Sat 30 May 2026: A majority of Europeans now support a more independent foreign policy for the European Union, moving away from reliance on the United States, according to a new survey released on Friday. The Eupinions study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, supported by the King Baudouin Foundation, found that 73% of EU citizens believe […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Muslim pilgrims on Saturday concluded their annual Hajj pilgrimage with the farewell circumambulation at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, western Saudi Arabia. The pilgrimage was concluded in “an atmosphere of faith filled with tranquility,” Saudi state-run TV Al-Ekhbariya reported. On Tuesday, the Saudi statistics authority said the total number of pilgrims […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is advancing faster than the response effort to contain it, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Saturday, saying the scale and severity of the epidemic remain unclear amid major gaps in testing and logistics. In a statement released during a […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi scoops Newsmaker of the Year award: He warned that South Africa was approaching a dangerous point where institutions could become more fearful of the truth than of criminality. “When institutions begin to fear the truth more than they fear criminality, […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal sees the risk of US military aggression against the Caribbean nation growing as negotiations between the nations stagnate. Speaking at a legislative hearing at the National Capitol on Thursday to denounce US sanctions on Cuban oil imports, Vidal accused Washington of fabricating pretexts to portray […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: Israeli and Russian security forces have been added to a United Nations blacklist on sexual violence in conflict, according to a report reviewed Thursday by AFP. Last August, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Israel and Russia of possible inclusion on the list, but “incidents and patterns of sexual violence continued to […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: UNICEF warned Friday that any expansion of Israeli control over territory in Gaza would further strain humanitarian operations and worsen living conditions for children already facing severe shortages of water, sanitation, and health services. “If this happens, more children will suffer,” Salim Oweis, a UNICEF communication specialist, told reporters in Geneva […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash. A Kenyan court has suspended a plan to establish an Ebola quarantine facility for United States nationals exposed to the virus following a backlash from health workers and rights activists. High Court […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has exploded on the launchpad during a test in the US state of Florida. The incident on Thursday evening is the latest setback for Jeff Bezos’s space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Footage of the incident shows smoke emerging from […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Sentenced offender numbers in SA prisons decline over 10 years: Prison overcrowding nationally sits at 58%, with roughly 169 000 inmates occupying spaces meant to hold 107 000 beds. The prison population had grown by roughly 12 000 inmates in the last 12 […]
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