Pope Francis with Archbishop of Kinshasa, Fridolin Ambongo Besungu. Mon 28 April 2025: Some Africans are hoping one of their own could maybe become the first Black pope in modern history and add onto Francis’s legacy of championing the developing world, although the chances of that happening appear to be thin. A continent where religion […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday that it reached 4 million people in Sudan in March alone, the highest number since war broke out in April 2023, but warned that aid efforts still cover only a fraction of the population in dire need. “This includes 1.6 million people in […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: Two organizations’ move against the slave-like conditions of coffee workers in Brazil may cause difficulties for coffee and fast-food giants Starbucks, Nestle, JDE, Dunkin’, Illy, and McDonald’s. International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) and the nonprofit watchdog organization Coffee Watch filed petitions on behalf of Brazilian farmworkers in the US District Court of Washington against the coffee giant, […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The UAE’s first major Iron Age cemetery has been unearthed in Al-Ain, shedding new light on a lost chapter of the country’s ancient heritage. The 3,000-year-old necropolis, discovered by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), contains more than a hundred tombs and a wealth of […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said that his country’s position on its territories currently under Russian control remained “unchanged.” “Our position is unchanged. Only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories are Ukrainian,” Zelenskyy told journalists in Kyiv. Zelenskyy’s remarks came as US President Donald Trump said […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, has gotten under way at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful have packed the site to bid farewell to the pontiff. World leaders began arriving in Rome on Friday before Pope Francis’s weekend burial, a ceremony that, although more low-key […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The 41-year-old’s family issued a statement, confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia. Virginia Giuffre – who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse – has died by suicide at the age of 41, her family has said. Giuffre was one of the most prominent victims […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that $946 billion will be spent through 2034 to maintain and modernize the country’s current nuclear military power. On Thursday, the CBO released its biennial report titled “Projected Costs of US Nuclear Forces,” which was based on budget plans from the US Defense and […]
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Sat 26 April 2025: The deal could be announced during US President Donald Trump’s planned trip to the Middle East next month. The United States is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth more than $100bn, the Reuters news agency reports, citing six sources familiar with the matter. The deal is reportedly in the works […]
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Fri 25 April 2025: As the world marks World Penguin Day, South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting one of its most iconic yet critically endangered species — the African penguin. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) has outlined bold steps being taken to halt the dramatic population decline of these […]
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