Month: May 2024

Poland’s prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus

May 11, 2024 admin

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. File Photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday traveled to the country’s border with Belarus, which is also the European Union’s external border with the autocratic state, and pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier. Mr. Tusk accused Belarus, Russia’s…

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A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament

May 11, 2024 admin

Staff members of a polling station attend to their stations during the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details…

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US “Deeply Alarmed” As Thousands Protest Georgia’s “Foreign Agent” Bill

May 11, 2024 admin

Georgian opponents of the bill have dubbed it “the Russian law” Washington: About 50,000 opponents of a “foreign agents” bill marched peacefully in heavy rain through the Georgian capital on Saturday, after the United States said the country had to choose between the “Kremlin-style” law and the people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. “We are deeply alarmed about…

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Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Dar to visit China next week

May 11, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will embark on a three-day official visit to China on May 13, during which he will meet top Chinese leaders and comprehensively review bilateral relations, including the upgradation of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Mr. Dar, who is also the foreign minister, will co-chair the…

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Biden Says Gaza Ceasefire Possible “Tomorrow” If Hamas Frees Hostages

May 11, 2024 admin

Hamas and Israel have so far failed to reach a ceasefire deal Washington: US President Joe Biden said Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was possible as soon as “tomorrow” if the group released its hostages. “There would be a ceasefire tomorrow if Hamas would release the hostages,” Biden said at a fundraiser…

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John Swinney | The gradualist

May 11, 2024 admin

On May 8, 60-year-old John Ramsay Swinney, a veteran of the Scottish National Party (SNP), was sworn in as Scotland’s First Minister. Mr. Swinney takes up the reins from Humza Yousaf, the former First Minister who stepped down following a threat of a no-confidence vote against him, after he ripped up his party’s coalition agreement…

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Rafah | Opening the gates of hell

May 11, 2024 admin

The pre-war population of Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza strip sharing a border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, was 1,70,000. Today, seven months after Israel launched its war on Gaza, following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 crossborder attack in which at least 1,200 people were killed, as many as 1.5 million people are living in…

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Auroras Dazzle In Parts Of Latin America As Solar Storm Causes Rare Displays

May 11, 2024 admin

The geomagnetic storm is likely to continue through the weekend Mexico City: The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight on Friday, including a rare appearance in Mexico. In Mexicali, a desert city on Mexico’s northern border thousands of miles from the…

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Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot Old Tussle Seems Far From Over. Here’s Why

May 11, 2024 admin

Jaipur: The rift between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps in Rajasthan, which started soon after the 2018 Assembly polls, seems far from over even after the completion of Lok Sabha elections in the desert state. Now, there seems to be discontent among a section of party workers over Mr Gehlot’s appointment as Congress poll…

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Pro-Israel Website Targets Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters

May 11, 2024 admin

The site has accused over 250 U.S. students and academics of supporting terrorism Washington: Weeks after attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration, Egyptian-American student Layla Sayed received a text message from a friend drawing her attention to a website dedicated to exposing people it says promote hatred of Jews and Israel. “I think they found you from…

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