Sat 25 June 2022: On Friday, three cases of monkeypox in adults who traveled from Europe verified by Colombian health officials. Bogota, the nation’s capital, recorded two cases, while Medellin reported a third. Six Latin American countries have reported cases of monkeypox, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are more than 3,200 […]
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Sat 25 June 2022: The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion was applauded on Friday by the Vatican’s Academy for Life, saying it challenged the whole world to reflect on life issues. The Vatican department also said in a statement that the defense of human life could not be confined to individual rights because life […]
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Sat 25 June 2022: The Ukrainian army claimed in a statement on Saturday that Ukraine’s northern border region of Chernigiv came under “massive bombardment” fired from the territory of Russia’s ally Belarus. “Around 5:00 o’clock in the morning (0200 GMT) the Chernigiv region suffered a massive bombardment by missiles. Twenty rockets, fired from the territory […]
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Sat 25 June 2022: Burkina Faso’s army has given civilians two weeks to evacuate vast areas in northern and southeastern regions of the country in advance of military operations against rebel fighters. The military evacuation order follows after a major attack by rebels on June 11 that left at least 100 civilians dead and displaced thousands more. The West […]
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Sat 25 June 2022: Rudimentary construction of homes located in rocky, unpaved mountains and hillsides said to be key factors in severity of destruction. Gayan, Paktika – In the early morning hours of Wednesday June 22, the mud homes in this remote part of southeastern Afghanistan began to tremble and collapse under the force of a […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: The bullets that claimed the life of renowned Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh were fired from the Israeli side, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). “All information we have gathered … is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed Abu Akleh […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed on Friday that Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine was not to blame for the world food crisis and that the West was to blame for preventing the shipment of Russian grain. “The food market is unbalanced in the most serious way,” Putin said, addressing a “BRICS Plus” virtual […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a need to urgently reform the United Nations Security Council so that it can credibly and effectively perform its mandate. The President said it is unjust that Africa, with a population of 1.3 billion people, does not have permanent representation on the UN Security Council. […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has recommended vigilance among its members and the public after the discovery of the first monkeypox case in South Africa on Thursday. While the case has been confirmed in Gauteng, SAMA cautioned other provinces to be on the lookout for the virus. According to the […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: Two parliamentary by-election losses for the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom have weakened the position of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson and forced the resignation of the party’s chairman. According to early results released on Friday morning, Britain’s dominant Conservative Party lost two seats in the by-election held on Thursday. […]
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