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Poland eyes fortifications on its border with Belarus
The government says that Poland, which supports Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s aggression, is being targeted by hostile actions.
2 min read - WorldBBC
The ex-con, illegal guns and the fear of Kenya's police
As Kenya struggles with violent crime an ex-convict tries to persuade men to turn in their weapons.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Zelensky to meet Prime Minister Sánchez and King Felipe in Spain
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Spain on Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will receive the guest at 12 noon (1000 GMT), his left-wing government announced in Madrid on Monday. The signing of a bilateral security agreement is planned, the television station RTVE reported. According to the Spanish royal family, a meeting with King Felipe VI is also on the agenda at around 2 pm. Spanish media further reported on a possible visit to the House of Representatives of the Span
1 min read - WorldAFP
Old photo of New Zealand oil spill falsely shared as Huthi attack
Yemen's Huthi rebels have attacked vessels in the Red Sea with drones and missiles following the outbreak of the Gaza war. A photo of containers balanced precariously on a cargo ship that surfaced in posts about the strikes, however, is unrelated. The New Zealand navy published the picture in a Facebook post about a ship that ran aground in October 2011.
2 min read - WorldAFP
Edited footage shows Ethiopian soldiers captured by rebels in Oromia region, not Amhara
The armed conflicts in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia have attracted the attention of the international community, with the US ambassador to Ethiopia recently calling on all parties to find a peaceful solution. A video shared on Facebook claims to show government forces captured by Amhara rebels. However, this is misleading: the original footage has been edited to hide the fact that the captors are from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and not the Fano militia in Amhara.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Poland rolls out plans for fortifications on its border with Russia and Belarus
Defense officials in NATO member Poland were Monday presenting plans Monday for fortifications and strengthening of its eastern border with Russia and Moscow ally Belarus. The government says that Poland, which supports Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s aggression, is being targeted by hostile actions from Russia and Belarus.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
33 Muslims arrested for attacking 2 Christian men on allegations of desecrating Quran in Pakistan
Police in eastern Pakistan arrested dozens of Muslim men and charged them with attacking a Christian father and son on allegations of desecrating pages of Islam’s holy book, officials said Monday. The mob went on a rampage Saturday after locals saw burnt pages of the Quran outside the two Christian men's house and accused the son of being behind it, setting their house and shoemaking factory on fire in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province, said senior police officer Asad Ijaz Malhi. Punjab
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South Africa has failed its Black majority. Nelson Mandela’s political heirs may pay the price
The ANC risks losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in post-apartheid South Africa, as the Black majority bears the brunt of unemployment and poverty.
9 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Gains but no triumph for a far-right German party in local elections in an eastern state
The far-right Alternative for Germany made gains but failed to secure outright victories in local elections in an eastern state where the party is strong and its regional leader, one of the party's best-known figures, was recently convicted of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Sunday's elections at county and mayoral level in Thuringia come ahead of a state election on Sept. 1 in which Alternative for Germany's local leader, Björn Höcke, plans to run for the governor’s job.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Poland's Tusk to outline $2.5bn plan to reinforce eastern border
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will announce details of the planned security reinforcement of his country's eastern border on Monday. The plan, called Protective Shield East, envisages investments totalling the equivalent to about $2.5 billion to secure the border, which is also forms part of the European Union's external border. Poland, a member of NATO, has an eastern border with Ukraine, which is under attack from Russia. Poland also shares a border with authoritarian Belarus, an ally of M
1 min read - Worlddpa international
We mingled with 1,000 gifted people. Life ain't always easy, they say
It's coffee break time at the packed event venue in the western German city of Duisburg. Participants sip hot beverages while discussing astrophysics and philosophical paradoxes. Before heading to a lecture on radioactivity or Korean writing, some manage to squeeze in a 1,000-piece puzzle. As you might have guessed, this isn't just any ordinary conference. To be able to attend this annual meeting, you must have an IQ of at least 130. Besides excursions in the surrounding Ruhrgebiet area, Germany
6 min read - WorldBBC
130 people die at Sudan hospital amid city siege
Hospitals and markets in El Fasher are experiencing "violent artillery shelling", a resident says.
2 min read - WorldAFP
Old photo of east China landslide falsely linked to deadly Guangdong road collapse
A dramatic photo of a destroyed highway surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the aftermath of a deadly road collapse in China's southern Guangdong province on May 1, 2024. The picture in fact shows a road in Zhejiang province in eastern China that was swept away in a landslide in 2011.
