Fri 03 June 2022: It was today, exactly six years ago, on 3rd of June 2016, that the butterfly flew away forever and the bee could sting no more. Muhammad Ali, the greatest athlete of the 20th century, moved away from our lives into history. Some people still wonder why does he deserve to be called The Greatest? The […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Russia announced on Friday that oil and natural gas exports will bring in an additional 393 billion rubles (almost $6.3 billion) in June. In May and June, the government would earn a total of 656.6 billion rubles (roughly $10.7 billion) from oil and gas exports, according to the Finance Ministry. Due […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Asylum seekers in a UK detention center launched a hunger strike in protest of the government’s proposal to deport refugees to Rwanda as part of its new immigration plan. At the Brook House detention camp, around 17 asylum seekers refused to eat for five days. According to the BBC, the hunger […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: The first three months of 2022 were violent, brutal and unsafe for most South Africans, the quarterly police crime statistics have revealed. Releasing the statistics on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the fourth quarter (Q4) of the 2021/22 financial year was marred by increased murders, sexual violence and assaults, compared […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: The White House praised Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for extending a ceasefire in Yemen ahead of US President Joe Biden’s reported visit to Saudi Arabia. The US administration’s shift in tone is notable given that Biden had implicated bin Salman squarely for the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist […]
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Jacinda Ardern met with victims, and other members of the community, in Christchurch the day after the attack christchurch-mosque-attack. Fri 03 June 2022: New Zealand established the Center of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her government is implementing all recommendations of […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: The UN has confirmed 9,151 civilian casualties in Ukraine from the start of the conflict on February 24 until June 2. This includes 4,169 people killed and 4,982 injured, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in its latest civilian casualty update, noting that the actual […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: At a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, Guterres stated the war has also worsened the energy and financial crises, hitting the most vulnerable countries and economies, Anadolu news agency reported. He added urgent decisions are needed to ensure that Ukrainian grain and Russian fertilizers reach global markets. […]
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Thu 02 June 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that COVID-19 deaths on the African continent are likely to drop by nearly 94 percent in 2022 compared to last year, citing its own modeling. Although African countries struggled early in the pandemic to secure COVID vaccines as rich countries hoarded available doses, […]
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Thu 02 June 2022: US President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the extension of a truce in war-battered Yemen and urged permanent peace. “The parties to the conflict have now extended this truce for another two months, and it’s important that we work from here to make it permanent,” Biden said in a statement. First commercial flight The first […]
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