CHINA PRESENTS A UNITED FRONT WITH LATIN AMERICA, AIMING TO COUNTER TRUMP’S TRADE WAR

Tue 13 May 2025: China is moving to strengthen its alliances with other countries as a counterweight to President Donald Trump‘s trade war, presenting a united front with Latin American leaders at an event Tuesday in Beijing. China’s leaders have positioned the world’s second-largest economy as a reliable trade and development partner, in contrast to the uncertainty […]

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COVID-19 CASES SURGE ACROSS TAIWAN, WITH NEARLY 10,000 SEEKING MEDICAL CARE

Tue 13 May 2025: COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Taiwan, with nearly 10,000 seeking medical care last week, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, Focus Taiwan reported. On May 4-10, Taiwan saw 9,978 outpatient and emergency visits related to COVID-19, a 66% increase from the previous week. According to the CDC, this marks the fifth […]

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NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SURPASSES 80M FOR 1ST TIME: REPORT

Tue 13 May 2025: A record 83.4 million people were living in internal displacement at the end of 2024, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025 released Tuesday. The figure, released by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), has more than doubled since 2018 […]

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ARGENTINA’S TOP COURT FINDS NAZI FILES ‘OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE’ IN BASEMENT

Tue 13 May 2025: Nazi propaganda materials dating back to 1941 were discovered in the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court. More than 80 boxes filled with documents from Nazi Germany have been discovered in the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court, decades after the crates were stashed in 1941. The “discovery of global significance” came as […]

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WELCOMES 59 WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS AS REFUGEES TO THE US

Tue 13 May 2025: Move comes as US administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence and poverty. A group of 59 white Afrikaners from South Africa has arrived in the United States as part of a refugee programme set up by the administration of US President Donald Trump to offer sanctuary from what Trump […]

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HAMAS CONFIRMS EDAN ALEXANDER RELEASE ‘TO ACHIEVE A CEASEFIRE’

Mon 12 May 2025: The Palestinian group says the US citizen was released “a short while ago following contacts with the US administration”. Edan Alexander was taken from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza. His release would be the first […]

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INDIA SILENT ON TRUMP’S OFFER TO WORK TOGETHER ON ‘SOLUTION CONCERNING KASHMIR’, PAK APPRECIATES MOVE

Mon 12 May 2025: India has consistently opposed third-party mediation on Kashmir, viewing it as a bilateral matter under the 1972 Shimla Agreement. New Delhi: A day after India and Pakistan agreed to halt their military action, US President Donald Trump doubled down on claiming credit, while also declaring that he would “work” with the two […]

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BURKINA FASO ARMY, MILITIAS KILLED 130 MEMBERS OF ETHNIC GROUP, HRW SAYS

Mon 12 May 2025: Army aircraft were reportedly hovering above as the killings took place, showing command control of the operation. At least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group were killed by Burkina Faso’s army and allied militias near the western town of Solenzo in March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The […]

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