Fri 02 May 2025: Reform UK has claimed a dramatic and unexpected victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, edging out Labour by just six votes following a tense early morning recount. Reform candidate Sarah Pochin secured 12,645 votes, narrowly defeating Labour’s 12,639 — overturning a previously safe 14,696 majority held by Labour in the […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: A humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza with 16 people on board left crippled by a drone attack was rescued by Maltese forces, said local media on Friday. Citing a government statement, public broadcaster TVM announced that a tugboat with firefighting equipment provided the Freedom Flotilla ship with assistance after it […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: Israeli fighter jets struck targets near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday, in a provocative escalation that followed an important agreement between the Syrian government and Druze leaders in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana to restore security and disarm local groups. The strikes—Israel’s second in Syria this week—hit close to the People’s […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: In 1948, as the foundations of the Israeli state were being laid upon the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI), condemning the growing Zionist militancy within the settler Jewish community. “When a real and final […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: Tesla on Thursday denied a media report claiming that its board of directors has begun searching for a successor to chief executive Elon Musk, who has become a political lightning rod for his right-wing activism. Tesla chair Robyn Denholm called the Wall Street Journal report “absolutely false.” In a statement posted on X, the social […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: The highly anticipated TEKNOFEST TRNC 2025 opened its doors on Thursday in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), bringing together thousands of tech enthusiasts, innovators, and visitors from around the world. The four-day event is taking place at the old Ercan Airport in the capital Lefkosa, under the auspices of […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: A new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed that the majority of migrant people who died on the move had not migrated by choice, but out of desperation caused by conflict, insecurity, disasters, and other humanitarian crises. More than 52,000 people have died globally since 2014 while […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: A third of Britons say financial anxiety keeps them awake at night while one in five admit to impulse spending when sleep deprived, according to a survey. Almost half of Britons (46%) experience poor sleep three or more times a week, achieving an average of just 5.7 hours a night, the […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes, taking a step that survivors and families of those who were killed had demanded for decades. The landmark move will address allegations of “improper influence in […]
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Thu 01 May 2025: Europe would struggle to collectively muster 25,000 troops to be part of a “deterrence” force in Ukraine because its armies are undermanned and underfunded, The Times reported, quoting sources. The Times was given a rare insight into conversations between Europe’s defense ministers and military chiefs as they thrashed out plans for […]
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