Israel Palestine: Iron Dome intercepts rockets in Fox broadcast As the fiercest hostilities in the region in years entered a second week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today urged all sides to protect civilians and UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir said the 193-member body will meet on Thursday to discuss the escalating crisis.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD )confirmed that the powerful storm made landfall at 10.30pm local time (3.30pm BST) on Monday. The “extremely severe cyclonic storm” has been dubbed the worst the country has seen in 20 years. The IMD tweeted on Monday: “At 2230 IST – centre of the cyclone now lies overland about 20kms
The use of French in Quebec has been in decline for many years. To reverse this trend Quebec’s government have announced multiple proposals to strengthened the use of the language within the province of eight million inhabitants. The government of Quebec intends to create a ministry responsible for defending the language and forcing its practice
Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister on Monday declared the Arctic was his country’s area of influence before warning the West against its ambitions in the region. The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said: “It has been clear to everyone for a long time that these are our lands, our territory.” Mr Lavrov has also denounced what
Brexit ‘has no advantages’ says Sylvie Bermann Pensioners are said to be worried about new post-Brexit rules resulting in them losing their state pension rights and access to healthcare if they move abroad this year. This is despite the Government announcing in January that anyone moving to the EU or Switzerland after the UK officially
