A large percentage of people in Spain are turning to food aid as soaring inflation across the country has pushed food prices to a record high. According to the National Statistics Institute, an independent administrative autonomous institution, Spanish food prices jumped 15.4 percent in October to mark their biggest increase …
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Saudi Arabia Pulls Off Huge Upset, Humbling Argentina, 2-1
A bold and brilliant Saudi Arabia pulled off one of the World Cup’s biggest shocks as they came from behind to stun two-time winners Argentina in a fantastic Group C opener in Lusail. Ranked 51st in the world, Saudi Arabia could have been done and dusted in the first half …
Read More »Study: Bacterial infections second leading cause of death worldwide
Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infection …
Read More »Germany offers Patriot missile system to Poland amid Ukraine war
Germany has offered Warsaw the Patriot missile defense system to help it secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed two people in Poland last week. “We have offered Poland support in securing airspace – with our Eurofighters and with Patriot air defense systems,” Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told …
Read More »UK bypasses own sanctions on Russian oil: Sunday Times
Britain has been bypassing its own sanctions against Russia, according to a report, which says it managed to track dozens of shipments of Russian oil into the United Kingdom since March. The British daily newspaper Sunday Times said in a report that the United Kingdom has purchased at least 39 shipments of Russian …
Read More »Al-Sudani assures Barzani of the federal government’s commitment to the Iraqi constitution to address outstanding issues with Kurdistan
Today, Tuesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani affirmed the federal government’s commitment to the Iraqi constitution to address outstanding issues with the Kurdistan Regional Government. And his media office stated, in a statement followed by (Al-Ghadeer), that “the Prime Minister received the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani and …
Read More »CBI sells +96$ million in forex on Tuesday
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) auctioned more than $96 million in foreign currency (forex) today, Tuesday. A source said that the CBI foreign currency sales in today’s auction amounted to $96,552,502 on Tuesday, one third below Monday. The transactions were made at a weighted average of 1460 dinars to …
Read More »“We are ready for comprehensive cooperation” .Britain affirms its support for Iraq and the government of Al-Sudani
The British Ambassador in Baghdad, Mark Bryson Richardson, affirmed today, Monday, the United Kingdom’s support for Iraq and the government of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, expressing his country’s readiness for full and comprehensive cooperation. The National Security Adviser said, in a statement received by Al-Ghadeer, that “the National Security Adviser, Qassem …
Read More »In fresh blow to Kishida govt., another scandal-hit Japanese minister resigns
In a fresh blow to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, scandal-tainted minister for internal affairs and communications has tendered his resignation following reports of his involvement in a funds-related scandal. Minoru Terada became the third Japanese cabinet minister to leave the office in less than a month. Terada had been under …
Read More »McCarthy vows to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee for criticizing Israel
The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has reiterated his pledge to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar (Minn.) over her condemnation of Israeli war crimes, if he becomes speaker of the House. According to Press TV, he said that Omar wouldn’t be allowed to serve on the House Foreign Affairs …
Read More »N. Korea slams UN chief as ‘puppet of US’ for rebuking latest missile launch
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has called the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” for joining the US-led condemnation of the country’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. “I often take the UN secretary-general for a member of the US White House or its State Department,” …
Read More »Schiff: Trump reinstatement on Twitter a ‘terrible mistake’
US Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has denounced Elon Musk for reinstating former President Donald Trump’s suspended Twitter account, calling it a “terrible mistake.” “As we showed in the January 6th hearings, the president used that platform to incite that attack on the Capitol, his comments about the vice president, his …
Read More »Paul Ryan: Trump would lose if he is 2024 GOP nominee
Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan says former President Donald Trump would probably lose if he is the Republican Party’s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. “I think we probably lose the White House with Trump,” Ryan, a Republican, told ABC News on Sunday. “And if there’s someone not named …
Read More »US gun violence: Five killed, 18 injured in Colorado nightclub shooting
At least five people were killed and one dozen and a half injured in a mass shooting at an immoral nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs. Police said Sunday the partygoers subdued the gunman, according to a social media post by the venue, Club Q, and police took …
Read More »Tom Cotton backs Biden on shielding Saudi crown prince from Khashoggi lawsuit
Hawkish Republican Senator Tom Cotton has agreed with the Biden administration’s decision to grant sovereign immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder. “What the administration has touted this week in granting sovereign immunity to Mohammed bin Salman is in keeping with the …
Read More »Iran begins 2022 World Cup with defeat vs Engalnd
The Iranian national men’s football team lost to England 6-2 in the second game of the Qatar World Cup on Monday. At the end of the second game of Qatar World Cup game on Monday, the Iranian national team suffered a heavy 6-2 defeat. Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi who plays for …
Read More »Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes in Kirkuk
Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi Airforce in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Monday. According to SMC, the attack took place following extensive cooperation between the federal intelligence agency, the national intelligence body, and the …
Read More »China’s Guangzhou locks down millions in ‘zero-COVID’ fight
The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes. The outbreak is testing China’s attempt to bring a more …
Read More »Earthquake claims at least 46 lives in Indonesia
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 36 people and injured about 700 others in Cianjur town, Indonesia’s West Java province on November 21 afternoon, according to the town’s authorities. Herman Suherman, a government official in Cianjur, said that some residents were trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. News channel …
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Jenin amidst escalating Israeli settler violence
Israeli raids on Monday arrive after a wave of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on Saturday when dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron’s old city in the southwest Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded five other Palestinians on Monday during a morning raid in the …
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