Thu 12 June 2025: Air India Flight 171 has crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad in India, carrying at least 244 people, local authorities say. Authorities in London confirmed that the plane was due to land at the city’s Gatwick Airport at 1825 local time (1725GMT). ANI news agency reports that at least 90 […]
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Thu 12 June 2025: Officials say death toll expected to rise as authorities launch search operation in the country’s Eastern Cape province. At least 49 people have died in heavy flooding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province after an extreme cold front brought torrential rain and blanketed snow in parts of the country, officials said. […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: The United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad due to heightened security risks in the region, three US and two Iraqi sources said on Wednesday while a US official said military dependents could also leave Bahrain. The sources did not specify which security risks had prompted the decision […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: The Trump administration is planning to send up to 9,000 undocumented migrants to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as early as this week, the Washington Post and Politico reported Tuesday. Officials told the news outlets that foreign nationals under consideration for transfer to the facility include migrants from […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Several countries attending the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in the French Mediterranean city of Nice have called for a binding international agreement to tackle plastic pollution, a growing threat to marine ecosystems and human health. Co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, the conference has brought together leaders and senior […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Tech billionaire says some of his social media posts about US president ‘went too far’. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has expressed regret over his broadsides against United States President Donald Trump following their spectacular public falling-out. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,” Musk said in a […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Thousands of activists from across the globe are marching to the Gaza Strip to try to break Israel’s suffocating siege and draw international attention to the genocide it is perpetrating there. Approximately 1,000 people participating in the Tunisian-led stretch of the Global March to Gaza, known as the Sumud Convoy, arrived […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: South Africa is closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, known as Nimbus or NB.1.8.1, associated with a rise in cases in certain regions of Asia. This is according to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who addressed the 4th Health Working Group meeting of the Group of 20 (G20), […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Kremlin announcement comes as Wagner Group quits West African state of Mali. Russia is working to enhance its economic and military ties in Africa, Moscow has outlined. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared on Monday that Russia’s presence in Africa is “growing”. The move is part of an ongoing bid by Moscow […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections. United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has purged a 17-member panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides expertise on vaccines. Kennedy, who before taking a position […]
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