Fri 26 May 2023: Since the start of the violence in Sudan, thirty newborn babies have tragically died in hospitals, according to UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday Speaking at his daily briefing, Dujarric underscored the humanitarian repercussions of the ongoing fighting in the country, highlighting data from UN agencies. “Six newborn babies died at […]
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Fri 26 May 2023: On the third anniversary of George Floyd’s passing while in police custody, President Joe Biden made a statement on Thursday in which he urged continued police reform around the country. “George Floyd’s murder exposed for many what Black and Brown communities have long known and experienced – that we must make […]
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Fulgence Kayishema was wanted for more than 20 years [File: US Department of State] Thu 25 May 2023: The United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda announced on Thursday that suspected Rwandan genocide perpetrator Fulgence Kayishema had been detained in South Africa. He had been on the run since 2001 before being […]
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Thu 25 May 2023: On Thursday, hundreds of reservist troops gathered outside the Jerusalem home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to voice their displeasure with a court reform that they claim has harmed relations with Israel’s key partner, the United Stats, local media reported. A group of protesters from a movement of reservists known […]
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Thu 25 May 2023: An Israeli minister announced late Wednesday that Israel had allocated nearly a billion dollars to expand settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu Agency reported. The Times of Israel newspaper reported that according to an agreement between Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Transportation Minister Miri Regev, some 3.5 billion Israeli […]
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Thu 25 May 2023: UK’s net migration rose to 606,000 in the year ending December 2022, breaking the previous record of 504,000 in the year ending June last year, according to official data provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, The annual tally of people entering the UK is known as net […]
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Thu 25 May 2023: Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing its forces from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said. A video posted on Telegram by his press service showed Prigozhin dressed in battle gear and standing beside a war-damaged residential block when making the statement. “We are withdrawing the units […]
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Image: David Malan/Getty Images Thu 25 May 2023: Africa is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union. It was on this date in 1963, that 32 Heads of independent African States met in Addis Ababa Ethiopia along with leaders from African liberation movements to […]
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Wed 24 May 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan – A senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice, PTI) has quit the party while its secretary general has stepped down from his role, marking another blow to the embattled ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fawad Chaudhry, the senior vice president and a former federal minister, tweeted […]
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Wed 24 May 2023: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, claims that almost 10,000 of the inmates he recruited to fight in Ukraine have died in battle, AFP reported. In an effort to persuade prisoners to fight alongside Wagner in Ukraine in exchange for a promised pardon upon their return should […]
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