Month: January 2023

On Holocaust Day, Polish PM accuses Putin of building 'new camps'
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On Holocaust Day, Polish PM accuses Putin of building ‘new camps’

OSWIECIM: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday used the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of building “new camps”…

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Putin blasts 'neo-Nazis' in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Putin blasts ‘neo-Nazis’ in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated a claim that neo-Nazis were committing crimes in Ukraine — an allegation Moscow has used to justify…

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Russia blocks CIA, FBI websites for ‘spreading false information’

MOSCOW: Russia‘s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked the websites of the CIA and FBI, accusing the two U.S. government agencies of…

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UK under fire over retreat from Windrush scandal reforms
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UK under fire over retreat from Windrush scandal reforms

LONDON: Britain’s government came under withering criticism Friday after retreating from reforms it had promised to prevent a repeat of the “Windrush” scandal affecting black…

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US on edge over video of fatal police beating
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US on edge over video of fatal police beating

WASHINGTON: The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a…

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Racism ‘systemic’ in Britain: UN experts

GENEVA: Racism is “structural, institutional and systemic” in Britain, a group of United Nations experts concluded on Friday, warning that people of African descent were…

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In Beijing's backyard, US demonstrates its military might
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In Beijing’s backyard, US demonstrates its military might

ABOARD THE NIMITZ, South China Sea: Over a few hours under grey skies, dozens of combat planes and helicopters roar on and off the flight…

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Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
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Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death

WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern…

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Pakistani rupee fall slows as PM Sharif hopes for IMF funds
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Pakistani rupee fall slows as PM Sharif hopes for IMF funds

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee’s two-day decline slowed on Friday on news that an IMF team was visiting Islamabad next week to discuss unlocking a suspended…

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WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status
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WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status

GENEVA: The World Health Organization‘s emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.Before…

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