Thu 23 June 2022: For a summit of Commonwealth nations where global concerns will be discussed, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in the Rwandan capital Kigali. “I’ve arrived in Rwanda for CHOGM to address global challenges, from hunger to climate change, and to turbocharge trade with some of the world’s most dynamic economies,” Johnson said on […]
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Thu 23 June 2022: Poor communications and a lack of functional roads are making it difficult for Afghan authorities to access a rural location that was affected by an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, according to officials. “We can’t reach the area, the networks are too weak, we trying to get updates,” Mohammad […]
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Thu 23 June 2022: Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, on Wednesday repealed the several COVID-19 regulations relating to the wearing of face masks, gatherings and persons entering the country. The regulations were promulgated by the Minister on 4 May in the Regulations Relating to the Surveillance and the Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions. President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: The British government is set to introduce a new Bill on Wednesday to empower courts to make the final decision on the removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda and deportation of foreign criminals, superseding the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Anadolu News Agency reports. The Bill of Rights, which […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: Over 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured in southeastern Afghanistan, the Culture and Information Department has told Al Jazeera. Neighbouring Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said the quake’s epicentre was in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) southwest of the city of Khost. Buildings were also damaged […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: Russian and Turkish delegations have agreed to continue consultations on safe vessel departures and grain exports from Ukrainian ports, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. Ukraine is one of the top wheat suppliers globally, but its grain shipments have stalled and tonnes of grain has been trapped in silos since […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead South Africa’s participation in the virtual 14th BRICS Leaders’ Summit, hosted by the People’s Republic of China, from 23 to 24 June 2022. The summit will be chaired by President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, as chair of BRICS for 2022, under the […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: On Tuesday, the African Union’s top official said, that It is critical for Africa that grains stranded in Ukraine can be exported out of the country, “Yesterday, we listened to the president of Ukraine. What we want is, first, peace and stability and then the possibility to free trade on grains. […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that his country’s armed forces will be strengthened and modernized, including the deployment of its recently tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by the end of 2022. Putin made the remarks during a televised meeting with graduates of Russia’s military academies on Tuesday, amid Russia’s […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: As per the Syrian Defense Ministry, at least 11 troops and two civilians were killed in an attack in northern Syria when a civilian bus was targeted on a route connecting the cities of Raqqa and Homs. “At about 6:30 [03:30 GMT] this morning, a civilian bus was subjected to a […]
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