Summary The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh after being greeted by thousands of people on the city’s Royal Mile Along the six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle, thousands of onlookers threw flowers in the path of the cortege and applauded On Monday a procession will take the coffin to St…
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Ukraine war: Putin says West’s sanctions fever wrecks European lives
Updated at 1627 EAT on Saturday, 10th Sep 2022 . Follow us on social media HICGI News Agency Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia’s war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world. In a speech to an economic forum in Vladivostok, he said Russia was…
‘Provocations’: Erdogan decries Western policy towards Russia
As the Ukraine war rages, Turkey’s president accuses Western nations of provoking Russia. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Western nations of provoking Russia, as he hailed Ankara’s policy of “balance” regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine. Erdogan has maintained ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while trying to maintain neutrality in the conflict.The Turkish…
UN report says 173 civilians killed in four months in South Sudan
Follow us on our social media “HICGI News Agency” 173 civilians have been killed, 12 injured, and 37 women and children abducted in South Sudan’s Unity State, according to a new joint report published by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights….
Earthquake death toll rises to 65 in Sichuan, China as aftershocks rattle province
By Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang Follow our social media pages “HICGI News Agency” At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey…
William Ruto’s meteoric rise to become Kenya’s fifth President
For Dr William Ruto, to end up as the fifth President of Kenya would be a fairy tale come true, beating the odds and defining a scheming mind never analysed objectively. After battling for space in Kanu since 1992, the desire to become President gripped him in 2007. He instead went to the International Criminal Court…
Potential ‘crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang – UN Report
Long-delayed report from UN human rights office says abuses against mostly Muslim Uighurs stem from ‘anti-terrorism law systems’. Follow us @HICGINewsAgency China’s detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang may amount to “crimes against humanity”, the United Nations human rights office said in a long-delayed report that…
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 – with Biden leading tributes and calling him “a man of remarkable vision” who helped avert the prospect of nuclear war.
Mr Gorbachev’s crowning achievement is seen by the West as ending the Cold War without bloodshed, but he failed to prevent the break-up of the Soviet Union – a fact that makes him a divisive figure among many in today’s Russia. Mr Gorbachev’s crowning achievement is seen by the West as ending the Cold War…
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