Fri 01 July 2022: South Africa has joined the African Union and the United Nations in calling for an immediate independent investigation into the deaths of at least 23 migrants who attempted to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish city of Melilla. In a statement on Thursday, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) […]
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Fri 01 July 2022: The US ambassador at large for international religious freedom Rashad Hussain has voiced concern over the treatment of a number of religious communities in India and said Washington was dealing directly with Indian officials to address the “challenges.” Addressing the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit here on Thursday, Hussain said his […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: On Thursday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he delivered a message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I conveyed President Zelensky’s message to President Putin,” Widodo said after talks with the Russian president in comments translated into Russian. Widodo said he expressed his “readiness” to help start […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Iranian intelligence has “secretly” arrested a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) for allegedly spying for Israel, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The newspaper cited officials with close ties to the IRGC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that Brigadier General Ali Nasiri, who served as […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: The UK prime minister stated on Thursday that the military experts from the UK would be dispatched to Bosnia and Herzegovina to support the NATO mission and advance stability and security there, Anadolu Agency reported. “We cannot allow the Western Balkans to become another playground for Putin’s pernicious pursuits. By fanning […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, responded to western politicians by calling them “disgusting sight” if they were to be shirtless. Putin’s remarks followed apparent mockery by European and other western leaders of the shirtless Putin, who has previously been photographed riding horses and engaging in other masculine activities. “I don’t […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: The idea of holding an early election “hasn’t occurred to me,” the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, but he did not rule it out. Johnson declared that he would refrain from “start talking about politics” while he was dealing with the conflict in Ukraine and the pressures of rising living […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Autopsies have been performed on the 21 teenagers who died in an unexplained incident at an East London pub on Sunday, says the Eastern Cape government. The Eastern Cape government in a statement said samples have been sent to a lab in the Western Cape for investigation. Provincial government spokesperson, Khuselwa […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has made some remarks on Wednesday about the ongoing “special military operation” in Ukraine, saying that the goals of the country are unchanged, but there can be different tactics. “Russian troops are advancing in Ukraine and reaching their objectives.” The ultimate goal is to “liberate Donbas” and to get security guarantees, Interfax […]
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Thu 30 June 2022: The chief of the UN health body said on Wednesday, that COVID-19 cases have been documented in 110 countries, with global infections up 20% and deaths spiking in half of the six WHO administrative areas. “This pandemic is changing. We have made progress, but it’s not over,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus at […]
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