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Britain forked out $91 million for King Charles’ coronation in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis

CNN 2024-11-22

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The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla held in May last year cost British taxpayers £72 million ($91 million), an amount some have labeled excessive. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said in its annual accounts released Thursday that it had spent just over £50 million ($63...

Iran says it is activating new centrifuges after being condemned by UN nuclear watchdog

CNN 2024-11-22

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Iran announced Friday it was activating new advanced centrifuges – which enrich uranium for the country’s nuclear program – after the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog criticized the country for not cooperating with the agency. Iran will activate “a noticeable number of new and advanced centrifuges...

Putin’s Ukraine missile a warning to west before second age of Trump

AOL 2024-11-22

photo: AP / Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Like Chekhov’s gun coming off the wall in Act V, it was probably only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin launched an experimental, nuclear-capable ballistic missile into Ukraine. It is hardly a coincidence that his decision comes as the war approaches a likely endgame, with both sides jockeying...

World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Hong Kong Standard 2024-11-22

photo: AP / Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File

Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkey -- and rights groups - welcomed the move. The court also issued warrants for Israel's former defence minister as well...

'World Must Respond': Ukraine's Zelenskyy Calls Russian Strike 'Clear Escalation'

News18 2024-11-22

photo: AP / Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia's attack on its territory using a new type of ballistic missile was the second step toward escalation. ......

Russian lawmakers approve massive increase in defence spending

Khaleejtimes 2024-11-21

photo: AP / Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP

Russian lawmakers approved an almost 30 per cent hike in defence spending next year, committing the country to yet more huge outlays on its military offensive against Ukraine. Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet era, pumping out missiles and...

Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off

The Guardian 2024-11-21

photo: AP / Abir Sultan

The arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court (ICC) represent an earthquake on the world’s legal landscape: the first time a western ally from a modern democracy has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body. Inside Israel, the warrants...

US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire, saying it doesn’t guarantee release of hostages

Egypt Independent 2024-11-21

photo: UN / Loey Felipe

CNN — The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, on the grounds it would not have secured the release of hostages. “We made clear throughout negotiations we could not support an unconditional ceasefire...

Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference

Al Jazeera 2024-11-21

photo: AP / Mstyslav Chernov, File

The world is facing a climate crisis, and few nations are feeling its impact more acutely than Afghanistan. It is currently ranked seventh on the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index of...

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

The Record 2024-11-21

photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun

By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the...

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