Sun 05 May 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has voted unanimously to close Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, according to a government statement. The cabinet vote on Sunday came after Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security during […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: Severe flooding, mudslides, and heavy storms in southern Brazil have displaced nearly 70,000 people from their homes, with Porto Alegre, the largest city in the region, bearing the brunt of the impact, as reported by the country’s civil defense agency. The flooding has resulted in 57 fatalities, with 74 individuals sustaining […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday sounded the alarm about the situation in Sudan, saying the African country is on the brink of becoming the “world’s largest hunger crisis”, Anadolu reports. Leni Kinzli, WFP’s spokesperson in Sudan, said at a virtual news conference that the agency is “warning that time is […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Sadiq Khan clinched his third consecutive term as London’s mayor on Saturday (May 4), defeating Conservative contender Susan Hall in a widely anticipated victory. Khan’s win strengthens the Labour Party’s dominance over the Conservatives in local elections preceding the UK’s upcoming general elections. Despite public concern over frequent knife attacks in […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Johannesburg, South Africa – For the first time in 30 years, South Africa’s governing party faces an electoral crisis with expectations that its support will dramatically reduce and it may lose its parliamentary majority in this month’s election. But even as the African National Congress (ANC) – which has been in power […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: The Conservative Party, which is now in power in Britain, is expected to lose the next general elections after suffering a crushing setback in local elections. Almost all council results have been counted, and the opposition Labour Party has gained 170 seats while the Conservatives have lost 450. On Saturday, counting […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Investigation by Amnesty, Haaretz, Tempo and others finds links between official government bodies and agencies dating from at least 2017. An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Police in Canada have made arrests in the fatal 2023 shooting of prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, months after authorities accused Indian government agents of being involved in the killing. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia said on Friday afternoon that three people were […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Türkiye’s only goal in suspending trade with Israel is to force Tel Aviv to declare a cease-fire to its deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday. “Our sole purpose is to force the (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu government, which has sprung out of control due to the […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Following torrential downpour of rain and flooding that ravaged East Africa, killing close to 400 people and displacing tens of thousands more, Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone. As per the most recent meteorological forecast, Cyclone Hidaya is gradually approaching Tanzania’s eastern coast and is predicted to make […]
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