Wed 02 February 2022: The United States rejects the view that Israel’s actions towards the Palestinians constitute apartheid, the State Department said on Tuesday, after Amnesty International accused Israeli authorities of enforcing such policies, Reuters reports. “… reject the view that Israel’s actions constitute apartheid. The Department’s own reports have never used such terminology,” State […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recorded two new world records for megaflashes of lightning, one for the longest distance of a single flash in North America and the other for the longest duration in South America. On April 29, 2020, a record-breaking lightning bolt spanned 768 kilometers (477.2 miles) across sections of the southern United States, according to the organization. It’s the same distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio in the United States, or London and Hamburg in Germany. On June 18, 2020, a […]
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The USS Cole guided missile destroyer will make a port call in Abu Dhabi Handout Navy Office of Information. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 02 February 2022: Following a spate of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels, the US will deploy a guided missile destroyer and cutting-edge fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates, according to a US […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: France will not abandon the battle against terrorism in the Sahel area because of the military junta in Mali’s “irresponsible” conduct, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian defended France’s military presence in Mali in front of legislators, who criticized the Macron administration for the humiliation of the country’s […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: A US whistle-blower accuses the Israeli firm of making the offer during a 2017 call, the Washington Post and other outlets have reported. Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group offered a United States mobile security company “bags of cash” to gain access to its signalling network, The Washington Post and other media outlets have […]
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 01 February 2022: Ukrainian president said that a military conflict with Russia would not just involve Ukraine but lead to a full scale war in Europe. Speaking alongside Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said the leaders had discussed steps to contain […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry today welcomed Amnesty’s report which labelled Israel an apartheid state, calling for the occupation state to be held to account for its practices against Palestinians. “The report is a detailed affirmation of the cruel reality of entrenched racism, exclusion, oppression, colonialism, apartheid and attempted erasure that the Palestinian people […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to visit Ukraine on 3 February, TASS reports, citing the office of the Turkish leader. According to the report, the Turkish President will visit Ukraine to ease tensions in the region. “The visit of our President to Ukraine is expected on 3 February,” Erdogan’s administration said. Earlier, […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Ireland’s justice minister Helen McEntee has launched a new scheme that could allow undocumented migrants residing in the country to gain full legal status. The amnesty scheme will be available to adults who have lived in Ireland for four years or children who have been residing there for three years. This […]
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Six Muslim girl students who donned the hijab to mark World Hijab Day on Tuesday, February 1, were not allowed to attend classes. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 01 February 2022: Barring students from wearing hijab or headscarf is an attack on the “symbols of faith,” said activists and experts in India, Anadolu News Agency reports. For many weeks now, […]
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