Sat 04 April 2026: As of midmorning Friday, the crew were about 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometres) from Earth and were quickly closing in on the moon. NASA has released the first images taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, where four astronauts are currently travelling on a mission around the moon. In a photograph shared on […]
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Sat 04 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Will SA receive reparations from UK and Netherlands for colonialism? The question comes as momentum builds across the continent after the African Union’s (AU) declaration of a “decade for reparations”. At an AU assembly session in Ethiopia in February 2026, African leaders […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: The Fars news agency reports Iranian military launched a search operation to locate the pilot of the aircraft. Iranian forces have launched a search operation for the crew of a United States fighter jet which was downed by an air defence system, Iranian media reported. Iranian military forces were conducting a […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: US President Donald Trump has requested Congress to increase defence spending by an astonishing $1.5 trillion. Though the move comes amid the war with Iran, Trump and his hawkish cabinet have long pushed allies to increase their defence budgets, and he has also said he wants to raise US military spending […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: World food prices rose 2.4% in March from the previous month, driven by higher energy costs linked to escalating conflict in the Middle East, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The increase marked the second consecutive monthly rise, with prices climbing across all major commodity groups, including cereals, […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: More than 1 million people have been displaced in Lebanon over the past month following Israeli attacks, with one in every five people in the country currently displaced, according to the UNHCR. UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told Anadolu that the humanitarian situation in Lebanon is “deepening day by day.” “We […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: Traore reneged on promises to hold elections and has since scrapped political parties in the country. Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, says that people need to “forget” about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties in the West African nation. Speaking to journalists in a lengthy interview on […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA urged to stop coal exports to Israel amid humanitarian crisis: The activists said that although South Africa has already demonstrated its commitment to these obligations on the international plane, notably through its proceedings at the ICJ and consistent public position in […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: European diesel futures surged to their highest level since 2022 on Thursday as the Iran war tightened global fuel supplies and disrupted key trade flows. The benchmark contract rose as much as 9.5% in London to $1,493.25 per ton, equivalent to more than $200 per barrel. The rally comes as traffic through […]
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Thu 02 April 2026: Apparent assassination attempt comes as Iran’s army pledges to fight back until the US, Israel face ‘permanent surrender’. Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded in an apparent assassination attempt that killed his wife, as United States-Israeli strikes continue to pound Iran for a fifth week. Iranian media on Thursday […]
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