Wed 21 May 2025: The US has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar, the US media outlets reported Wednesday, citing a defense department spokesman. According to the report, the Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade the plane so it can be put into use as […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: The destruction of the world’s forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, driven by a surge in fires caused by global heating, according to “frightening” new data. From the Brazilian Amazon to the Siberian taiga, Earth’s forests disappeared at a record rate last year, losing an area the size […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: The newly selected head of the Catholic Church called the situation in the Palestinian enclave “yet more worrying and saddening”. “I renew my appeal… to allow for the entry of fair humanitarian help and to bring to an end the hostilities, the high price of which is paid by children, the […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: The Sudanese army said Tuesday that the capital Khartoum is now “completely free” of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following months of intense warfare. “We announce today the full clearing of the entire state of Khartoum from any presence of the Al-Dagalo militia and the purification of our national capital […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: The US has obtained new intelligence indicating that Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as negotiations continue between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report Tuesday. Such a move would mark a “brazen break” from President Donald Trump’s diplomatic push, US officials told CNN. […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: Three children were among five dead, while several others were injured when a bus carrying students was targeted in a blast in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district on Wednesday morning, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Yasir Iqbal Dashti, a government official in Khuzdar, said at least 38 people were wounded in the […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will this afternoon, return to Parliament to re-table the 2025 Budget Review. This decision follows the Minister’s recent announcement and subsequent request to the Speaker of the National Assembly to maintain the Value-Added Tax rate at its current level of 15 percent, reversing the previously proposed […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Tesla founder Elon Musk will meet to discuss the operation of Starlink in South Africa. Image: SA government/X Tue 20 May 2025: South Africa’s government plans to offer a workaround of local Black ownership laws for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service to operate in the country, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: The UK government has imposed sanctions on Daniella Weiss, a prominent far-right Israeli settler dubbed the “godmother” of the settler movement. Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated that the sanctions reflect the UK’s commitment to holding extremist settlers accountable for violence and intimidation against Palestinian communities. Weiss, 79, heads Nachala, a radical […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a pause in trade deal negotiations with Israel and summoned Israel’s ambassador over its expansion of its military assault on Gaza. Lammy said Israel’s conduct in its war on Gaza and the government’s support for illegal settlements is “damaging our relationship with your government”. […]
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