Mon 08 August 2022: The UK Ministry of Defence has released figures that reveal more than 18,000 refugees have crossed the English Channel this year. On Saturday, 337 people crossed on ten boats and the Monday before that Border Force rescued 696 people in what became the busiest day so far in 2022. The MOD’s figures also show that 1,709 people have been rescued and […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: On Wednesday, Russia’s Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (SPB) will resume full trading in hundreds of foreign equities, boosting Russians’ ability to purchase and sell international shares. Investors will be able to trade shares of around 200 foreign businesses, including Apple and Tesla, which are popular stock selections among Russian retail investors, […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hailed the truce that ended days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group in the Gaza Strip, saying it was a result of concerted “active diplomacy”. The truce, brokered on Sunday by Egypt with help from the United Nations and Qatar, has so far […]
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The Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. Mon 08 August 2022: The risk of nuclear conflict has resurfaced after decades, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who urged nuclear states to pledge not to initiate the use of their weapons. Any attack on a nuclear plant is a “suicidal thing”, Guterres said, […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest supporters warned that the West had a long-term strategy to destroy Russia, asserting that Russia would win the fight in Ukraine on its terms, Reuters reported. “Russia is conducting a special military operation in Ukraine and is attaining peace on our terms,” former Russian […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: As tensions rise in the Karabakh region, Azerbaijan on Monday said Armenia targeted its military positions 10 times over the past 24 hours. In six of the incidents, Armenian forces opened fire “from positions in the direction of the Basarkechar, Garakilsa, and Gorus regions” on Azerbaijani military units “stationed in the direction of the […]
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Mon 08 August 2022: There is hope that the three days of Israeli shelling of Gaza, which have claimed at least 44 Palestinian lives, including 15 children, may come to a stop after Israel and the Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad announced a truce. Even though there had been a flurry of Israeli airstrikes and […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: Israeli officials announce that a ceasefire would go into effect at 11:30 p.m. after the Islamic Jihad agreed to stop firing, Ynet News reported. According to reports in Middle Eastern media outlets, the Islamist faction stood firm on its demands that two of its West Bank operatives be released from Israeli […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories says Israel’s air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip “not only are illegal but irresponsible”, calling for a diplomatic solution to the latest bout of violence, which began on Friday when Israel launched air attacks on Gaza City. “The situation in Gaza […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: Husam Zomlot, Palestine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has said Israel’s pre-emptive attack on Gaza is a “war crime” and that pro-Israel statements from countries like the US and UK were giving Tel Aviv the “green light” to continue its attack in the besieged coastal strip. “You base your entire bombardment […]
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