Sat 28 May 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that Moscow is looking into signing an economic integration agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as signing a free trade agreement with Egypt, Indonesia and Iran. The announcement was made during a speech at the Eurasian Supreme Economic Council on Friday, comprising Russia, […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding Israel’s probes into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. “Secretary Blinken underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh,” the U.S. State Department said in a […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: Over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, June 2 to 5, Brits are anticipated to hold over 16,000 street parties. According to the Local Government Association, councils throughout England have received “a huge number” of applications from individuals keen to commemorate the monarch’s 70th birthday (LGA). According to the LGA, […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: Russian military announced a successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on Saturday, as Moscow intensifies its onslaught in Ukraine. According to the defence ministry, the missile was launched from the Admiral Gorshkov ship in the Barents Sea and “successfully hit” a target 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) away in the […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: Less than 450km (280 miles) from where a gunman killed 21 people at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, former United States President Donald Trump has headlined a defiant conference of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Amid growing calls for stronger gun control measures after the massacre in Uvalde, […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: Despite warnings of catastrophic consequences and violence, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett decided on Friday not to alter the controversial Israeli flag march’s route through occupied East Jerusalem. According to a statement from Bennett’s office, the premier spoke on the phone with Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, Israeli Police Chief Kobi […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: On Friday, Bitcoin was failing to break beyond $30,000 as weak trade continues in the cryptocurrency sector, which has seen nearly $1 trillion disappear in recent weeks. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest crypto by market cap, was trading at $29,260 at 9.17 a.m. EDT (1317GMT) for a daily gain of 3.7%. The […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said there is no need for mass vaccination campaigns against monkeypox but called for ramped-up efforts to contain its spread in non-endemic countries. “We think if we put the right measures in place now we can contain it easily,” Sylvie Briand, WHO’s director for global […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: Russian Foreign Minister c has accused Western countries of waging a “total war” on Russia and its people and culture, as Moscow pushes on with its military operation in Ukraine. “The West has declared war on us, on the whole Russian world. The culture of cancelling Russia and everything connected with […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: The drought which is ravaging several parts of Somalia could affect 8 million people or half of the total population in the coming months if no urgent action is taken, a drought response committee warned on Thursday. The National Drought Relief Committee which is chaired by Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, the newly […]
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