Fri 16 May 2025: Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries. Johannesburg, South Africa – On a chilly Sunday evening in Johannesburg, OR Tambo International Airport was filled with tourists and travellers entering and exiting South Africa’s busiest airport. On one side of the international […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Microsoft is laying off 6,000 workers across the company, it announced on Tuesday. The planned layoffs make up under 3% of the total staff, a spokesperson told Bloomberg. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” the spokesperson said. It’s the […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) opened a “Safe Home” in Port Sudan on Thursday to support women and girls affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan since April 15, 2023, Anadolu reports. Launched under Turkiye’s “Year of the Family” initiative, the center was opened in coordination with Sudan’s Red Sea […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday pledged a renewed crackdown on migrant smuggling gangs during a visit to Albania, highlighting the country’s commitment to combating illegal crossings to Britain. Speaking to broadcasters in Albania, Starmer defended the UK’s financial investment abroad aimed at preventing irregular migrants from reaching the north […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: Around 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million population has been forcibly displaced by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said today. As Palestinians mark the 77th anniversary of their expulsion from their towns in historical Palestine after attacks by Zionist gangs and the […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: US President Donald Trump said today that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms, Reuters reports. “We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,” Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: US federal prosecutors say defendant and co-conspirators got the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred. A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal more than $2.5m from the food delivery service DoorDash. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a federal court in San […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: Police say the trio espoused hatred for Muslims and immigrants and discussed attacking mosques or synagogues. Police in the United Kingdom say three men have been convicted of planning to carry out an attack on mosques or synagogues in anticipation of a coming race war. Brogan Stewart and Marco Pitzettu, both […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan have raised regional tensions and put a spotlight on the country’s booming gold economy. On May 4, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a barrage of suicide drones at Port Sudan, the army’s de facto wartime capital on the Red Sea. The Sudanese Armed […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: New Zealand has recorded the highest child suicide rate among 43 wealthy countries, and it ranks near the bottom in terms of youth mental health and well-being, said a UNICEF report released on Wednesday. The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19: Fragile Gains—Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World ranked New Zealand 32nd […]
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