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Gabriela Rodriguez worked at Devonshires Solicitors for two years. A cleaner in the United Kingdom was fired by a top London law firm for eating a leftover tuna sandwich which she found in a meeting room, according to a report in the Guardian. The woman Gabriela Rodriguez, hailing from Ecuador, worked at Devonshires Solicitors for…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on February 20 that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that the country has only developed space capabilities similar to those of the U.S. Mr. Putin’s statement follows the White House confirmation last week that Russia…
Ruby Franke was charged with six felony counts of aggravated child abuse. Former YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, known for offering parenting advice to millions online, received a sentence of up to 60 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to child abuse charges, according to The Independent. Franke, a mother of six, broke down…
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks at reporters as they raise hands for questions during a news conference at his office building in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than $100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the pressure…
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More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings, and among them were newborns and toddlers, avid readers, aspiring journalists and boys who…
A giant screen broadcasts news footages of a funeral service for the late former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, in Beijing, China November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS China’s Communist Party leaders publicly honoured former premier Li Keqiang on Thursday as he was laid to rest, but censors scrubbed praise of the reform-minded bureaucrat once…
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Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people…
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International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nations said Thursday, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned action was “stalling” even as the need to protect people increases. Many developing economies least to blame for the greenhouse gases that stoke global warming are among the most exposed…
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Ever since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, the Israeli Defense Forces have been relentlessly bombing civilian locations across the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is still ongoing. These two conflicts have in recent times led to more questions about the inability of the United Nations in bringing about peace. Has the UN become…
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November 02, 2023 10:08 pm | Updated 10:08 pm IST – Ramallah, Palestinian Territories Mourners carry the body of 13-year-old Palestinian Ayham Shafi’e who was killed in an Israeli raid, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Three Palestinians were killed Thursday by Israeli fire in the occupied…
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