Wed 15 April 2026: A Frenchman won a Picasso painting worth 1 million euros ($1.18 million) in a non-profit raffle on Tuesday. The winner, Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, was selected at random at Christie’s auction house in Paris from 120,000 tickets sold at 100 euros apiece. The raffle’s proceeds will fund […]
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Wed 15 April 2026: The Associated Press news agency is reporting that the US is enforcing the blockade of Iranian ports by intercepting traffic in the Gulf of Oman. It cited an unnamed US official as saying that the strategy is to observe vessels subject to the blockade leave Iranian facilities and clear the Strait of […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: The UK government has announced plans to eliminate high-sugar and deep-fried foods from school menus as part of a comprehensive reform aimed at combating childhood obesity and enhancing nutrition. The reforms, announced by the Department for Education on Monday, would update school food standards for the first time in more than a decade. Schools would […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Tuesday that Lebanon is facing a “full-scale protection and health crisis” as escalating Israeli attacks continue to devastate civilian areas. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Anandita Philipose said: “This is no longer just a humanitarian emergency. It is a full-scale protection and health crisis, and women and girls are paying […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Draft to be discussed at talks in Washington reportedly links Israeli withdrawal to Hezbollah’s disarmament Israel is preparing to present Lebanon with a plan calling for a long-term Israeli military presence inside southern Lebanon with Beirut’s approval, Israeli media reported Monday. The proposal is expected to be discussed during direct Israeli-Lebanese […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1990s, the hippos are a tourist attraction but a headache for authorities and locals. Colombia has approved plans to cull dozens of hippos roaming across a region in the centre of the country. Environment Minister Irene Velez announced the decision on Monday, with up to […]
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Tue 14 April 2026: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the move aims to ‘suppress the truth about their illegal war on Iran’. Iran has condemned a ban imposed by YouTube on a pro-Iranian group that releases Lego-style artificial intelligence videos after posting one lampooning United States President Donald Trump and declaring “Iran won” last week. […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Three eminent international law and human rights experts have found that crimes against Muslims in the states of Assam and Uttar Pradesh may amount to apartheid as a crime against humanity, involving inhumane acts committed within an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination over a racialised group. The Panel is calling on […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: It’s a simple thing we encounter many times every single week – often while in a hurry. You pull up at a parking spot, scan a QR code and pay within seconds. Or you sit down at a cafe, scan a code to view the menu and order your meal. […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Scores of civilians were killed when a Nigerian military airstrike targeting Boko Haram militants in the country’s northeast struck a local market over the weekend, rights watchdog Amnesty said Monday. More than 100 people were killed and 35 severely injured in the strike, which hit Jilli village of the Yobe state—an area at […]
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