The U.S. has called for the urgent removal of Russian and Turkish forces from Libya despite missing the deadline for them to leave. Under a UN-backed truce negotiated last October, …
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A Lebanese prosecutor charged Governor Riad Salameh of the central bank with dereliction of duty and loss of faith over the regulator’s suspected abuse of millions of dollars last year. …
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The Israeli military says it is making a variety of operational plans to attack Iran, but the allegations have been denied by Tehran as a ‘psychological war.’ Israel has warned …
Read More »In the US, Chemical spill kills six employees at Georgia poultry plant
On Thursday, a liquid nitrogen spill at a poultry plant in north-east Georgia killed six people, with dozens being admitted to the hospital. Five people died at Prime Pak Foods …
Read More »Biden Pledges U.S. to Protect Japan, including China’s claimed islands
US. U.S. On Thursday, President Joe Biden spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, reaffirming the security alliance which commits the United States to defending the territory of Japan. “The …
Read More »56 killed in Cameroon bus crash
Dozen killed in Cameroon bus crash Reports says at least 53 people were killed and 29 others were injured when a bus collided with a truck in western Cameroon, sparking …
Read More »Social justice organisations caution Biden against Section 230 being tossed out
Against drastic amendments to Section 230 of the Media Decency Act, a coalition of 75 advocacy organizations and non-profits urged that it could censor vulnerable people by making web moderation …
Read More »Man embezzles client’s $20million in US, sentenced to prison
According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release on Tuesday, a San Francisco man is headed to jail after a U.S. court fined him for carrying out a multi-million-dollar …
Read More »Bitcoin early trader and billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya set to run for US governor
Chamath Palihapitiya, an early Bitcoin trader and business proponent, has signaled a possible run for the California governor’s seat. In a Tweet on January 26, the CEO of venture capital …
Read More »YouTube blocks US Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani from earning
The corporation said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani, an American lawyer and activist who served as New York City’s 107th Mayor from 1994 to 2001, was briefly barred by Google’s YouTube from …
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