Fri 28 January 2022: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has plummeted as New Zealand battles the ongoing pandemic, falling to its lowest point since 2017. Her popularity has slipped four percentage points to 35%. She is, however, the country’s preferred Prime Minister by a large margin. Christopher Luxon, the National Party’s leader, has also made […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Balochistan, a resource-rich province bordering Iran and Afghanistan, has been fighting a decades-long insurgency against the Pakistani government headed by armed ethnic groups. During the last couple years. In response to a deadly incident in the Balochistan area, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pledged that he will eradicate the South Asian […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Global rights group Amnesty International warns any escalation of the existing conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv has been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014, will have “devastating consequences for human rights in the region”. An uptick in violence would threaten “civilian lives, livelihoods and infrastructure”, Amnesty warned in a statement, and […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: According to a report released on Wednesday by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, a 30 percent increase from 2020. According to Chainalysis, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion in cryptocurrency since 2017, with the majority of the total moving to centralized exchanges over […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Fighting within towns and cities around the world is affecting more than 50 million people, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Guterres noted that when explosive weapons are used in inhabited areas, 90 percent of people killed had no role in provoking the violence. He was speaking at the start of […]
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An illegal drug industry has flourished in Syria after 10 years of civil war [File Photo] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 28 January 2022: Jordanian troops killed 27 suspected drug smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighboring Syria, according to reports, adding that some others carrying drugs fled back into Syria. According to a report posted on […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order making sexual harassment a crime under the military justice code. The Pentagon has struggled with sexual harassment in the US armed forces. The move is part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon’s annual budget package, and is intended […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Despite declaring victory in the week-long standoff with the group on Wednesday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday that 60 to 90 Islamic State (ISIS) militants remain in the northern part of the Hasaka prison. “Our forces uncovered camouflaged terrorist enclaves in the prison’s northern dormitories where between […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Some 53 African countries have conducted 94,293,113 COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in the latest weekly briefing held Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said 1,405,112 new tests were reported during the past one week. […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: The Kremlin says it looks clear that Russia’s main demands have not been taken into account by Washington in the latter’s response to Moscow’s security proposals. “It cannot be said that our views were taken into account, or that a readiness to take our concerns into account was demonstrated,” Peskov told […]
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