CHINESE SPACECRAFT LANDED ON THE MOON’S FAR SIDE TO RETRIEVE LUNAR SAMPLES

Sun 02 June 2024: China has successfully landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a significant milestone in its mission to collect the first rock and soil samples from this lunar hemisphere. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that the Chang’e-6 spacecraft touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at […]

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PUTIN’S FORCES POUND UKRAINIAN ENERGY FACILITIES AS BIDEN LETS UKRAINE USE US ARMS INSIDE RUSSIA

Sun 02 June 2024: Russian forces have launched a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine that damaged energy infrastructure in five regions, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday the attacks struck facilities in the eastern Donetsk, southeastern Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk […]

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OVER 120 PALESTINIAN BODIES RECOVERED 2 DAYS AFTER ISRAELI FORCES LEFT JABALIA CAMP

Sun 02 June 2024: More than 120 bodies of Palestinians were recovered from the rubble two days after Israeli forces left the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources at Kamal Adwan Hospital told Anadolu that emergency crews and civil defense teams have recovered more than 120 Palestinian bodies from the destroyed roads […]

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CAN SOUTH AFRICA’S CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SURVIVE THE ANC’S ELECTION SETBACK?

Sun 02 June 2024: The governing party must form a coalition government but some opposition parties want the president out of the picture first. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has lost its majority in the country’s election this week for the first time since the end of apartheid, in a major setback for […]

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“PREFIXED” EXIT POLLS HINT MODI-LED ALLIANCE WINNING INDIA’S GENERAL ELECTIONS

Sun 02 June 2024: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win an emphatic majority in the general election, TV exit polls say, suggesting the right-wing party would do better than expected by most analysts. Most exit polls on Saturday projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win a two-thirds […]

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AS A CONDITION OF PAROLE, THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN PRISONERS APPLY TO JOIN THE ARMY

Sat 01 June 2024: Ukraine has begun recruiting prisoners to bolster its infantry ranks against Russia, with over four thousand inmates applying so far. Under a new government deal, prisoners can have their sentences cleared if they serve in the army until the war ends, at which point they would be granted parole. “My mother […]

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FRANCE BANS ISRAELI COMPANIES FROM ANNUAL EUROSATORY ARMS FAIR

Sat 01 June 2024: France has banned Israeli companies from participating in this year’s annual Eurosatory arms and defence industry exhibition in Villepinte near Paris next month, the event’s organisers and the French Defence Ministry said on Friday, Reuters reports. “Following a decision by government authorities, there will not be an Israeli stand at the Eurosatory 2024 salon,” a spokesperson for […]

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ISRAEL HAS ENCROACHED ON 32% OF GAZA, AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATION SHOWS

Sat 01 June 2024: Gaza’s territory has been shrunk by a buffer zone that winds around its boundary and wide axis torn through its centre. Israel has taken over some 32 percent of Gaza’s area by “systematically demolishing neighbourhoods” to create a buffer zone and a central axis dividing it, according to Al Jazeera’s Sanad […]

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ZUMA BIG ELECTION ‘WINNER’ AS SOUTH AFRICA HEADS FOR COALITION GOVERNMENT

Sat 01 June 2024: The former president’s MK party gained at the expense of the governing ANC, which is set to lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid, in dramatic setback. Johannesburg, South Africa – Former President Jacob Zuma is emerging as the biggest victor of South Africa’s general elections as […]

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BIDEN LAYS OUT 3-PHASE PLAN LEADING TO ‘PERMANENT CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES’

Fri 31 May 2024: Biden says during a speech on the war on Gaza that Israel has put forward a new ceasefire proposal that has been transmitted to Hamas via Qatar. “That’s been the focus – a durable end to this war, one that brings all the hostages home, ensures Israel’s security, creates a better […]

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