Thu 14 May 2026: A Muslim American advocacy group sharply rebuked Wednesday a “Sharia hoax” congressional hearing, the second of its sort, that it said is being used to platform “unhinged bigots.” “After their first ‘Sharia hoax’ hearing failed to gain an audience, the leadership of the Muslim Extermination Caucus is desperate to try again […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that no new deaths from the cruise-ship-linked hantavirus outbreak have been reported since May 2, while the global public health risk remains low. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on the US social media company X that a total of 11 […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: The Gulf country says its ties with Israel ‘are not based on secrecy or clandestine arrangements’. The United Arab Emirates has denied that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made what his office described as a “secret visit” to the Gulf country during the US-Israel war on Iran. In a statement carried […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates secretly during the US-Israeli war with Iran, The Times of Israel reported quoting Prime Minister’s office. Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. “This visit led to a historic breakthrough in relations […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: The national jobless rate surged in the first quarter of 2026, with millions of citizens without work. South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.7 percent during the first three months of 2026. Data from Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) shows a 1.3 percentage point increase from the previous quarter. This rise […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: In Britain today, no one is truly winning. Even when Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, steps forward to celebrate what some newspapers have called a “political earthquake,” the picture—on closer inspection—looks far less solid than advertised. His “victory” is not a mandate; it is a cry of anger from a […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Belgian prison workers staged a nationwide strike Monday, citing overcrowding, escalating violence, and excessive workloads, Belga News Agency reported. The strike began at 6 am local time (0400GMT) after talks between trade unions and the office of Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden ended without agreement on measures to address overcrowding and […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: New allegations of cow-related vigilante violence have emerged in Haryana after videos spread online allegedly showing two Muslim men being beaten, humiliated, and forced to drink what appears to be cow urine by a self-proclaimed cow protection group. The incident this week has triggered anger among minority groups and rights activists, […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has raised questions about its impact on user privacy and whether it will improve child safety on the platform. Instagram […]
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