Tue 06 September 2022: After two consecutive quarters of positive growth, the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 0.7%1 in the second quarter of 2022, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. “The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal and load shedding contributed to the decline, weakening an already fragile national economy that had […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Iran is ready to supply oil to Europe should sanctions imposed on it over its nuclear programme be lifted, spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanani said yesterday. AFP reported Kanani saying: “Given Europe’s energy supply problems triggered by the Ukraine crisis, Iran could provide Europe’s energy needs if sanctions against it […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: The US president Biden, declared said on Monday that Russia should not be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation that Ukraine has lobbied amid Moscow-Kyiv war, while Russia warned that such a designation would sever US-Russia ties, Reuters reported Asked if Russia should be designated a state sponsor […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Since this April, a measles outbreak has ravaged the landlocked southern African country Zimbabwe, killing at least 700 children, Anadolu Agency reported. “As of Sept. 4, 2022, Zimbabwe had 6,291 confirmed cases, 4,459 recoveries, and 698 deaths,” the Health Ministry said on Twitter on Monday. “Cumulatively, 47.8 % of the cases […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has departed Downing Street for the final time before heading to Scotland to formally tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. The British prime minister, who declared his intention to step down two months ago, is set to meet with Queen Elizabeth […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Priti Patel has quit as home secretary to return to the backbenches, hours after Liz Truss won a leadership contest to become the next prime minister. In a letter to Boris Johnson, who remains prime minister until formally handing his resignation to the Queen on Tuesday, Patel said: “I congratulate Liz […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: The verdict on whether a Russian journalist will receive a 24-year prison sentence for high treason will be delivered by a court today. Ivan Safronov was arrested in July 2020 and has been held in pretrial detention since then accused of passing on state secrets to German and Czech intelligence between […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: France’s Foreign Minister heads to Turkiye on Monday to emphasise to Ankara the importance of its firms not circumventing Western sanctions on Russia, after the United States said Turkish businesses faced the risk of sanctions, Reuters reports. NATO member, Turkiye, has sought to strike a balance between Moscow and Kyiv by criticising Russia’s […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Israel says it will not launch a criminal investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel has said that there is a “high possibility” that slain Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was “accidentally hit” by Israeli army fire but added that it […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: The world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, was approved by Chinese drug regulators on Monday, boosting the company’s share price by 7%. The National Medical Products Administration approved the vaccine for use as a booster in an emergency, the company said in a statement to the […]
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