Wed 29 May 2024: Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash could complicate efforts by the authorities to manage a task of even greater consequence – the succession to the supreme leader. Once seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s ageing ultimate decision-maker, […]
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Wed 29 May 2024: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the US are expected to improve as the latter is mulling lifting the ban on selling offensive weapons to the kingdom state in coming weeks, Financial Times has reported citing US officials. US President Joe Biden had introduced these restrictions three years ago shortly after entering the White House, in line with […]
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Wed 29 May 2024: Pope Francis has issued an apology after he was quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, the Vatican said. Italian media reported on Monday that Francis used the Italian term “frociaggine”, roughly translating as “f****try”, in a private meeting last week when he was asked […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: More than 730,000 customers in the U.S. state of Texas were still without power after storms hit the state, according to an update of PowerOutage.us on Tuesday morning. The numbers continued to climb and more than 300,000 outages occurred in Dallas County alone. Over 160,000 homes and businesses across the states […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: The European Union has extended its sanctions against Syria’s regime for another year, until 1 June 2025, and has pledged over $2 billion for Syrian refugees and their host nations, as the bloc fails to see a political resolution to the thirteen-year conflict on the horizon. According to the EU Council’s […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza may be thousands of miles away from the shores of South Africa, but it has become a key issue in the lead-up to the country’s crucial 29 May elections, Anadolu Agency reports. South Africa has taken a leading role in efforts to hold Israel to account, filing a […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: The French parliament on Monday began debate on a bill to legalize “assisted dying,” which the health minister says is not euthanasia, according to media reports. The draft law seeking to legalize “assisted dying” will be debated for two weeks in the lower chamber of parliament, or the National Assembly, with […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: Pope Francis reportedly used a homophobic slur during a meeting with Italian bishops, reaffirming his stance that gay men should not be allowed to become priests, as reported by Italian media. The newspapers La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera stated on Monday that the 87-year-old Pope made the derogatory comment during […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: Poverty in Lebanon has more than tripled over the past 10 years, with the overall proportion of the country’s population living below the poverty line soaring to 44 percent, according to the World Bank. The bank’s report, released on Thursday, was conducted in five of the country’s eight governorates, showing that […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: Former United States President Donald Trump has promised that he will crack down on pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses if he wins the 2024 US presidential election. Earlier this month, the likely Republican nominee told a small group of predominantly Jewish donors that he would expel student demonstrators, who he claimed were […]
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