Sun 19 April 2026: Blockade of Strait of Hormuz, Mideast conflict has piqued interest in renewables, says futures and commodities expert Rising demand for renewable energy is expected to push up copper and silver prices, as both metals are widely used in the sector. With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, oil prices have surged, while […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: More than 1,000 homes in Tel Aviv have been left uninhabitable by the recent war with Iran, the city’s mayor said Saturday. Israeli Channel 12 quoted Ron Huldai, who said that “more than 1,000 apartments in Tel Aviv are no longer fit for living” because of damage caused by Iranian missiles […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: Silence, in international politics, is rarely neutral. In Sudan, it has become lethal. Three years into a civil war that has displaced more people than any other conflict on earth, the scale of devastation sits in jarring contrast with its absence from global consciousness. Since fighting erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed […]
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Image is for illustration purpose Sun 19 April 2026: Police suspect the grim discovery in the city of Cumuto may be a case of ‘unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses’. Law enforcement officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago have launched an investigation after 56 bodies, mostly of children, were found abandoned at a […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: The three countries pledged more aid to Cuba and said Cubans must decide their own future amid an ongoing US pressure campaign. The leaders of Mexico, Brazil and Spain have pledged more aid to Cuba, while appealing for the island nation’s sovereignty to be respected amid an ongoing pressure campaign from United States […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Top Foreign Office official takes fall for fiasco and resigns; Starmer promises to deliver ‘relevant facts’ on Monday. Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” that he was not informed that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before being appointed UK envoy to Washington, as the United Kingdom prime minister faced renewed calls […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by UN Women on Friday, and the agency warned that deaths have continued six months into a fragile ceasefire. More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Plans to launch reflective satellites and up to 1 million additional spacecraft in low Earth orbit could disrupt human sleep, wildlife, and ecosystems, scientists have warned. “The proposed scale of orbital deployment would represent a significant alteration of the natural night-time light environment at a planetary scale,” said the presidents of […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Poland experienced a record number of cyberattacks in 2025, with incidents rising by more than 140% year-on-year, the country’s digital affairs minister said Thursday. Poland recorded 682,000 reports of cyber incidents last year, according to a cybersecurity report published by the Ministry of Digital Affairs. “2025 was a record year in […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia The United Nations refugee agency has revealed that nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported dead or missing in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea in 2025. This was the deadliest […]
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