Wed 12 June 2024: More than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died after the boat they were travelling on sank, President Felix Tshisekedi has announced. The accident on Wednesday occurred on the Kwa River, about 70km (43 miles) from the city of Mushie in Mai-Ndombe province. “The President of […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: Hamas formally responded on Tuesday to a US ceasefire proposal for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, and Israel said the response was tantamount to a rejection, while a Hamas official said the Palestinian group merely reiterated long-standing demands not met by the current plan, Reuters reports. Egypt and Qatar said they had […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: Charity Oxfam urged wealthy nations to boost spending on ending hunger ahead of a Group of Seven (G7) annual summit set to kick off in Italy tomorrow, saying that just three per cent of G7 military spending could help solve the global food and debt crisis, Reuters reports. The G7 – comprising the […]
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An artisanal miner walks towards a trench at a mining site in Zimbabwe [File: Zinyange Auntony/AFP] Wed 12 June 2024: Shamva, Zimbabwe – On a winter’s morning in Shamva, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central province, Brenda, a single mother of three, is on the hunt for lithium ore. The 39-year-old, who asked that only her first […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: US President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of an additional Patriot missile system to Kyiv amid the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict. The decision was made last week after high-level meetings and internal debates about how to balance Ukraine’s needs without jeopardizing US combat readiness, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: At least 41 people have died as a result of a fire that started early on Wednesday at a building housing workers in the southern Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, according to Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah, deputy prime minister of the nation, who visited the scene. The deputy prime minister said […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The first sitting of the National Assembly is expected to be held at 10am on Friday. This, according to a statement released by the Office of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. South Africans cast their votes on 29 May in the country’s most contested elections since the dawn of democracy. Section 51(1) […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The United States has stressed that its temporary aid pier in Gaza was not used in the Israeli captive rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that killed more than 270 people. The Pentagon said on Monday that reports linking the pier to Saturday’s Israeli assault that resulted in the […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The Saudi Ministry of Tourism has clarified that visit visas, regardless of their kind or designation, do not permit holders to engage in Hajj rituals in accordance with the Kingdom’s regulations. The ministry emphasized that the Kingdom’s regulations mandated a fine of SAR 10,000 for all citizens, residents, and visitors who […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place worldwide last year, led by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.Twenty-eight of the conflicts […]
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