Sat 26 March 2022: Official data shows that 3.5 million people in England were infected with Covid last week, the second highest level ever, and No10’s scientific advisers are now calling for stronger restrictions. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 3.48 million persons were infected with the virus at any given time in […]
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Sat 26 March 2022: A top UN rights expert slammed the international community for allowing Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories to evolve into a system of “apartheid”. Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, joined a growing number of voices describing Israel’s separation policy as “apartheid.” […]
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Sat 26 March 2022: Ukraine’s president made a surprise video appearance at Qatar’s Doha Forum, calling on energy producing countries to increase output so that Russia cannot use its oil and gas wealth to “blackmail” other nations. Volodymyr Zelenskyy compared Russia’s destruction of the port city of Mariupol to the Syrian and Russian destruction wrought […]
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Kosovo Serbs with anti-government banners protest in Mitrovica. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 25 March 2022: Hundreds of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested to pressure the government into allowing them to vote in neighbouring Serbia’s April 3 general election. Demonstrators gathered on Friday in Mitrovica, 45km (28 miles) north of Pristina, with banners reading “We want our […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: A huge fire has been reported at an oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with Yemen’s Houthi rebels admitting to launching a series of attacks against the kingdom. Saudi state television stated on Friday that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia had launched a series of drone and missile attacks, and a big […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: About 300 people may have died from last week’s bombing of the drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, city officials said on Friday, calling Russia a terrorist state for its actions. The landmark theater had become a place of refuge from the war, with hundreds of people gathered in the building and […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: The Solomon Islands stated on Friday that its security cooperation with China and other countries is expanding. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said in a statement that the decision was made in accordance with the archipelago nation’s security and international policies, which are guided by the motto “friends to all, enemies to […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday “a total, hybrid war” is being waged by the West against Russia. Speaking at a meeting of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund in Moscow, Lavrov said: “Today we have been declared a real hybrid war, a total war. “This term (total war) which […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: US refiners have begun snapping up fuel oil cargoes from the Middle East this month after US President, Joe Biden, banned Russian oil imports over the country’s invasion of Ukraine, shipping data showed, Reuters reports. The United States, last year, imported about 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) of different types of fuel oil […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: According to three sources familiar with the situation, the US is coming to a close on a proposal to provide the EU with up to 15 billion cubic meters of additional liquefied natural gas by the end of 2022, Financial Times reports. The agreement aims to cut the EU’s reliance on […]
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