Thu 11 August 2022: A man armed with a shotgun is taking hostage personnel at a bank in Lebanon’s crisis-hit capital, Beirut, and threatening to burn himself on fire unless he receives his trapped savings. On Thursday, a man carrying a canister of gasoline entered a Federal Bank branch in Beirut’s crowded Hamra sector, carrying […]
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Scientists believe the virus likely emerged in shrews. Thu 11 August 2022: Scientists in Asia have identified a new virus that can cause severe fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. The Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China, who were […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: Ukraine has accused Russia on Wednesday of killing at least 13 people and wounding 10 with rockets fired from around a captured nuclear power plant in the centre of the country, in the knowledge it would be risky for Ukrainian forces to return fire. “The cowardly Russians can’t do anything more […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: The number of drought-related displacements in Somalia has surpassed the million mark for the first time since January 2021, the UN humanitarian agency said. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that during the month of July, 83,518 people were displaced by drought, a 26% decrease compared to the […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the “main instigator” of the conflict. In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS published on Wednesday, China’s ambassador to Moscow accused Washington of backing Russia […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Ukraine on Wednesday called on the European Union and G7 countries to stop issuing visas to Russian citizens, citing what he said was their support for the invasion of Ukraine. “Russians overwhelmingly support the war on Ukraine. They must be deprived of the right to cross international borders until they learn […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Israeli cyberwarfare company NSO has contracts with 12 EU countries, through which it provided 22 security agencies with Pegasus software to spy on smartphones, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper. This data was discovered during the visit of representatives of the European Parliament Committee of Inquiry on Pegasus spyware to Israel recently. […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday hosted the leaders and ministers present in the country’s central Konya province for the opening ceremony of 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. The president declared the games open, which will continue till Aug. 18 with the participation of more than 4,000 athletes from 56 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Team […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: The European Union urged a probe following the recent upsurge of violence in Gaza because innocent civilians, including a child, were killed, an EU official said on Tuesday. “There is a need (for investigation) because civilians have been harmed or killed, including a child,” Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplomatic service told reporters at the European Commission’s daily […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Several explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea may have been the result of partisan sabotage, a top Ukrainian official has speculated. Kyiv denied responsibility for the attack in the Russian-occupied area that left at least one person dead and eight injured. Another theory put out by Mykhailo Podolyak, an […]
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