Tue 21 June 2022: The Nobel Peace Prize, which Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees, sold for $103.5 million on Monday night, smashing the previous record for a Nobel. The gold medal was sold at Heritage Auctions’ sale in […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: The Presidency has rejected claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa has in any manner interfered with the work of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture of the judiciary as speculated by some opposition parties. In a statement, which the Presidency said to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding on […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: After his political alliance suffered huge losses in legislative elections over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s request to resign. Although it is usually a formality following legislative elections, this year it has taken on added significance. The Élysée Palace announced on Tuesday that Macron […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to witnesses, who blamed the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) for one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory. However, two other witnesses said more than 200 people have been killed. […]
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Two American mercenaries Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were captured by Russian forces on the Kharkov front. Mon 20 June 2022: Kremlin said that it captured American “mercenaries” in Ukraine who were engaged in illegal activities and should take responsibility for their crimes, RIA reported on Monday. The statement added that the captured Americans are not covered by […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, and Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, have agreed to dissolve parliament, triggering a new election, and Lapid will, in the meantime, take over as Prime Minister, an official said, confirming local media reports, Reuters reports. A vote will be held in parliament next week, after which Lapid will take […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Coming down heavily on western countries over press freedom, China on Monday said the case of incarcerated investigative journalist, Julian Assange, reflected the “hypocrisy” of the US and the UK. “The case of Julian Assange is a mirror. It reflects the hypocrisy of the US and the UK on press freedom,” […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: The Canadian government announced final regulations on Monday to outlaw the manufacture and import of “harmful” single-use plastics, with the ban set to take effect in December. The ban will apply to single-use plastics such as checkout bags, cutlery, food serviceware made from or containing hard-to-recycle plastic, ring carriers, stir sticks, […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Anger against a new army recruitment scheme has intensified across India, with crowds of protesters burning trains, blocking roads and ransacking public property to demand that the plan be rolled back. “The protests will continue till there is a rollback. We have been cheated,” Lalit Kumar (name changed), a 19-year-old army aspirant who […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, has voiced optimism that Ukraine will be granted official candidate status ahead of a major EU conference in Brussels later this month. “I firmly believe that we will get a positive decision, that we will get support, that the course has now been set,” von der Leyen told German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday evening. “Of course, this is also a historic decision that the European Council now has to make, but […]
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