Thu 14 May 2026: Pope Leo has decried rising European military expenditures that grew by the highest amount since the end of the Cold War last year. Leo, who has drawn President Trump’s ire in recent weeks after criticising the US-Israel war on Iran, told university students in Rome the world is being “maimed by […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: An estimated 43,000 people of the 172,000 injured in Gaza since October 2023 have sustained life-changing injuries, including around 10,000 children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, the WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, said the updated estimates reflect the […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Western Cape Flood Disaster: 10 dead, nearly 90,000 displaced: Authorities have warned that several river systems in the province are experiencing high flow volumes. The Clanwilliam Dam is 103% full, with all sluices open. Downstream communities are being monitored to ensure public […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: The UN human rights chief is calling for independent investigations into reports that separate airstrikes by Nigerian and Chadian forces in northern Nigeria killed over 100 civilians. Nigeria’s military has been fighting armed groups in the northwest, which it often labels “terrorists,” and has also been battling an insurgency in the […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: US President Donald Trump is on his way to Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping and says he’ll have a “long talk” about Iran but trade will be the main focus. United States President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing ahead of a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after weeks of […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Columnist says there was ‘no evidence that Israeli leaders order rapes,’ but argued Israeli authorities had built ‘security apparatus where sexual violence has become,’ citing UN report, one of Israel’s ‘standard operating procedures’ A New York Times opinion columnist has alleged that Palestinian detainees have been subjected to widespread sexual violence […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: The United Kingdom says it will contribute a large arsenal of weaponry to the multinational mission aimed at securing the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the government said the weaponry would include drones, Typhoon fighter jets, a warship, an autonomous mine-hunting kit, Typhoon jets and the warship HMS Dragon. The […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ ‘The world is watching’: “However, repeated images of violence against foreign nationals risk eroding that equity and creating a perception of hostility, instability and contradiction between the country’s constitutional values and events on the ground.” Brand reputation strategist Solly Moeng said: “While […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, says Israel sent Iron Dome missile defence batteries and Israeli troops to the United Arab Emirates to help it defend against Iranian attacks. Waltz first made the comment on Monday and was quoted by Israel Hayom newspaper as saying, “We saw the UAE […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus, for which no vaccines or […]
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