Sun 31 May 2026: Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022. Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy has suspended a prominent senior monk accused of sexually abusing a child, in the religiously conservative nation’s highest-profile case involving a local clergyman. In rare disciplinary action, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: More than seven million people in conflict-torn South Sudan — around half the population — are in dire need of food aid, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN’s World Food Programme denounced the “alarming situation” in the world’s youngest sovereign state, saying the organisation was in “a tight race against time” to scale up its response. […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: Parents overwhelmingly back Australian-style restrictions on social media for children, the British technology secretary has said. Ministers are considering a ban on social media for under-16s and more than 80,000 people have responded to a consultation on whether to introduce restrictions. One option is an Australian-style ban that forbids children under 16 from having […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that it has deployed soldiers in anticipation of protest action at the end of June. “The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has noted with concern misleading reports on social media suggesting that the SANDF will be deployed in anticipation of planned […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: A drone hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine, the UN nuclear agency has said, citing local officials. The International Atomic Energy Agency posted on social media that the Russian-run plant’s operator informed it that a drone had hit the turbine building on Saturday, “reportedly causing a hole […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The publication of the first-of-its-kind Cambridge Handbook of Islam and Environmental Law ahead of COP 31 in Antalya maps 14 centuries of Islamic legal thought on ecological governance. Ahead of COP 31 in the Turkish resort city of Antalya, where the leaders of 196 countries will discuss in November their policies to address […]
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Maps from NOAA show where the meteor entered the atmosphere. Sun 31 May 2026: NASA said Saturday that a meteor breaking apart high above the New England area caused a loud boom that was heard across parts of Massachusetts and neighboring states earlier in the day. The US space agency said in a post […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: Warning comes as Western Europe experiences a heatwave, with temperatures reaching highs not typically expected until the summer. The hottest year since records began is almost certain to occur within the next five years, according to the weather agency of the United Nations. In a report published on Thursday, the World […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The Trump administration sought to reassure immigrants and employers over a recent green card policy change, saying it will not prevent qualified applicants from obtaining permanent residency in the US, media reports said Saturday. The clarification came after concerns that new guidance issued by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) could […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a truck carrying Afghan returnees overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to local security officials quoted by local media. The accident occurred in the Sorkhakan area of Laghman province during the morning hours. Officials said the vehicle was transporting […]
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