Mon 05 May 2025: The UN Security Council will convene closed-door consultations on Monday, May 5, 2025, to discuss rising tensions between India and Pakistan. The meeting was scheduled after Pakistan, currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Council, formally requested an emergency session. Greece, which holds the Council presidency for May, confirmed the meeting […]
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Mon 05 May 2025: Young Americans are feeling lonelier and more anxious about the future compared to their older compatriots, a new survey found. When asked about the frequency of feeling “lonely or isolated from those around,” 29 percent of the NBC News Stay Tuned poll respondents aged 18 to 29 said they experience either […]
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Sun 04 May 2025: Nearly half of Germans support banning the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party following its designation as an “extremist” group by the nation’s domestic intelligence agency, according to a recent poll. The survey, conducted by the Insa polling institute for the German weekly Bild am Sonntag, found that 48% of respondents […]
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Sun 04 May 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said he hopes that there will be no need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. In an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on an upcoming documentary film, excerpts of which were shared by state media outlets, Putin said his country has not […]
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Sun 04 May 2025: A 1,100-year-old sealed amphora was discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Kas, Antalya during an underwater excavation using robotic technology, officials said. The excavation was led by Associate Professor Hakan Oniz of Akdeniz University under the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s “Heritage for the Future Project,” with a 20-member […]
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Sun 04 May 2025: Cuts will reportedly take place over several years and be accomplished through reduced hiring as opposed to layoffs. United States President Donald Trump’s administration is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other major US spy units, according to The Washington Post, in a move seen as part of […]
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Sat 03 May 2025: WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says contributions have fallen sharply across the board. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that global health is at serious risk as donor support dries up and severe budget cuts loom. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the agency […]
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Sat 03 May 2025: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won a second term in a landslide victory, with voters favoring his Labor Party’s stability amid global uncertainty sparked by Donald Trump’s return as US President. Meanwhile, Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton suffered a crushing defeat, losing his long-held Brisbane suburban seat and dashing his […]
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Sat 03 May 2025: As the world marks World Press Freedom Day, Palestinian journalists in Gaza continue to carry out their professional and humanitarian duties in reporting on the genocidal war by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, despite being targeted with bombings, sniper fire, and arrests. It is taking place amid a deafening silence from […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germnay (AfD) party as a “proven extremist group”—a designation likely to reignite the debate about banning the party. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) announced that its extensive investigation has determined the party has been following […]
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