‘PALESTINE AN OPEN WOUND’ SAYS QATAR’S EMIR AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

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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SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA CAUSE THREAT OF GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, KREMLIN SAYS

Mon 23 May 2022: Russia cannot be blamed for a potential global food catastrophe, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, because the underlying reason is the country’s sanctions. Peskov said the ban on fertilizer supply and other restrictions imposed on Russia in connection with the Russia-Ukraine war are among the reasons that provoke a worldwide […]

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GAZA: MEDIA TOWER BLOCK TO BE RECONSTRUCTED AND RENAMED AFTER SLAIN JOURNALIST

Mon 23 May 2022: The Chairman of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi, has pledged to finance the reconstruction of Al-Jalaa Tower. The tower block, which housed a number of major media companies, was destroyed by Israeli bombs a year ago. “Al-Emadi is currently visiting the Gaza Strip,” explained an […]

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GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHOLZ PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFRICA IN FACE OF FOOD CRISIS

Mon 23 May 2022: On Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his country’s support for African countries hit by the global food crisis and offered Senegal gas production cooperation. Scholz said it made sense to establish such a collaboration because gas production was a “common concern” when speaking in Dakar during the first stage of […]

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RUSSIA PLANS TO DEPLOY AROUND 50 INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILES

Mon 23 May 2022: According to Roscosmos space agency Director General Dmitry Rogozin, Russia wants to deploy roughly 50 new nuclear-capable Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles by the end of the autumn. He informed the Interfax news agency over the weekend that the rockets would be built in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. In late April, […]

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IMRAN KHAN CALLS FOR A MARCH ON ISLAMABAD TO PUSH FOR EARLY ELECTIONS

Sun 22 May 2022: Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, has called for a peaceful march on Islamabad on May 25th to demand new elections. Khan, who had been Prime Minister for over three and a half years, was deposed in April by an alliance of all major political parties in parliament following a no-confidence […]

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US: ARCHBISHOP FORBIDS PELOSI FROM COMMUNION OVER HER ABORTION RIGHTS SUPPORT

Sun 22 May 2022: The archbishop of San Francisco has denied US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi communion because of her support for abortion rights, according to a letter released Friday by the archdiocese. In a letter to Pelosi, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stated that he had previously requested her to “publicly repudiate your advocacy […]

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