Tue 22 March 2022: A Palestinian man was fatally shot after reportedly carrying out a stabbing attack near a shopping centre in the southern Israeli city of Beer al-Sabe (Be’er Sheva), killing at least four people and wounding two others. The suspected attacker was identified by local media as 33-year-old Ahmed al-Qiaan, a teacher who […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: Canada’s ruling Liberals have reached a deal with a left-leaning opposition party to prop up their minority government until 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced, promising to advance a range of issues, including a dental care programme for low-income families. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, Trudeau said the “supply-and-confidence” agreement […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: US President Biden will impose new sanctions on Russia during an upcoming trip to Europe, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said. “He will join our partners in imposing further sanctions on Russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack down on evasion and to ensure robust enforcement,” Sullivan told reporters. […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: The “absurd war” in Ukraine has no winners and it is time to end the conflict, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday. Speaking at a news briefing, the UN chief said 10 million Ukrainians have been forced from their homes and are on the move due to the invasion launched by […]
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The nuclear weapons convoy passed through Glasgow on its route from AWE Burghfield to RNAD Coulport (Image: Nukewatch) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 22 March 2022: A British nuclear-armed convoy was seen heading to an arms depot in Scotland amid rising tensions between NATO and Russia as Moscow forges on with its invasion of Ukraine. The military convoy, which […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said Islamophobia grew after the 9/11 terror attacks and went on unchecked because the Muslim countries did nothing to check the wrong narrative that Islam was equated with terrorism. Addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Islamabad, Imran Khan said that there […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: Egypt has set a fixed price for unsubsidised bread in an effort to counter rising food prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine closed off access to lower-priced Black Sea wheat, Reuters reports. Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouly, on Monday, set the price of commercially sold bread at 11.50 Egyptian pounds ($0.66) per kg, his […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: South Africa’s National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has urged the heads of parliament around the world to take all necessary steps to deal with climate change. This, Mapisa-Nqakula said, can be done through oversight and other interventions with the constitutional powers of the institutions they lead. Mapisa-Nqakula is leading a multiparty […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: The US president has described India as an exception among Washington’s allies with its “shaky” response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a meeting of US business leaders in Washington, Biden said there had been “a united front throughout NATO and in the Pacific”. While the other Quad countries – […]
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Tue 22 March 2022: As sporadic demonstrations erupted among the thousands of motorists queuing daily for insufficient fuel, Sri Lanka dispatched troops to petrol stations on Tuesday. The South Asian island nation is experiencing its greatest economic catastrophe since its 1948 independence, with recurring blackouts and shortages of critical items such as food and cooking […]
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