Sat 16 July 2022: As US President Joe Biden continued his trip to the Middle East, which included Israel and Saudi Arabia, Israel launched multiple missile strikes against Gaza in response to rocket launches from the region. The Hamas-run rocket factory in central Gaza was struck early on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, which […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: U.S. President Joe Biden pledged on Friday to keep up efforts to support a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even though the goal of a two-state solution appeared far off. Speaking alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, Biden said the United States would not give up on the goal of a just settlement to the decades-long conflict between Israel […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Covid- 19 infections in Britain have increased by nearly 800,000 in a week, with some regions in the country approaching the springtime records. Additionally, the number of hospitals is rising due to the spread of the most recent coronavirus subvariants, Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. According to the Office for National Statistics […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has relieved the head of the country’s space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, of his duties, according to a decree released by the Kremlin on Friday. The decree ordered Rogozin‘s dismissal “from the post of general director of the Roscosmos state space corporation.” He was replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov. According to the Daily […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, says the South African delegation’s recent visit to the United Kingdom will propel South Africa’s hydrogen economy to greater heights. According to the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the team representing South Africa explored potential trade relationships to support high technology […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires raged out of control in southwestern France. authorities said on Friday. In the midst of scorching heat, tinder-box conditions, and strong winds, more than 1,000 firefighters and nine water-bomber aircraft have been battling two fires, since Tuesday. “The situation is still […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: More overflights to and from Israel will be possible due to Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it will open its airspace to all air carriers, a sign that the two countries’ relations are improving. This was credited to Biden’s “persistent diplomacy” by the US. The decision was the result of the President’s […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Russia’s president authorized the country’s attorney general on Thursday to block foreign media outlets from countries that do the same to Russian outlets. Amid international pushback over the ongoing war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin signed new legislation that gave the attorney general power to order outlets off the air in Russia if their […]
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Thu 14 July 2022: Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, as one candidate was eliminated. Sunak came top with 101 votes, followed by junior trade minister and bookmakers’ favourite Penny Mordaunt on 83 votes and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss […]
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Thu 14 July 2022: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he wanted a “rethink of all our (military) postures on the African continent” and had asked his ministers and army chiefs to work on it. Macron made the comments as he was addressing French troops ahead of the July 14 Bastille Day parade in […]
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