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World Bank approves $723m funding for Ukraine

Views: 2 The World Bank has approved $723m (£551m) in loans and grants for Ukraine, as the country fights against a Russian invasion. © Getty Images Refugees arriving at the Polish borderThe bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country.It also promised extra help […]

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AFP Repression of women on rise in rebel-held Yemen

Views: 1 Her voice shaking, 26-year-old Balqees recounts her ordeal at a Huthi rebel checkpoint in northern Yemen, where experts say repression of women is rampant after years of civil war. © MOHAMMED HUWAIS Yemeni women shop in the the Sanaa in March 2020. The capital is controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who have imposed

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Bloomberg China Warns U.S. Over Forming Pacific NATO, Backing Taiwan

Views: 9 (Bloomberg) — China warned the U.S. against trying to build what it called a Pacific version of NATO, while declaring that security disputes over Taiwan and Ukraine were “not comparable at all.” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his annual news briefing Monday that the “real goal” of the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific strategy was to

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AFP Russia to open Ukraine ‘humanitarian routes’, but fears persist

Views: 0 © Dimitar DILKOFF Kyiv accused Moscow of making it impossible for innocent people to escape besieged cities Moscow’s offer to evacuate residents was condemned because most of the routes led into Russia or its ally Belarus, and as the invading forces maintained a devastating shelling campaign. The Ukrainian military said Tuesday, nearly two weeks

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AFP:Australia floods force tens of thousands to evacuate

Views: 3 Tens of thousands of Sydney residents have been told to evacuate their homes as severe storms and flash flooding inundated swathes of Australia’s largest city Tuesday. © Muhammad FAROOQ The scale of the damage to property and wildlife in Australia has been compared to devastating bushfires in 2019 and early 2020The national weather bureau

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NRM Secretariat leaders commiserate with the family of the former Bank Of Uganda,the late Emmanuel Mutebile 

Views: 9 As he enters Kigezi Sub-region where he is set to commence a series of  party activities this week, the NRM Secretary General Rt. Hon Richard Todwong  has today paid a courtesy visit to the family of the late former Governor of Bank of Uganda Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile in Kabale District. Rt. Hon

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Moderna to build a state of the art mRNA facility in Kenya

Views: 3 President Uhuru Kenyatta  today in State House, Nairobi witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Kenya and Moderna to establish the first mRNA manufacturing facility in Africa. The state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa is expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines each year.   The Company anticipates investing

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Blinken vows to escalate sanctions on Russia but warns war could last ‘some time’

Views: 0 |55 Tottenham vs Everton confirmed line-ups and team news for Premier League… Trump says Putin ‘was a friend of mine’ in bizarre phone chat with golfer… The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, issued a pledge on Sunday to increase pressure on Russia through sanctions and provide more aid to Ukraine, but warned

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Pause Current Time 0:18 / Duration 0:31 Mute 100 LO CaptionsFullscreen Up Next: Priest Says Ukraine Would Fight Sky News Protests erupt worldwide against Russia

Views: 2 Video Player is loading. Up Next: Podgorica Colored In The Colors Of The Ukrainian Flag, Montenegro  Reuters Russia shows tanks in Kyiv region Duration: 00:37 9 hrs ago The Russian Defence Ministry published on Monday (March 7) a video showing tanks driving along roads in what it said was the Kyiv region in Ukraine.

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Deutsche Welle – Deutsche Welle Australia floods: More rain expected as death toll climbs

Views: 1 Australia’s most populous city, Sydney, along with other areas braced for more severe weather on Sunday after devastating flooding. © Provided by DW The severe weather has halted cleanup and recovery efforts in parts of eastern AustraliaSeventeen people have died from the flooding nationwide so far, which was caused by heavy rainfall. Flood warnings

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