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Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:36
Schools anti-vax protests
There have been anti-Covid vaccine protests outside 420 schools up and down the UK. The Association of School and College Leaders said it is not a fringe concern even though most protests stem from just two…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:34
Moldova: severe energy crisis
Moldova has made history by buying gas from a source that was not Russia's Gazprom. The one million cubic metres came from Poland's PGNiG. Moldova will need much larger volumes if Russia cuts supplies, as it…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:30
Italy: flash flooding and hurricane
An official In Catania, Sicily, called the situation ‘very critical’. Streets are completely flooded, and a red alert - the highest level warning - has been issued for flooding in northeast Sicily and the southwest region…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:28
Israel: a nail in the peace coffin
Joe Biden plans to open a consulate in Jerusalem. This amounts to an actual US embassy to the Palestinians on Israeli territory. Many believe its true purpose is to undermine Israeli sovereignty in its own capital…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:25
Afghanistan: Taliban control - weekly bombings
A large explosion, claimed by IS, tore through a Shi’ite mosque in Kandahar during Friday prayers, killing at least 47 people. That bombing was the third in twelve days, and the deadliest since US forces left…
Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:22
Afghanistan: Taliban control - extreme poverty and starvation
Afghanistan is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. International funds which propped up the country’s fragile economy have stopped as the world debates how to deal with the Taliban. The UN has issued a…