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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Sat 03 May 2025: The death of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a Palestinian American, has shone a light on instances of anti-Arab hate. A United States man has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a six-year-old Palestinian American boy, after being found guilty of hate crime charges and murder. Judge […]
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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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Fri 02 May 2025: The Israeli military is preparing for a large-scale mobilisation of reserve troops in order to expand its ground operations in Gaza amid a growing crisis in troop numbers and escalating public tensions over the fate of Israeli captives held in Gaza, according to Israeli media. Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: White House accuses outlets of using public money to spread ‘woke propaganda’ as alarm raised on media freedom. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order slashing subsidies to two United States public broadcasters. Trump issued the order to halt federal funding to PBS and NPR late on Thursday, accusing them […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: Social media campaign depicts fictional scenes of officials becoming disillusioned with ruling Chinese Communist Party. The CIA has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign calling on government officials in China to switch sides and leak secrets to the United States. The two videos released on Thursday depict fictional scenes involving Chinese […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: Reform UK has claimed a dramatic and unexpected victory in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, edging out Labour by just six votes following a tense early morning recount. Reform candidate Sarah Pochin secured 12,645 votes, narrowly defeating Labour’s 12,639 — overturning a previously safe 14,696 majority held by Labour in the […]
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Fri 02 May 2025: A humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza with 16 people on board left crippled by a drone attack was rescued by Maltese forces, said local media on Friday. Citing a government statement, public broadcaster TVM announced that a tugboat with firefighting equipment provided the Freedom Flotilla ship with assistance after it […]
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