Thu 15 May 2025: Nearly half of all women-led organizations providing life-saving support in humanitarian crises are at risk of shutting down within six months due to sharp declines in international aid, UN Women warned Tuesday. The alarm comes as part of a new report based on a global survey of 411 women-led and women’s […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: Turkiye has always placed a premium on its defence, initially buying then developing its own weapons. The owner of NATO’s second-largest standing army has also emerged as a notable weapons exporter, with some iconic products on the international market. Turkiye’s exports increased year on year to reach $7.1bn in 2024 – […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: US president says ‘all sanctions’ on Damascus will be dropped, after talks with Saudi and Turkish leaders. United States President Donald Trump says Washington is considering the normalisation of ties with Damascus after he met Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: France’s president expressed support Tuesday for a ban on headscarves in sports competitions. “I stand by the Olympic Charter, which prohibits the wearing of all religious symbols in competitions,” Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with broadcaster TF1. He distinguished between practicing sports in facilities and participating in competitions, saying it […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: A fresh row over contested areas has erupted between India and China, with two sides issuing diverging statements. India on Wednesday rejected what it called “preposterous attempts” by China to rename places in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state. “We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, in what will be the first stop of a three-day tour that will also see him visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, has greeted Trump upon arrival in Riyadh. The White House says […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: China is moving to strengthen its alliances with other countries as a counterweight to President Donald Trump‘s trade war, presenting a united front with Latin American leaders at an event Tuesday in Beijing. China’s leaders have positioned the world’s second-largest economy as a reliable trade and development partner, in contrast to the uncertainty […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Taiwan, with nearly 10,000 seeking medical care last week, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, Focus Taiwan reported. On May 4-10, Taiwan saw 9,978 outpatient and emergency visits related to COVID-19, a 66% increase from the previous week. According to the CDC, this marks the fifth […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: A record 83.4 million people were living in internal displacement at the end of 2024, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025 released Tuesday. The figure, released by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), has more than doubled since 2018 […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: Nazi propaganda materials dating back to 1941 were discovered in the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court. More than 80 boxes filled with documents from Nazi Germany have been discovered in the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court, decades after the crates were stashed in 1941. The “discovery of global significance” came as […]
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