Fri 09 May 2025: Israel has dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since launching its genocide 19 months ago, killing or leaving missing over 62,000 Palestinians and committing more than 12,000 massacres, the Gaza government media office said on Thursday, Anadolu reports. The statement detailed key statistics of the war that began Oct. […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: Chinese leader, the highest-profile guest of Moscow’s WWII commemorations, keen to maintain ‘deep’ relationship with Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that his country will stand with Moscow against “unilateralism and hegemonic bullying” during a visit to the country to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany […]
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Fri 09 May 2025: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BFV) report highlighted the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) strong xenophobic and anti-Islamic stance, according to local media on Thursday. The BfV report referred to “ongoing agitation” against migrants, refugees, and Muslims by party officials. The AfD portrays migrants as a “threatening collective.” According to Der Spiegel […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Before his name was proclaimed from St. Peter’s Basilica’s balcony, the crowd below cheered “Viva il Papa” — Long live the Pope. Robert Prevost, aged 69, will be the 267th pope, reigning as Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born September 14, 1955, in Chicago, is the first American pope, elected […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Trump administration wants Israel ‘to come to its senses’ and strike a ceasefire deal on Gaza, Israeli media reports. A senior United States official has reportedly warned that Washington could move forward with its deal with Saudi Arabia without Israeli involvement, unless Israel changes course, according to Israeli media. The Jerusalem […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution. The wealthiest 10 percent of the world’s people are responsible for two-thirds of the global warming since 1990, according to researchers. The way in which the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of heatwaves […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: The papal conclave on Thursday began the second day of voting to elect a new pope. The day started with 133 elector cardinals attending a mass in the Pauline Chapel around 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). The cardinals then proceeded to the Sistine Chapel, where they resumed the voting. Unlike […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: An additional 60,000 files related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy have been published, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday. “Today’s release is an important step toward maximum transparency, finding the truth, and sharing the truth,” Gabbard said on X. She said the documents “have been sitting in […]
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Thu 08 May 2025: Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government’s request, the account’s founder said Wednesday, denouncing the move as “censorship” as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan. Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim – a page with 6.7 million […]
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Wed 07 May 2025: Iran urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to secure a ceasefire with the US regarding Red Sea attacks, aiming to bolster progress in Tehran’s nuclear program negotiations, per reports. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a halt to hostilities with the Houthis, Announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Trump said the Houthis […]
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