Thu 02 April 2026: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday rejected a report that it wants to enter the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to force open the Strait of Hormuz. “Recent reporting suggesting a shift in the UAE’s posture is misleading. The UAE maintains a defensive posture focused on protecting its sovereignty, […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: European diesel futures surged to their highest level since 2022 on Thursday as the Iran war tightened global fuel supplies and disrupted key trade flows. The benchmark contract rose as much as 9.5% in London to $1,493.25 per ton, equivalent to more than $200 per barrel. The rally comes as traffic through […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Switzerland’s population continued to grow in 2025, while a historic demographic shift saw older residents outnumber young people for the first time, according to provisional data released Thursday by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. The country’s permanent resident population reached over 9.1 million by Dec. 31, an increase of 73,300 people, […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Japan on Wednesday began enforcing new rules that penalize unsafe cycling behavior, including using a phone or holding an umbrella while riding. Any cyclist aged 16 or older who commits violations such as using a mobile phone, wearing headphones, using an umbrella while riding, riding double, riding side by side, or failing to yield to […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: The mission is a major step in NASA’s plan to return humans to the moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars. The Artemis II space mission has blasted off from the US state of Florida, sending four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon and marking the first time humans have travelled […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Apparent assassination attempt comes as Iran’s army pledges to fight back until the US, Israel face ‘permanent surrender’. Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded in an apparent assassination attempt that killed his wife, as United States-Israeli strikes continue to pound Iran for a fifth week. Iranian media on Thursday […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Public demands urgent access to sex offenders register amid escalating violence: The first South African national gender-based violence study in 2024 survey found that an estimated 33,1% of all women in South Africa, aged 18 and older, have experienced physical or sexual […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in a report, opens new tab published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch. The pattern is broadly consistent with data shared with Reuters […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: The force has an initial mandate of 12 months to address widespread gang violence in Haiti ahead of its elections. The first foreign troops from a new United Nations-backed force have arrived in Haiti in an effort to combat escalating levels of gang violence in the Caribbean country. On Wednesday, the […]
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Wed 01 April 2026: Thousands of Germans have taken to the streets in recent days in support of a TV personality who has had fake sexualised images of her spread online, spurring a new “#MeToo” moment around online abuse. Headlines in Germany have been dominated by the case of Collien Fernandes, 44, after she went public about faked pornographic […]
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