Tue 14 April 2026: Introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1990s, the hippos are a tourist attraction but a headache for authorities and locals. Colombia has approved plans to cull dozens of hippos roaming across a region in the centre of the country. Environment Minister Irene Velez announced the decision on Monday, with up to […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the move aims to ‘suppress the truth about their illegal war on Iran’. Iran has condemned a ban imposed by YouTube on a pro-Iranian group that releases Lego-style artificial intelligence videos after posting one lampooning United States President Donald Trump and declaring “Iran won” last week. […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Sudanese children are being born into conditions ‘no child should ever face’, Save the Children says. At least three babies a minute are being born in Sudan into conditions “no child should ever face”, an international charity has warned, as a ruinous conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: The IEA’s oil ‘demand destruction’ report comes after its chief said unnamed countries are hoarding stocks. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has sharply cut its forecasts for global oil supply and demand growth, saying both are expected to fall from last year’s levels as the United States-Israel war on Iran disrupts […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ US doubles down on investigation into SA: US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, recently expressed Washington’s frustrations with the local government’s refusal to engage on these points. Regardless, there have been positive indications, from both sides, that a workable trade […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Three eminent international law and human rights experts have found that crimes against Muslims in the states of Assam and Uttar Pradesh may amount to apartheid as a crime against humanity, involving inhumane acts committed within an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination over a racialised group. The Panel is calling on […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: It’s a simple thing we encounter many times every single week – often while in a hurry. You pull up at a parking spot, scan a QR code and pay within seconds. Or you sit down at a cafe, scan a code to view the menu and order your meal. […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Scores of civilians were killed when a Nigerian military airstrike targeting Boko Haram militants in the country’s northeast struck a local market over the weekend, rights watchdog Amnesty said Monday. More than 100 people were killed and 35 severely injured in the strike, which hit Jilli village of the Yobe state—an area at […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Pope Leo XIV has said he is “not afraid” of the administration of Donald Trump and vowed to “speak out loudly” after the US president criticized him as “weak” following his remarks on the US and Israel’s war against Iran. According to a report by ANSA, the pontiff talked to reporters […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the UK is “not supporting a blockade” of Iranian ports, stressing that the government’s priority is reopening the Strait of Hormuz to bring down energy prices. “Our response is focused on getting the Strait of Hormuz opened because that’s the way we […]
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