NEARLY 1,000 CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED IN UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR: UNICEF

Tue 23  August 2022: The UN children’s agency on Monday said that nearly 1,000 children were either killed or injured in Ukraine since Russia launched its war in late February. This represents an average of more than five a day, according to UNICEF. “These are just the figures the UN has been able to verify. We believe the true number to be much higher,” […]

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RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ARRIVE IN BRITAIN IN A SINGLE DAY THROUGH BOAT CROSSINGS

Tue 23  August 2022: On Monday, the number of migrants coming in Britain in small boats set a new record for a single day, as the number of risky crossings across the English Channel continues to grow despite the government’s plans to deport those who arrive illegally to Rwanda. The British Ministry of Defence reported […]

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INDIAN LAWMAKER HELD FOR MAKING DEROGATORY REMARKS ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Tue 23  August 2022: A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad, which sparked large protests in Hyderabad city in India’s southern Telangana state on Monday night. According to Hyderabad police, Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legislative Assembly, was arrested on Tuesday morning after multiple cases were registered against him […]

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‘UNPRECEDENTED’ VIEWS OF JUPITER FROM NASA’S JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE

Tue 23  August 2022: Images from the largest and newest space telescope in the world provide previously unattainable views of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The images of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights and whirling polar haze taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in July were made public by scientists on […]

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DR ANTHONY FAUCI, FACE OF US PANDEMIC RESPONSE, TO STEP DOWN

Mon 22  August 2022:  Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States who emerged as the public face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has announced that he will step down in December. Fauci […]

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MURDER OF DUGINA WAS COMMITTED BY A FEMALE UKRAINIAN SECRET SERVICE AGENT, RUSSIA’S FSB SAYS

Mon 22  August 2022: The weekend murder of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue, was allegedly carried out by Ukrainian secret services, according to allegations made by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday. Dugina, the daughter of well-known ideologist Alexander Dugin, was killed on Saturday night when the Toyota Land Cruiser […]

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UKRAINE HAS LOST NEARLY 9,000 SOLDIERS, TOP COMMANDER SAYS

Mon 22  August 2022: Commander-in-chief of Ukraine, said on Monday, about 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia’s invasion started, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Valeriy Zaluzhny told a forum that Ukraine’s children needed particular attention “because their fathers have gone to the front and are maybe among the nearly 9,000 heroes who have […]

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ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT GRANTS IMRAN KHAN PROTECTIVE BAIL TILL THURSDAY

Mon 22  August 2022: In a terrorism case filed against him for “threatening” a female judge and top police officials during a public rally, the Islamabad High Court granted Imran Khan protective bail till Thursday (August 25), The Dawn reported. The ex-prime minister was booked on Sunday under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment […]

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2 RUSSIANS, 1 UKRAINIAN ARRESTED AFTER SUSPECTED SPYING RAID ON ALBANIAN ARMS FACTORY

Mon 22  August 2022: Two Russians and a Ukrainian were apprehended following an apparent failed surveillance raid on a military installation and arms manufacturing in central Albania, According to the Albanian defense ministry. One of the male suspects allegedly attacked the guards with paralyzing spray when they were attempting to photograph the Gramsh factory. Following […]

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