Tue 27 May 2025: The World Health Organisation (WHO) General Assembly on Monday voted in favour of a resolution to allow the flag of the State of Palestine to be raised at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the resolution was supported by 95 countries, while four voted against […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, Reuters reported five people familiar with the matter saying. The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Despite growing suspicion that South Africa’s government is giving preferential treatment to Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, officials have moved to dispel fears that recent policy developments are designed to benefit any specific company. On 23 May 2025, Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi issued a proposed policy direction […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Israel’s breaches of international law in Gaza risk setting ‘anarchy’ loose upon the world, a signatory says. The United Kingdom must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and take steps to “prevent and punish genocide” in Gaza, according to a letter signed by more than 800 lawyers, academics […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The high court has declined to hear a bid to block a project that Indigenous groups say would destroy a site of religious significance. The United States Supreme Court has declined to weigh a bid from a Native American advocacy group to block the construction of a large copper mine on […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Kami Rita Sherpa, a veteran Nepali mountaineer, reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time early Tuesday, breaking his own world record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. The 55-year-old climber led the Indian Army Adventure Wing Everest Expedition and reached the 8,848-meter (29,029-foot) summit at […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The Islamophobe Tommy Robinson was released from seven months in jail this morning, and immediately launched into a rant against what he calls “Islamic rape gangs” and the “systemic corruption” he believes enables them. The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill, Buckinghamshire, after his 18-month sentence was reduced at the High […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Tesla’s vehicle sales in the European Union dropped sharply by over 50% in April, with Chinese electric and hybrid manufacturers gaining market share, according to data released on Tuesday. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reported that Tesla sold just 5,475 vehicles in April—a 52.6% drop from the same month in […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The Supreme Court acquitted A.T.M. Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member detained since 2012, of crimes against humanity and ordered his release. Born in 1952, Islam was one of six senior politicians convicted during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year authoritarian rule, which ended in August 2024 after a student-led uprising forced her to […]
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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank. Tue 27 May 2025: ECB President Christine Lagarde argues the US economic policy shifts have created inroads for the euro to the standard currency for future global trade. The euro could become a viable alternative to the US dollar as the global standard currency for international trade, […]
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