Tue 24 May 2022: Pakistan has banned Imran Khan, the country’s deposed prime minister, from holding a planned mass protest in the capital, Islamabad. According to senior party members and police sources, the restriction came after police detained hundreds of followers of deposed Khan overnight ahead of a big sit-in planned by the former leader. […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance of Turkey’s worries over Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership bids, stating that Turkey is a “important NATO ally.” “I also recognize the importance of addressing the concerns that Turkey has raised,” Stoltenberg told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: The Federal Republic of Germany has committed to support South Africa’s efforts towards industrialisation, infrastructure development and job creation as laid out in the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. President Cyril Ramaphosa told this to the media following bilateral talks with his German Counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Union Buildings […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: Russia’s ruble hit its strongest level in four years against the US dollar on Monday, owing to Moscow’s steps to back the currency. Having sunk as low as 150 to the greenback in early March after the launch of the war on Ukraine, the Russian currency later gained ground with the […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: Uyghurs have urged United Nations Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet to ask tough questions in Xinjiang to avoid falling victim to a public relations ploy. Bachelet’s six-day tour has entered a delicate new phase, with visits to the remote Xinjiang cities of Urumqi and Kashgar on Tuesday (May 24) and Wednesday […]
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Children play outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite by waste from leather industries in Bangladesh. Image Credit © UNICEF/BANA2007-00136/Noorani Tue 24 May 2022: According to UNICEF, if the entire globe consumed resources at the same pace as the world’s wealthiest countries, more than three earths would be required to keep […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: The US is “playing with fire,” according to the Chinese State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, following President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend the self-ruled island if Beijing moves to seize control, state media Xinhua reported. According to Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the council, which is sometimes referred to as China’s […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: As per a new poll published on Monday, President Joe Biden’s approval rating is at an all-time low of 43%. In a NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll conducted in April, 47 percent of registered voters approved of the president’s job. Over 57 percent of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of his presidency, […]
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Mon 23 May 2022: According to AFP, a total of 37 new cases of monkeypox have been discovered in England and Scotland, bringing the overall number of cases to 57. The UK Health Security Agency and Public Health Scotland reported 36 confirmed cases in England and one north of the border. According to the UKHSA, […]
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Mon 23 May 2022: The emir of Qatar has urged the international community to give as much attention to resolving the forgotten and ignored conflicts in the world, stressing in particular the Israel-Palestine conflict, as it has to the war in Ukraine. Addressing business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, […]
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