Fri 22 April 2022: Palestinians traveled to Al-Aqsa Mosque from the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. The third Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem were sandwiched by Israeli police attacks on Palestinians attending prayers, but that did not stop some 150,000 Palestinians travelling to the mosque to worship, […]
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Many in Ethiopia have voiced solidarity with Russia, which has enjoyed close relations with the Horn of Africa nation since the Soviet era. (Reuters) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 22 April 2022: Ethiopians have formed long queues outside the Russian embassy in the capital Addis Ababa in hope of fighting for Russia in Ukraine but the embassy officials […]
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Fri 22 April 2022: After new satellite images revealed a mass burial site near the Russian-occupied town of Manhush, roughly 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Mariupol, Ukraine’s Mariupol Mayor accused Russian forces of concealing evidence of their “barbaric” war crimes in the important port city. Vadym Boichenko, the mayor, made his claim based on […]
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Fri 22 April 2022: Pope Francis’s plan to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has been suspended, the pontifex told an Argentine newspaper. Reuters reported last week that the pontifex was considering extending a trip to Lebanon in June to meet with Kirill who has been a staunch supporter of Russian’s invasion on Ukraine. But […]
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Fri 22 April 2022: The numbers of new COVID-19 cases and fatalities worldwide have continued to decline since the end of March, the World Health Organization said Thursday, with more than 5 million infections and 18,000 deaths reported in the last week. “During the week of April 11 to 17, over 5 million cases and […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Alexey Navalny, a jailed Kremlin critic, has urged French citizens to vote for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election, accusing his far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s party of having ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny said he’ll “root for France” in Sunday’s second round of voting between Macron […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: The Israeli authorities will be closing Al-Aqsa Mosque and its compound in occupied East Jerusalem to Jews and other non-Muslims from Friday until the end of Ramadan. According to the Times of Israel, the plan was leaked to Israeli media outlets yesterday evening, sparking an immediate outcry from right-wing parliamentarians, who condemned […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday that the US should clarify the issue regarding its Beehive malware attack and control systems, which were developed and penetrated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in numerous countries around the world. Chinese cybersecurity researchers disclosed the Beehive cyberweapon developed by […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Men’s tennis world number two Daniil Medvedev is set to be barred from this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament as The Times reported organisers are to ban Russian and Belarus players. Russian and Belarusian players have been able to continue to compete in ATP and WTA events under a neutral flag. […]
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Wed 20 April 2022: Following an order from a United Kingdom court, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is one step closer to being extradited to the United States. The Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London formally issued an order on Wednesday to extradite Assange to the United States to face spying charges for publishing a trove of […]
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