Mon 15 August 2022: The West Asian country of Saudi Arabia is engaged in its own game while the Russia-Ukraine conflict is raging and the west is trying to corner the Kremlin by applying sanctions. According to reports, Kingdom Holding of Saudi Arabia revealed on Sunday that it had invested in three of the leading […]
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US Congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit. Mon 15 August 2022: In a show of solidarity for Taiwan amid escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, five U.S. legislators who are now in Taiwan met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and other lawmakers on Monday. The […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: On Monday, New Zealand revealed that it would send 120 more members of its armed forces to the UK to help train Ukrainian soldiers, Anadolu Agency reported. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement that these security personnel will train the Ukrainian army as part of a global effort to […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: Michelle Bachelet, the head of the UN’s human rights office, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday for a four-day visit that will include a visit to the squalid camps where nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are housed. The Myanmar army offensive against the predominantly Muslim minority in 2017 was the […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: On Sunday, Pope Francis said that the conflict in Ukraine had drawn attention away from the issue of world poverty and he urged immediate food assistance to avert an impending famine in Somalia. “The people of this region, who already live in very precarious conditions, are now in mortal danger because […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said Sunday it does not have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, Anadolu Agency reports. On Wednesday, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the council, Iraq’s highest judicial authority, to dissolve the assembly amid a deep political crisis in the country. The council said in a statement that […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! A church fire on Sunday in the Egyptian city of Giza resulted in at least 41 fatalities and 45 injuries, according to officials, According to security sources, a stampede occurred after an electrical fire broke out as 5000 worshipers gathered for mass […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: US President Joe Biden has condemned the “vicious attack” on famed author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed with a knife on a lecture stage in New York. Biden expressed his solidarity with Rushdie and “all those who stand for freedom of expression,” hailing the Indian-born author as advocating “for essential, universal […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: The veteran opposition leader won the presidential election in Kenya, according to official results. According to the Election Commission, with just over 26 per cent of votes, Odinga had 54 per cent and his opponent, William Ruto, had 45 per cent, pushing him to second position. Both candidates are vying to […]
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Israeli police say they have arrested a suspect in a shooting attack on a bus in Jerusalem’s Old City that wounded at least eight people, two critically. The attack took place in the early hours of Sunday, as the bus carrying Israelis waited in a parking lot near the Western Wall, a holy prayer site […]
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