2 min read - WorldBBC
At least 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid
Nigerian officials say gunmen spent hours in the village and had time to drink tea before abducting people.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994
South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the moment 30 years ago when it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy. This national election will not be as momentous as the one South Africa held in 1994 — few have been. Then, Nelson Mandela led the African National Congress party to victory as Black South Africans who were the majority were allowed to vote for the first time.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
France lifting state of emergency in New Caledonia
France is lifting a state of emergency in its overseas territory of New Caledonia after 12 days, the office of President Emmanuel Macron announced in Paris said on Monday. The measure, introduced on May 15 amid unrest in the South Pacific overseas territory, will not be extended and will end on Tuesday morning at 5 am local time (1800 GMT Monday), French media quoted the Elysée Palace as saying. French media reported that the French government was hoping the move would help dialogue. However, it
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Two dead as cyclone Remal hits Bangladesh coast
At least two people have died after a powerful tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal pounded the coastline of Bangladesh and neighbouring India. The cyclone, named Remal, had now crossed the coast and was weakening gradually, Bangladesh’s meteorological department said on Monday. The cyclone, which lashed the coastline with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour, also left many coastal districts without power. Many thatched houses were reportedly damaged, trees uprooted and electric poles
1 min read - USAssociated Press
A woman could be Mexico’s next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers.
Concepcion Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a Tuesday morning, and steps out of her tiny apartment on the fringes of Mexico City. It’s here where Alejo has quietly worked cleaning the homes and raising the children of wealthier Mexicans for 26 years.
5 min read - WorldNBC News
Gaza ministry reports at least 35 killed in strike that hit civilian tents in Rafah
Nearly three dozen people were killed Sunday night in Rafah in southern Gaza in an Israeli airstrike that hit an area where internally displaced civilians were reportedly sheltering in tents, Palestinian health officials said.
4 min read - WorldBBC
Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says dozens of people have been killed in a refugee camp.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by the landslide in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the South Pacific island natio
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Cyclone floods coastal villages, blows away thatched roofs and cuts power in Bangladesh and India
A cyclone flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. Dozens of Bangladeshi villages were flooded after flood protection embankments either washed away or were damaged by the storm surge, TV stations reported. Nearly 800,000 people had been evacuated from vulnerable areas in Bangladesh on Sunday.
2 min read - WorldReuters
Cyclone Remal kills four, snaps power links to millions in India, Bangladesh
SATKHIRA, Bangladesh (Reuters) -Strong gales and heavy rain brought by cyclone Remal lashed the coastlines of India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least four people and cutting electricity supply to millions before losing intensity. "We have had no electricity since night, my mobile battery will run out anytime," said Rahat Raja, a resident of Bangladesh's coastal district of Satkhira. Nearly 3 million people in Bangladesh were without electricity, officials of its power ministry said.
3 min read - BusinessRetail Banker International
Australian businesses boost investment in assets: CBA
Commonwealth Bank of Australia data reveals small and medium-sized businesses are investing in equipment and vehicles particularly ‘green’ fleets despite uncertain economic environment
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
France to lift state of emergency in efforts to allow political dialogue in riot-hit New Caledonia
French President Emmanuel Macron decided Monday to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia in a move meant to allow political dialogue following the unrest that left seven people dead and a trail of destruction, his office said. The president's office said in a statement the state of emergency won’t be extended “for the moment” and will therefore end Monday at 8 p.m. in Paris, which is 5 a.m. Tuesday in New Caledonia. The decision aims at “enabling meetings
2 min read - USWCIA Champaign
Gibson City park to be dedicated to fallen veteran
GIBSON CITY, Ill. (WCIA) — A park in Gibson City will be renamed after a fallen veteran. The dog park in Gibson City will be named William Eugene Campbell Memorial Park. City officials passed it last week. The park will memorialize William Campbell, a Gibson City native who died serving in Vietnam. It was spearheaded […]
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Lithuanian President Nausėda on track for second term in run-off vote
Ballots are being counted in Lithuania after voters took to the polls on Sunday for a run-off presidential election that pitted the incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, against current Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. Results were expected in the coming hours. Nausėda is forecast to hold onto his post with a clear victory over Šimonytė. Lithuania, which borders the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad and Russia's close ally Belarus, saw just under half of its roughly 2.4 million eligible voters cas
2 min read - LifestyleThe Auto Wire
Watch Thieves Ambush Dodge Hellcat In Owner’s Driveway
Scary surveillance video footage of an attempted carjacking with the target being a Dodge Charger Hellcat shows just how far things have slid recently. It used to be we only saw this kind of footage out of Brazil and other foreign countries with serious crime issues. Now it’s becoming common in the US. Stick shift stops Porsche carjackers in their tracks. In the footage, which we’ve shared, you see the Hellcat pull up in the driveway, presumably to pull into the garage. But before the owner can
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Top EU diplomat meets Palestinian premier, renews Gaza ceasefire call
The European Union's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, following a meeting with the Palestinian Authority's new prime minister in Brussels on Sunday. "We must do everything in our power to reach an immediate end of the hostilities, to achieve the immediate release of all hostages, to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza," Borrell said at a press conference. Borrell was speakin
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Putin arrives in Uzbekistan on the 3rd foreign trip of his new term
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Sunday in the capital of Uzbekistan where he is to hold talks with President Shavkay Mirziyoyev that are expected to focus on deepening the countries' relations. Putin laid a wreath at a momument to Uzbekistan's independence in Tashkent and held what the Kremlin said were informal talks with Mirziyoyev. The visit is Putin's third foreign trip since being inaugurated for a fifth term in May. He first went to China, where he expressed appreciation for Chi
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
South Africa's main opposition party rallies support as it concludes election campaign
South Africa's main opposition party Democratic Alliance on Sunday made its final appeal to voters to help it unseat the ruling African National Congress as it concluded its campaign ahead of elections this week. The Democratic Alliance is the biggest opposition party in South Africa and has gathered some smaller opposition parties to form a pact known as the Multi-Party Charter for South Africa, which will see the group combine their votes to challenge the ANC after the elections.
