Mon 27 April 2026: Pope Leo’s four-nation Africa tour featured firm denunciations by the pontiff of despotism and war and also unprecedented attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump that grabbed headlines. But a smaller moment, in which the pope said the Catholic Church should prioritise questions of inequality and justice over those of sexual ethics, may prove to be of […]
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Mon 27 April 2026: Microsoft has made changes to its digital maps to include Palestinian geographical names and removed some “misleading” Israeli designations used in the occupied West Bank, a digital rights group said Monday. In a statement, the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (7amleh) said the changes include location-based services, including […]
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Mon 27 April 2026: Plan aims to end war quickly by bypassing uranium enrichment dispute, US reviewing proposal, Axios says Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war while postponing nuclear negotiations to a later stage, a media report said Sunday. The proposal was conveyed to the US through mediators, including […]
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Librarian el-Habot, one of the last few in Chinguetti [Shola Lawal/Al Jazeera] Sun 26 April 2026: Chinguetti was once a popular desert library town attracting scholars from the Muslim world with its rare books. Chinguetti, Mauritania – Bookkeeper Muhammad Gholam el-Habot gently pulled a pair of white gloves onto his slender hands and set about […]
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Mon 27 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ SA draws line on summit ‘summoning’ culture: President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the Africa Forward Summit hosted by France in Kenya. Diplomats said that there is growing discontent over how individual European nations can call on African leaders at short notice. This […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival Hamas. Saturday’s ballot marked the first elections of any kind in Gaza […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Tech giants announce job cuts, buyout programs as AI investments reshape operations Meta Platforms and Microsoft announced workforce reductions and restructuring measures on Thursday as major tech companies continue to adjust operations amid rising investments in artificial intelligence (AI), according to reports. Meta Platforms plans to cut around 10% of its […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: China Friday announced it had discovered two new lunar minerals, state media reported. The minerals were discovered from the lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The Chang’e-5 mission returned to Earth in December 2020, bringing home some 1,731 grams of lunar samples […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Israel has paid $9M to Republican digital strategist Brad Parscale’s firm and has renewed contract, according to Axios Israel launched a multimillion-dollar effort, led by a former senior aide to US President Donald Trump, to influence how artificial intelligence (AI) systems portray the country, Axios reported on Saturday. In September, Israel […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: First trials of transitional justice in Syria involve Atef Najib and other fugitives, including ousted regime leader Bashar Assad and his brother Maher Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and former political security chief in Syria’s Daraa city, appeared on Sunday before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, […]
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