Wed 09 February 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron during their marathon meetings a day earlier that Moscow would not escalate the Ukraine situation any further. Macron’s comments come as the Kremlin denied that he and Putin had reached an agreement on de-escalating the conflict during a visit to Kyiv on […]
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Wed 09 February 2022: The United Nations (UN) said Monday that due to COVID-19, global spending on social protection rose by almost 270 percent to 2.9 trillion U.S. dollars from December 2020 to May 2021. “The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated inequalities, and multiple forms of deprivation,” Liu Zhenmin, under-secretary-general for Economic and Social Affairs, told […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: A convoy of trucks blocked streets near New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington on Tuesday to protest Covid restrictions and vaccinations, following the lead of Canadian protestors. Hundreds of automobiles parked in the streets surrounding the parliament building, waving placards that said “give us back our freedom” and “coercion is not consent.” […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Former Pope Benedict has apologized for mistakes made while archbishop of Munich in handling sexual abuse cases and sought for forgiveness, despite his attorneys’ claims that he was not directly to blame. Following a report released last month by German investigators on abuse in the archdiocese from 1945 to 2019, the […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: The World Food Programme (WFP) launched its regional drought response strategy for the Horn of Africa on Tuesday, requesting 37.15 billion shillings (about $327 million USD) to combat severe drought in the region. The monies will be used to meet the immediate needs of around 4.5 million people over the next […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: On Tuesday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized to victims of workplace harassment. Addressing lawmakers, Scott Morrison apologised directly to former staffer Brittany Higgins who said she was raped by a male colleague in a minister’s office in 2019. AUSTRALIA PM APOLOGISES TO ADVISER WHO ALLEGES SHE WAS RAPED IN PARLIAMENT […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: All schools and colleges in Karnataka will be shut for the next three days amid the row over wearing hijab by students. Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai tweeted he has ordered all high schools and colleges to remain shut “to maintain peace and harmony”. The Karnataka High Court is hearing petitions […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: The latest flare-up in relations between Paris and Bamako came on Monday, when Mali’s prime minister accused France of attempting to partition the west African country during its military mission there. Choguel Kokalla Maiga criticized France, the former colonial power in a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered at his request. But […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Jagmeet Singh calls for emergency debate in Canadian parliament over ongoing trucker ‘occupation’ of capital, Ottawa. Canada needs to investigate foreign interference and support for an anti-government protest in the country’s capital, said New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, as the convoy of truckers and their supporters continues to wreak havoc in Ottawa. […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. The revised estimate reduces global sea level rise by 3 inches (7.62 centimetres) if all glaciers were to melt. But it raises concern for some communities […]
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