAN’S KHAMENEI BLAMES ISRAEL, US IN FIRST COMMENTS ON PROTESTS

Mon 03 October 2022: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has blamed the United States and Israel for protests that have gripped the country for more than two weeks, accusing the countries of trying to stop Iran’s “progress”. Khamenei on Monday branded the anti-government protests, some of the biggest the country has seen in years, as […]

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LIBYAN CITY OF SIRTE DISCOVERS 42 BODIES IN MASS GRAVE

Mon 03 October 2022: Libyan authorities have said they have discovered 42 unknown bodies in a mass grave in the northern coastal city of Sirte, Anadolu News Agency reports. The General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said in a statement on Sunday that it received a notification from the office of the local prosecutor […]

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