Tue 02 August 2022: Nuclear threats emanating from the war in Ukraine as well as in Asia and the Middle East have put the world one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation”, the United Nations secretary-general said. At the UN on Monday, Antonio Guterres issued the dire warning at the opening of a long-delayed meeting to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, United States President Joe Biden has said. Al-Zawahiri was killed on Sunday in the biggest blow to the group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Russia’s president has warned there can be “no winners” in a nuclear war and said such a conflict should never be started. “As a state party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and one of its depositaries, Russia is consistently complying with the letter and the spirit of the Treaty,” Putin said in […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September for a gathering of spiritual leaders, the Vatican announced on Monday. Prior to the event, the pope expressed his desire to meet with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Francis will be attending the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Every year, from August 1 to 7, the world observes World Breastfeeding Week promote breastfeeding and enhance infant health. The week was originally observed by about 70 countries, but today 170 nations do so. This day honours the Innocenti Declaration, which was signed in August 1990 by representatives of the WHO, […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, met with six of the eight survivors of the gang rape in Krugersdorp, along with their families on Sunday at the Alexandra police station. Eight women were gang raped during an alleged attack during a video production in West Village, Krugersdorp, last Thursday. Some of the […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres “warmly welcomes” the departure Monday of a first ship carrying Ukrainian grain under a plan to lift Russia’s naval blockade, a spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General hopes that this will be the first of many commercial ships moving in accordance with the initiative signed, and that this will bring much-needed stability […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: The Kosovo government has delayed for a month the implementation of new border rules that have sparked tensions in the country’s north, where ethnic Serbs have blocked roads and unknown gunmen have fired on police. Following the incident, which left no one hurt, the police closed two border crossings with Serbia […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: The months-long political standoff is getting worse as Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters have set up tents and are getting ready for a prolonged sit-in at the Iraqi parliament. After the October elections failed to result in the formation of a government, on Saturday supporters of the firebrand al-Sadr forced their way into […]
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Sun 31 July 2022: Four days prior to the second anniversary of the devastating 2020 explosion in the Lebanese capital, grain silos at Beirut’s blast-damaged port partially collapsed on Sunday. A fire that has been burning for weeks and sent huge clouds of smoke across the port caused the northern portion of the silos to […]
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