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Ecuador Prisoners Release 57 Guards, Police: Jail Authorities

September 1, 2023 admin

Authorities announced the hostage-takings on Thursday. (Representational) Quito, Ecuador: Inmates in six Ecuadoran prisons on Friday released the 50 guards and seven police officers who had been taken hostage in the latest spasm of narcotics-related mayhem, the state prison institute said. The prison guards and police “were freed and are undergoing medical evaluation to verify…

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Russia declares Nobel-winning editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent

September 1, 2023 admin

Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian authorities on September 1 declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to be a foreign agent, continuing the country’s moves to suppress critics and independent reporting. Russian law allows for individuals and organizations receiving funding from abroad…

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Meta, Google May Have To Pay $170 Million To Canada Under Online News Act

September 1, 2023 admin

Effectively, the bill only targets Google and Meta. (Representational) Ottawa, Canada: Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google. The bill aims to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen…

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Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean gets 18 years in prison, tying for longest sentence in Jan. 6 attack

September 1, 2023 admin

Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role…

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North Korea Fires Cruise Missiles Into Sea As US-South Korea End Drills

September 1, 2023 admin

Details of North Korea Missile launch are being analyzed by South Korean and US Seoul: North Korea fired several cruise missiles towards the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula in the early hours of Saturday, according to the South Korean military. Details of the launch are being analyzed by South Korean and…

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Mohamed Al-Fayed, former Harrods owner, dies at 94

September 1, 2023 admin

Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, Fulham Football Club said in a statement. “On behalf of everyone at Fulham Football Club, I send my sincere condolences…

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Indian-Origin Leader Is New Singapore President

September 1, 2023 admin

Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam is Singapore’s new President New Delhi: Singapore’s former Indian-origin Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected President on Friday, comfortably securing victory in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. “My fellow Singaporeans, I am truly humbled by the strong endorsement you have given…

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18 Suspected Robbers Killed In Shootout In South Africa, Say Police

September 1, 2023 admin

Eighteen suspected robbers were killed during a shootout with South African police. (Representational) Johannesburg, South Africa: Eighteen suspected robbers were shot and killed during a shootout with South African police in the Limpopo province, the police said on Friday. Addressing the media from the crime scene in Makhado in South Africa’s northernmost province, national police…

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Suicide attack by TTP militant in northwest Pakistan kills 9 soldiers

September 1, 2023 admin

In this picture taken on August 31, 2023, Pakistani army personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province about 61km from the border. | Photo Credit: AFP A suicide attack by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on a security forces convoy has killed nine soldiers and injured…

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Four Armenian troops killed in clash with Azerbaijan

September 1, 2023 admin

Four Armenian servicemen were killed and three Azerbaijani soldiers wounded on Friday, the two countries said, as they accused each other of engaging in a new round of clashes. Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of cross-border attacks. “As a result of an Azerbaijani…

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