Wed 11 June 2025: Israeli finance minister ends waiver that Palestinian banks rely on to operate after Western sanctions announced. Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has cancelled a waiver that Palestinian banks rely on to operate hours after five Western governments announced he faced sanctions, along with fellow ultra-nationalist Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, for inciting […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Thousands of activists from across the globe are marching to the Gaza Strip to try to break Israel’s suffocating siege and draw international attention to the genocide it is perpetrating there. Approximately 1,000 people participating in the Tunisian-led stretch of the Global March to Gaza, known as the Sumud Convoy, arrived […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: South Africa is closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, known as Nimbus or NB.1.8.1, associated with a rise in cases in certain regions of Asia. This is according to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who addressed the 4th Health Working Group meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: A British soldier in Kenya has been arrested on rape allegations, the UK defence ministry said Sunday, confirming a BBC report. “We can confirm the arrest of a service person in Kenya,” a ministry spokesperson told AFP, adding that no further comment would be made while the matter was being investigated. […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: An intense cold front brings widespread snow, forcing the closure of the N2 highway and other key routes in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, with authorities urging extreme caution. A powerful cold front sweeping across South Africa has resulted in significant snowfall, forcing the closure of major national roads and mountain passes in […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Hundreds of activists from across North Africa have launched a symbolic land convoy, aiming to cross into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing. A large land convoy carrying hundreds of activists from Tunisia and other nations departed from Tunis on Monday, embarking on a journey to the Gaza […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia. The 23-meter (75-foot) monument was erected in 1975 when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union. Photos appeared online Saturday showing the statue flat on the ground after being […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Many parents will be familiar with this situation: your child has a good or even best friend, but you don’t like them. Perhaps the friend is bossy, has poor manners or jumps on your furniture. Maybe you don’t like the way your child behaves when they are with this friend. For […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Kremlin announcement comes as Wagner Group quits West African state of Mali. Russia is working to enhance its economic and military ties in Africa, Moscow has outlined. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared on Monday that Russia’s presence in Africa is “growing”. The move is part of an ongoing bid by Moscow […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: More than a month has passed since the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, deep in the restive terrain of Indian-occupied Kashmir. Yet, the region has not exhaled. That attack was the spark; the explosion was narrowly averted—this time. Fighter jets scrambled, missiles were mobilized, and once again the world held its […]
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