Sun 22 May 2022: Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, officials have said. In Bangladesh, about two million people have been marooned by the worst floods in the country’s northeast for nearly two decades while nearly one million people have been […]
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Sun 22 May 2022: According to a former German ambassador to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin is intentionally trying to cause famine in the Middle East and Africa. According to Rüdiger von Fritsch of the Tagesspiegel newspaper, the Kremlin’s purpose is to destabilize Europe through a massive immigrant influx. “Putin’s idea is that after the […]
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Sun 22 May 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a series of measures against the further spread of monkeypox. “The identification of confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox without any travel history to an endemic area in multiple countries is atypical, hence, there is an urgent need to raise awareness about monkeypox […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says he told Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson that Ankara expects concrete steps regarding its concerns about “terrorist organisations”, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. In a phone call, Erdogan also said an arms exports embargo imposed on Turkey after its Syria incursion in 2019 should be […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: New PM Anthony Albanese pledges to unite country after Scott Morrison concedes defeat Australia’s opposition leader Anthony Albanese claimed victory Saturday in national elections. “The Australian people have voted for change. I am humbled by this victory,” he told cheering supporters in Sydney after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat. Following […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns. The travel bans have an only symbolic impact but form part of a constant downward spiral in Russia‘s relations with the United States and its allies since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. MOSCOW […]
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Sat 01 May 2022: As the virus spreads across Europe, a top European health expert has warned that cases of the rare monkeypox virus could increase in the coming months, The Guardian reporetd. “As we enter the summer season… with mass gatherings, festivals, and parties, I am concerned that transmission could accelerate,” said Hans Kluge, […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: The Russian military stated on Saturday that it used sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles to destroy a large cargo of Western armaments in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr area, west of Kyiv. The operation, according to the defence ministry, targeted “a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA and European countries” […]
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Sat 21 May 2022: The US is “deeply concerned” about UN human rights leader Michelle Bachelet’s impending visit to China, according to the State Department, based on its understanding of the restrictions she would face there. UN RIGHTS CHIEF VISITS CHINA BEGINNING ON MONDAY, INCLUDING XINJIANG Department spokesman Ned Price during a press briefing called for Bachelet […]
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Sat 01 May 2022: Anthony Albanese, Australia’s election frontrunner, urged people to give his center-left party a “crack” at ruling the country after a decade of conservative government. Albanese, the 57-year-old Labor Party leader, urged Australians to reject Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is failing in surveys ahead of the election. Albanese has promised to […]
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