A group of international charities this week pledged to invest £93.5 million ($130m) into causes that will be missing money from the UK this year. The temporary funding will go to poor countries including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It will …
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Moscow business daily RBK published on Friday a letter from LVMH, the colossal Paris-based conglomerate that owns spirits brand Hennessy and winemaker Moët & Chandon, founded in the Champagne region of France in 1743. In the statement, the company warns Russian clients it will temporary suspend all deliveries of the …
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At least eight rockets caused material damage inside the base, local media reported. Mortar shell impacts were also reported near the oilfield. There have been no reports of casualties as yet. Photos and footage posted on social media showed multiple rocket launches and explosions. After the initial rocket attack, US …
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“There is now famine in Tigray,” the official told representatives of UN, EU and US organizations on Thursday, warning the situation may be the worst since the 2011 famine in neighboring Somalia, which killed around 260,000 people. Lowcock said things are “going to get a lot worse”, but added that …
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“The Ministry of Defense has had a meeting with the American embassy in Oslo today where we have made it clear that intelligence against allies is unacceptable and unnecessary,” Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen said in a statement on Thursday. Norway has also reportedly summoned the US embassy’s top official in Oslo, …
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On Tuesday morning, a car carrying Katumba Wamala, a former Ugandan army general and current minister of works and transport, was attacked in the Kampala suburb of Kisota. A spokeswoman for the army told Reuters that Wamala had sustained injuries and been taken to hospital. In photos and videos the …
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Apple announced earlier this week that Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook product manager who was hired to help develop its advertising business, was no longer with the company. Martinez, who joined the tech giant in April, became the target of an internal petition which claimed that his 2016 book …
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“Out of respect for the spirit of Eid, I appeal for an immediate de-escalation and cessation of hostilities in Gaza and Israel,” the secretary-general said in a tweet on Thursday night, referring to the final night of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims break their month-long fast. Guterres’ impassioned appeal came …
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Additional troops have been moved to the Gazan border, including soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade, the Golani Infantry Brigade, and the 7th Armored Brigade, IDF spokesperson Brigadier General Hidai Zilberman told reporters on Thursday. Zilberman said the plan for a possible invasion into Gaza would be presented to IDF Chief …
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Users under 18 will display their pronouns only to their followers by default and people can fill out a form to have a pronoun added to the list. Tech website Mashable conducted its own testing and found that there were 41 pronouns currently available on the app. Facebook, which owns …
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