Sat 02 July 2022: Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of firing phosphorus bombs on Snake Island, according to media reports. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny said Russia carried out air strikes and dropped phosphorus bombs on the island, according to the Ukrainian national news agency, Ukrinform. “The leadership of the Armed […]
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Sat 02 July 2022: As a result of Türkiye‘s efforts in Madrid, PKK/PYD/YPG and FETÖ were written off as terror groups in NATO‘s records for the first time, said the Turkish president on Friday. Speaking to reporters while returning from the NATO summit, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the decisions taken at Madrid will bear fruit in time. “Promises are important, but the main […]
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Sat 02 July 2022: Belarus is being pushed to ingratiate itself with Russia more swiftly, according to President Vladimir Putin, who said that Belarus is under “unprecedented political and social pressure” from the West and a slew of sanctions as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The 69-year-old Russian leader on Friday told a […]
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Sat 02 July 2022: In light of the fact that cases of monkeypox there have tripled over the past two weeks, the World Health Organization called on Friday for “urgent” action to prevent the disease from spreading. “Today, I am intensifying my call for governments and civil society to scale up efforts … to prevent […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: Investigators in a Russian-backed separatist-held zone in east Ukraine have charged British citizens Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill with “mercenary activities,” according to the Russian TASS news agency. According to TASS, a source in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) power structures stated that criminal cases had been opened and charges […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: WikiLeaks co-founder, Julian Assange, has appealed the UK Home Office’s decision to extradite him to the US on espionage charges, Anadolu News Agency reports. Assange’s move will trigger a new battle between his legal team and the Home Office, which may take months before a final decision is reached. Gareth Pierce, from Assange’s […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would approve possibly reinstating the death penalty if parliament were to send a bill on the matter to him, broadcaster NTV cited him as saying today, according to Reuters. Erdogan’s justice minister said at the weekend Turkiye would consider turning back the 2004 abolishment of capital punishment after the […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: The Supreme Court today blamed former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for igniting tension with her comments on Prophet Muhammad and said “she and her loose tongue have set the country on fire”. In unusually strong comments, the court said she must apologise to the country. “The way she has ignited emotions […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: Over a quarter of US citizens believe it may “soon be necessary to take up arms” against their government, according to a recent study by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP). There is severe polarization in US politics, according to the survey, which was conducted among 1,000 US citizens […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: On Friday, John Lee was sworn in as Hong Kong’s new chief executive, signaling a fresh start as the former British colony commemorated 25 years of Chinese rule. In order to oversee the ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled for the first time outside of mainland China since the COVID-19 outbreak […]
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