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A spirited final wicket stand by India in Brisbane all but guarantees a drawn result to the third Test at the Gabba. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep mounted a defiant 10th-wicket stand to help India avoid the follow-on on day four of the third test in Brisbane as Australia’s slight hopes of victory were further … Read more
CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. The United States-based watchdog said … Read more
The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will have a six-month grace period following their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled for January 29, a year after the countries announced … Read more
Backlash has been building in the United States following a news report that links one of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members to an effort to revoke approval for the polio vaccine. On Saturday, The Associated Press news agency published a statement from a spokesperson for Robert F Kennedy Jr, whom Trump has nominated to … Read more
Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son was to be hanged in Singapore’s Changi Prison. Suffering from deteriorating health and with just a week’s notice until the execution at dawn on November 29, he was unable to … Read more
Here are the key developments on the 1,023rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Friday, December 13: Military Fighting around the key eastern city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine is “extremely intense” after a months-long Russian push, according to Ukraine’s top military commander. Ukrainian troops repelled nearly 40 Russian attempts to storm … Read more
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which was adopted with 158 votes in favour … Read more
Police in Nairobi used tear gas to disperse protesters, demanding an end to femicide. Several people were injured, and others were arrested. Activists say President Ruto’s $700K pledge to end the crisis is not enough because cases in Kenya continue to rise. Source link
NewsFeed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in court to testify at his long-running corruption trial. The trial has been postponed multiple times since 2020, and this appearance is the first where the prime minister will testify. Published On 10 Dec 202410 Dec 2024 Source link
Here are the key developments on the 1,019th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Monday, December 9: Fighting: Russian air defence units destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones over three western Russia regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine’s air force said the country’s air defence shot down … Read more