MORE THAN 150 FALSE KILLER WHALES STRANDED ON BEACH IN AUSTRALIA’S TASMANIA

Wed 19 February 2025: Only 90 of the 157 stranded marine animals appear to still be alive as rescue teams race against the clock to save them. More than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a beach in the state of Tasmania, with rescue teams now scrambling to save those still alive, Australian environment […]

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BRITS FACE 5% ENERGY BILL HIKE THIS APRIL, NEW FORECAST PREDICTS

Wed 19 February 2025: Millions of households face a greater than expected increase to their energy bills of £85 a year from April after Europe’s gas storage levels slumped, according to analysts. The average gas and electricity bill for households across England, Scotland and Wales is expected to rise by nearly 5% from April to […]

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EGYPTIAN ARMY DECLARES STATE OF SECURITY, SETS PLAN TO RECONSTRUCT GAZA WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT

Wed 19 February 2025: An informed senior Egyptian diplomatic source has stated that Cairo’s plan to reconstruct Gaza without displacing Palestinians includes clear indications stressing Egypt’s rejection of any type of displacement that could lead to mixing a Palestinian demographic component with an Egyptian one in the Sinai Governorate. The Egyptians believe that the security […]

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TRUMP SLAMS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, SAYS ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED’ WAR WITH RUSSIA

Wed 19 February 2025: US President Donald Trump leveled sharp criticism Tuesday at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the war with Russia. Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said the Ukrainian leader “should have never started” the war, criticizing Zelenskyy after he expressed […]

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NORTHERN MALI REBELS SAY ARMY KILLED 24 CIVILIANS, ARMY REPORTS CLASHES

Tue 18 February 2025: A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of Gao, as the army reported clashes in the region. Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups […]

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1ST RUSSIA-US TALKS IN YEARS CONCLUDE, WITH MOSCOW HAILING ‘PRODUCTIVE MEETING’

Tue 18 February 2025: Talks between Russia and the US on improving ties as well as the Ukraine war —the first such talks in years— concluded after 4 and a half hours, Russian state media reported Tuesday. Speaking at a media briefing on the sidelines of the meeting in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, which was broadcast […]

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UN CHIEF SAYS THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR LACK OF PERMANENT AFRICA SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL

Tue 18 February 2025: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that there is no excuse that Africa still lacks permanent representation on the UN Security Council. Guterres was in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, attending the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which began […]

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SUDAN’S BURHAN SAYS WILL NOT ACCEPT ‘FOREIGN-IMPOSED SOLUTIONS’

Tue 18 February 2025: Sudan’s Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Monday that the Sudanese people will not accept any externally imposed solutions. “The Sudanese people will ultimately prevail, whether others like it or not, and they will not accept any foreign-imposed solutions,” Burhan told a conference in Darfur province in western Sudan. “The […]

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