Tue 27 September 2022: So far the only effect of Starlink’s ‘activation’ has been indirectly helping spread malware on Iranian devices. Tehran, Iran – “Activating Starlink.” That is how billionaire Elon Musk generated headlines last week as he often does, in a few terse words on Twitter. This time, he was referring to the ongoing protests […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: China on Tuesday launched three environment-monitoring satellites into space. Identified as Shiyan, meaning “experiment”, the satellites were blasted into their orbit at around 7.50 a.m. (2350GMT Monday) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi. Home-built Long March-6 rocket carried the three satellites named Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 into the preset orbit. “The Shiyan satellite trio […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: It is “certainly not a bluff,” according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who stated on Tuesday that Moscow has the right to defend itself with nuclear weapons if it is pushed beyond its breaking point, Reuters reportd. As tensions with the West over the referendums held in large parts of […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Earlier today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke at an event commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, which was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session. Guterres reiterated his calls for the abolishment of global nuclear weapons as the threat arises once again […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have requested a debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council to address concerns about China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a document and diplomats on Monday, Reuters reported. Following the release […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has been given Russian citizenship, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday, One of the 75 foreign nationals whose citizenship has been granted by the decree is Snowden. The decree was made public on a website run by the government. Former […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the Sunni Muslim world’s most influential religious scholars, has died. Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who was based in Qatar, was the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and also a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood. He was 96 years old. His death on Monday […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Children were among the 13 people the gunman shot and killed on Monday at a school in central Russia, local police and government officials said. “Thirteen people, including six adults and seven minors, were killed because of this crime,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement, adding that 14 children and […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: Eskom will continue to implement load shedding this week due to constraints from its diesel suppliers that is affecting the availability of bulk diesel to the Ankerlig and Gourikwa Open Cycle Gas Turbines, which have a combined capacity of 2 000MW. In a statement on Sunday, Eskom said Stage 3 load […]
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Mon 26 September 2022: The level of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send hundreds of thousands more men to fight in Ukraine was highlighted by police clashes with protesters on Sunday in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, Reuters reported. Russia’s first military mobilisation since World War Two, announced by Putin on Wednesday, […]
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