Wed 24 May 2023: The attorney general of Illinois in the midwestern United States has released a 696-page report revealing widespread sexual abuse on the part of Roman Catholic clergy in the state — abuse it says went under-reported and, in some cases, tolerated. The report tallied 1,997 child survivors across seven decades, from the 1950s through 2019. Among […]
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Wed 24 May 2023: The world is failing to protect civilians as the death toll of people caught up in conflicts surged more than 50 percent from the previous year, the United Nations chief said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council “to live up to its commitments” to protect civilians as enshrined in international humanitarian […]
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Wed 24 May 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused the West of provoking global energy and food crises. The Western countries and alliances are trying to preserve their dominance in the world, ignoring the interests of other nations, creating conflicts and instability, Putin said via videoconference, addressing the 11th international meeting of high representatives in charge of […]
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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a joint news conference after a bilateral meeting at Admiralty House in Sydney on May 24, 2023 Wed 24 May 2023: Australia and India sign deals on migration, green hydrogen as rights group condemns Albanese’s warm embrace of Modi. Australian Prime […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: Children in the Horn of Africa are experiencing an unparalleled catastrophe, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which includes hunger, displacement, a lack of water, and instability, Xinhua reported. Over 7 million children under five continue to suffer from malnutrition, necessitating urgent nutrition aid. According to UNICEF, 1.9 million […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: China called United States on Tuesday to tackle its debt crisis and “not pass it onto” the rest of the world. Mao Ning, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, however, urged Washington to adopt “responsible fiscal and monetary policies,” the Chinese daily Global Times reported. The U.S. is faced with a looming default […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: Russia’s Wagner mercenary force has attempted to hide efforts to obtain military equipment internationally for use in the war in Ukraine and is seeking to transit such supplies through Mali, the United States State Department said. The private mercenary force, which is fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, is willing to use […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: Only 9% of Britons now consider Brexit more of a success than a failure, according to new polling. Some 62% of people describe it as more of a failure, a YouGov survey shows. The public opinion and data company said “Bregret” has reached new highs, as the number of Britons saying […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: Following reports linking Indian-made cough syrups to the deaths of numerous children in The Gambia and Uzbekistan, India announced that testing will be required before cough syrups exported. With effect from June 1, all cough syrups must have a certificate of analysis from a government laboratory before being exported, the government […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: While it is not the first time Russia has alleged an incursion by Ukrainian saboteurs, it is the first time the operation to counter such attacks has continued for a second day, highlighting the struggles Moscow is facing amid its bogged-down invasion of Ukraine. “Russia is facing an increasingly serious multi-domain […]
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