Wed 11 May 2022: Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. She was hit by a live bullet on Wednesday while covering Israeli raids in the city of Jenin and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: Elon Musk stated on Tuesday that if his acquisition of Twitter goes through, he will lift former President Trump’s Twitter ban. At a Financial Times conference Tuesday, Musk said Twitter’s ban of the former president was a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.” He added that he believes the platform should not enact permanent bans, and should instead look at temporary suspensions or timeouts. “I think it was a morally bad […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: On Tuesday, Russia was hit by an unexpected wave of regional governor resignations. Five regional governors in different sections of the country stated within five hours that they would either resign or not run for re-election. Sergei Shvachkin of Siberia’s Tomsk region and his colleague Igor Vasilyev of Kirov, roughly 1,000 […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while 70% of the population has come into contact with COVID-19 – and have some form of immunity – the best form of defense against the disease remains vaccination. Phaahla said this when he tabled the department’s budget vote before a mini-plenary of the National […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: Chinese President Xi Jinping advised Communist Youth League (CYL) to help the youth cultivate their trust in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Marxism “from the bottom of their heart”. Addressing a grand gathering in Beijing to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League (CYL) of […]
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria Ramtan Lamamra. Tue 10 May 2022: On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Algeria to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic relations. Lavrov met with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra, according to […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: An Israeli official told CNN that US President Joe Biden is considering visiting occupied East Jerusalem during his scheduled visit to Israel in June. Biden is expected to visit Al Makassed Hospital in the city, according to the official, though the plans have yet to be confirmed. If confirmed, the visit […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: Former President Donald Trump called former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper a “lightweight” who was merely a Republican in name, but he did not deny allegations that he intended to shoot racial justice demonstrators or launch missiles at drug targets in Mexico. The former president accused Esper of keeping quiet on […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: Several prominent Syrian human rights organisations and civil society groups have urged the United States’ top diplomat to the United Nations to launch an investigation into the killing of 41 civilians in the neighbourhood of Tadamon in Syria’s capital Damascus in 2013. “We are writing to demand immediate action to address […]
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Anti-government demonstrators set dozens of properties linked to government ministers and the Rajapaksas on fire. Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence after thousands of protesters breached the main gate amid the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Protesters who forced their way […]
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