Month: January 2025

Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector; up to Trump to keep them

January 10, 2025 admin

President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday (January 10, 2025) that it’s expanding sanctions against Russia’s critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its nearly 3-year-old war in Ukraine as President-elect Donald Trump gets set to return to office vowing to quickly end the conflict. The outgoing Democratic…

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Gay Men Can Train As Priests But Don’t “Support The Culture”: Italy Church

January 10, 2025 admin

Rome: Young homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they “support the so-called gay culture”, according to new Church guidelines approved by the Vatican. While stressing the need for celibacy, the guidelines from the Italian Bishops’ Conference — posted online on Thursday — open the door for gay men…

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Hammer attacker wounds 8 at Japanese university: media

January 10, 2025 admin

Police officers are pictured at the scene after a woman brandished a hammer inside a classroom at Hosei University’s Tama campus in Machida in the western suburbs of Tokyo on January 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP “Eight people were wounded in a hammer attack at a university in Tokyo on Friday (January 10, 2025),…

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UK Government Says England Should Play Afghanistan Cricket Match

January 10, 2025 admin

England’s upcoming Champions Trophy cricket match against Afghanistan should go ahead despite calls for a boycott over the Taliban’s treatment of women, according to a senior British government minister. A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to refuse to play Afghanistan in…

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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

January 10, 2025 admin

South Korea’s acting leader on Friday (January 10, 2025) accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week. The acting leader, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, also expressed regret…

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EU gives Ukraine first tranche of loan backed by Russian assets

January 10, 2025 admin

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | Photo Credit: AP The European Union on Friday (January 10, 2025) paid out to Ukraine the first three billion euros of a loan backed by the interest earned on frozen Russian assets. The funds are part of the EU’s portion of a $50 billion loan by G7…

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Bihar Cops Bust Unique Scam

January 10, 2025 admin

Patna: Make childless women pregnant and earn big money: that was their business pitch. It did work until the gang was busted and three people were arrested from Bihar. The alleged scam was reported from Kahuara village in Nardiganj subdivision of Nawada district. Cyber scamsters ran an ‘All India Pregnant Job Service’, through which…

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Manchester United Boss Ruben Amorim Keen To Keep Hold Of Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho

January 10, 2025 admin

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has expressed his desire to keep talented youngsters Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho despite rumours the duo could be sold to ease the club’s financial pressures. United sit 13th in the Premier League and have won only four of Amorim‘s 12 games in charge so far. The club’s…

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Police Charges KT Rama Rao For Allegedly Causing Road Obstruction, Public Nuisance

January 10, 2025 admin

The case was booked following a complaint by the traffic police. (File) Hyderabad: The Banjara Hills police here on Friday registered a case against BRS working president K T Rama Rao for allegedly causing road obstruction and public nuisance at the ACB office here after his questioning on January 9 in the Formula-E race case….

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BJP’s Annamalai On R Ashwin’s Hindi Remark

January 10, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Cricketer R Ashwin’s recent remark that Hindi is not India’s national language but only an official language has been supported by BJP Tamil Nadu President Annamalai, who has said that it is a “language of convenience”. Attending a convocation ceremony at a private college near Chennai on Thursday, the Tamil Nadu-born cricketer had…

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