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Voters would reject Scotland independence by narrow margin: Poll | Independence News
A new survey highlights the division within Scotland over the possibility of breaking away from the UK. Scottish voters remain divided over independence with those against breaking away from the United Kingdom having “the narrowest of leads” over those in favour, according to a new survey. “If a referendum were tomorrow, 44 percent of Scots […]
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Official: No Confirmed Cases Of Monkeypox Detected In Iran So Far
An Iranian Health Ministry official says no confirmed cases of monkeypox have so far been registered in the country, as the rare disease, which was once endemic to Africa, continues to spread in different world countries. Behzad Amiri told Iranian media on Thursday that the best way to contain the spread of the disease was […]
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Poland completes Belarus border wall to keep asylum seekers out | Migration News
Poland continues to welcome millions of Ukrainians, while pushing back asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa. Poland has completed building a new steel wall at its border with Belarus to curb the flow of undocumented asylum seekers. The wall, completed on Thursday, is meant to keep out people fleeing conflict and poverty in […]
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Is the world becoming less chaotic? | Conflict
From: The Bottom Line Geopolitical strategist Ian Bremmer sees hope for global cooperation despite disarray and conflict around the world. If you are anxious about where the world is heading, you are not alone. A global pandemic has killed millions, war is raging in Eastern Europe, and tolerance for differing opinions is waning worldwide. But […]
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IMF says Sri Lanka deal sees progress | Business and Economy News
The IMF has said Sri Lanka needs to whittle down existing debt to ‘sustainable’ levels before it can receive any aid. The International Monetary Fund has reported constructive talks with Sri Lankan authorities, raising hopes it could soon grant preliminary approval for a credit facility to alleviate a crisis in which the country is struggling […]
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Mali vows to defy UN call for peacekeepers to investigate abuses | Armed Groups News
The UN Security Council has extended a nine-year-old UN peacekeeping operation, known as MINUSMA, for another 12 months. Mali says it will defy a United Nations Security Council call for it to allow freedom of movement for peacekeepers to investigate human rights abuses. The council extended a nine-year-old UN peacekeeping operation – known as MINUSMA […]
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Ecuador: Talks with protesters to resume amid state of emergency | Protests News
Negotiations with Indigenous-led protesters were suspended on Tuesday after military said soldier killed in unrest. Ecuador’s government says it will restart talks with Indigenous leaders spearheading protests against the soaring cost of living in the country, even as it issued a new state of emergency. Government minister Francisco Jimenez did not give a time frame […]
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Emmett Till case warrant from 1955 found, family seeks arrest | Crime News
Relatives of the lynched Black teenager call for the woman to be charged with his kidnapping, nearly 70 years after the crime. A team searching a Mississippi court basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of […]
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The El Salvador diaries: A day in the life of a never-ending war | Human Rights
My Salvadoran friend “Alfredo” is 49 years old and resides in the nation’s capital of San Salvador in a neighbourhood called “10 de Octubre” (“10th of October”), the date of a deadly earthquake that rocked El Salvador in 1986 – if ever there was a more auspicious name for a neighbourhood. I met Alfredo, who […]
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U.S., Iran end nuclear talks
EU mediator: U.S., Iran end nuclear talks DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers ended Wednesday in Qatar after failing to make significant progress, a European Union mediator said. Enrique Mora made the comment on Twitter after what he described as two […]