Thu 09 June 2022: Iran’s foreign minister during his maiden state visit to India on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with senior Indian officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit came as New Delhi is facing a diplomatic storm over Islamophobic remarks made by spokespersons for India’s ruling Bharatiya […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: The Turkish president on Thursday called on Greece to stop the militarization of “(Aegean) islands with non-military status” and to act “in accordance with international agreements.” Speaking at a ceremony in Turkey’s Aegean province of Izmir during the EFES-2022 military exercise, one of the largest planned drills of the Turkish army, […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: According to analysis on a Wednesday, sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine are reversing more than a decade of economic progress and three decades of integration with the West. However, economists at the Institute for International Finance warn that the impact is a “moving target” because more sanctions […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has taken a number of unexpected turns. The $44 billion purchase was apparently done, but Musk made a dramatic U-turn and opted not to go through with it, claiming that a large percentage of Twitter users are fraudulent. Following weeks of uncertainty, the Washington Post […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: Since May, the number of registered monekypox cases in countries not previously infected with the virus has risen to over 1,000, according to World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. On Wednesday, the number of infections recorded in Germany increased to 113, a significant increase over the previous day’s total of […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised to pursue accountability for the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh wherever facts lead, calling for an “independent” probe into the incident. The well-known veteran journalist, a Palestinian American, was fatally shot by Israeli forces on May 11 as she was covering an […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: Deputy President David Mabuza says law enforcement agencies should be allowed to investigate the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm without any interference. The Deputy President said this when he was responding to a supplementary question by the DA’s Deputy Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube. The question was asked as the Deputy President […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the date for the “biggest protest in Pakistan’s history” will be finalized within the next few days. “We have to go all-in for our campaign for true freedom in the next phase. I will give a date within the next few days,” […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: Ukraine and Russia each handed over the bodies of 50 of their deceased soldiers in an exchange that included 37 Ukrainian soldiers killed at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, the Ukrainian Ministry for Reintegration said on Wednesday. In a statement on its website, the ministry said the exchange took place on the front lines in the southeast Ukrainian region of […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the consequences for the world of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are worsening, affecting 1.6 billion people. “The war’s impact on food security, energy and finance is systemic, severe, and speeding up,” the Secretary-General said, presenting the UN’s second report into the repercussions of the […]
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