Harold Manning

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14 arrested for stabbing near former Charlie Hebdo editor in 2020 | NOW

14 arrested for stabbing near former Charlie Hebdo editor in 2020 |  NOW

Italian police arrested 14 Pakistanis in an international police raid on Tuesday. They are suspected of being involved in a stabbing attack near the former editors of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2020. It is therefore not about attacks against the editors of Charlie Hebdo in January 2015. The suspects were arrested in connection with a stabbing near the …

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Turkey no longer wants to be called “Turkey”. What’s behind that?

Turkey no longer wants to be called 'Turkey'.  What is behind it?

Turkey is now officially called Türkiye, which means “Turkey” in Turkish. Last week, the Turkish government sent a letter to the United Nations asking it to use the name Türkiye from now on. A UN spokesperson said the name change took effect from the time the UN received the letter. The use of the letter “ü”, which is not part …

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US Proposes Plans to Boost Solar Power Generation | NOW

US Proposes Plans to Boost Solar Power Generation |  NOW

US President Joe Biden wants the US to produce more solar power in the years to come. To make this possible, Biden wants to take steps to dramatically increase the production of solar panels in the United States. It also does not introduce import duties on cheap panels from Southeast Asia at this time. The press service reports that Reuters† …

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Hindu replacements of slaves commemorated each year: that’s how it is | NOW

Hindu replacements of slaves commemorated each year: that's how it is |  NOW

Every year on June 5, the Hindu-Surinamese community in the Netherlands and Suriname commemorates Prawas Din, Hindu Immigration Day. Here you can read why. On June 5, 1873, the first indentured laborers arrived from India† Pakistan and Bangladesh †former British India) by boat in Suriname. The Netherlands needed these “Hindoestanen”, a population group and not by definition followers of the …

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island nations will not be tempted by far-reaching cooperation

island nations will not be tempted by far-reaching cooperation

Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman Weibur (centre) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left).ImageAFP After ten days of diplomatic back and forth from island to island in the South Pacific, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi did not return completely empty-handed on Saturday. His “miracle trip”, as Chinese state media calls his Pacific tour, resulted in 52 bilateral agreements with island …

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Zelensky Reports Russian Bombing of Ukraine’s Oldest Wooden Church | NOW

Zelensky Reports Russian Bombing of Ukraine's Oldest Wooden Church |  NOW

Russian troops shelled Ukraine’s oldest wooden church on Saturday. The building caught fire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported. This is All Saints Church, which was built in the early 17th century. The church has been destroyed and rebuilt several times since then. The last time was in 2009. The church is part of the Svyatohirsk Lavra monastery in the eastern …

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