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Father of innocent Black man held at gunpoint by ‘institutionally racist’ police fears he could have died

The father feared his son could have been killed in the stop Supplied: Credit The Independent The Independent By Thomas Kingsley The father of a Black student held at gunpoint by “institutionally racist” police feared his son could have been killed in the incident. The force has been accused of racial profiling after two young

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Ukraine’s shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By The Associated Press More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And

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Italy declares state of emergency in northern regions to combat drought

By Anadolu Agency Italy declared a state of emergency Monday in five northern regions that are most affected by drought. The Cabinet, convened under Prime Minister Mario Draghi, decided to issue emergency decrees for Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto, reflecting droughts in the Po River and eastern Alpine basins. The government also allocated

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Turkish foreign minister says Sweden, Finland has to comply with memorandum to be part of NATO

By Anadolu Agency Sweden and Finland have to comply with a recent memorandum signed with Türkey to be part of NATO, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday. “If they do not comply, we will not accept them into NATO,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a live interview with Turkish broadcaster NTV. Sweden and Finland shunned

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3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall

An ambulance and armed police outside the Field’s shopping center, in Orestad, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, July 3, 2022, after reports of shots fired. Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall

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Several hit by gunshots, one arrested at Copenhagen mall

People leave Field’s shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of shooting, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via Reuters By Reuters Danish police said several people had been hit by gunshots and one person had been arrested at a shopping centre in the capital Copenhagen on Sunday, in

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Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Luhansk region military administration, damaged residential buildings are seen in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, July 3, 2022. Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.

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US ambassador says they will not change its policy towards Somalia as one country

File Photo Somali Times/US ambassador to Somalia, Larry Andre The US ambassador to Somalia, Larry Andre, reiterated that the United States has one policy in Somalia and recognizes the borders established during independence. The ambassador made the remarks at an event in Minneapolis as part of a week-long celebration of Somalia’s independence. ”Our policy is

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Russia’s messages with missiles tell West to back off

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to take away debris at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the brutality of Russian missile strikes in recent days on the mall in the central city

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Erdogan raises possibly nixing NATO-Nordics deal if promises are not kept

By Reuters An accord signed with Finland and Sweden to lift Turkey’s veto on their NATO membership bids is not the end of the matter and obliges the Nordic states to keep their promises, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Friday. After four hours of talks in Madrid on Tuesday, Erdogan and his

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