3 min read - WorldSemafor
Hamas fires rockets into Israel as ceasefire talks set to resume
The attack comes at a precarious time for Israel: The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered the country to halt its military operation in the Gazan city of Rafah.
3 min read - TechnologyExplorersWeb
New Interactive Map of Antarctica Released
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released an interactive map of Antarctica. It combines information on coastlines and contours and is available to everyone from tourists to researchers to the merely curious. Antarctica is constantly changing due to climate change, and many of its frozen features have become out of date. New data keeps up […]
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Pro-Palestinian protesters shout down top German diplomat at forum
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators angry at the German government's handling of Israel's war in Gaza disrupted a citizens' forum featuring Germany's foreign minister on Sunday. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was participating in a discussion titled "Stormy times - how foreign policy ensures the security of our democracy" as part of weekend of events to celebrate the adoption of Germany's constitution, known as the Basic Law, 75 years ago. Several demonstrators in the theatre began shouting at Bae
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Macron calls Franco-German ties 'indispensable' as state visit starts
Emmanuel Macron began the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years with warm words for his hosts. "Franco-German relations are indispensable and important for Europe," said Macron at the start of his three-day state visit to Germany on Sunday. He rebuffed the suggestion that the relationship, often described as the engine of Europe, has begun to stutter. "That is not true. We are moving forward," Macron said through a translator. Upon landing in Berlin, Macron immediately t
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France's Le Pen seeks to 'unite' with Italian leader Meloni
French far-right politician Marine Le Pen says she would like to cooperate more closely with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. "Now is the moment to unite," Le Pen told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera at an election campaign event in northern France at the weekend. Le Pen's National Rally is expected to rout French President Emmanuel Macron's party in elections for the European Parliament in just under two weeks, part of a broader far-right surge in several EU countries. "If we ar
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru
Four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided Sunday in central Peru, the country's national police said. Authorities said the crash happened after 4 a.m. in the district of La Oroya, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) east of the capital, Lima. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications in a statement said the cause is under investigation.
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Hamas fires rockets towards Tel Aviv for first time in months
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has fired rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in four months, triggering warning sirens in the Israeli city. Several explosions were heard in the centre of Tel Aviv and rocket alarms also sounded in several towns in the wider area. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility for the attacks. According to paramedics, two women were lightly injured as they rushed to shelters. Israeli military sources said eight rockets were fired from the city of Rafah in
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Mayor, organizers decry racist chanting incident at Bavarian festival
A Bavarian mayor and local organizers have distanced themselves from racist chanting at a festival, mirroring another incident in northern Germany which has caused concern across the country. Friday's incident also involved people singing racist chants to the tune of "L'amour toujours" by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino at the Bergkirchweih festival in Erlangen. The organizers and city mayor Florian Janik slammed the incident afterwards, and the caterers decided to stop playing the song, after police
2 min read - WorldBBC
Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years
Military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré breaks his promise to restore civillian rule by 1 July this year.
2 min read - WorldReuters
Yemen's Houthis free more than 100 prisoners
Yemen's Houthi group freed more than 100 detainees in Sanaa on Sunday, calling the move a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families. "Most of them are humanitarian cases, including the sick, the wounded, and the elderly," said Abdul Qader Al-Murtada, head of the Houthi-run prisoner affairs committee, who announced the release and said the detainees had been government soldiers captured at the battlefront. But Yemen's internationally recognised g
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Aid group says over 100 people killed in 2 weeks of fighting in a Sudanese city
More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid group said Sunday. The fighting in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, also wounded more than 930 people in the same period, Doctors without Borders said. El-Fasher has become the center of the conflict between the military and the RSF, which is aided by Arab militias commonly known as
2 min read - WorldBBC
The ANC hopes to conquer but will it struggle in South Africa poll?
The governing party wraps up its campaign for a seventh term with a rally in Soweto.
6 min read - Worlddpa international
EU Council chief condemns Russia's 'attrocious' Kharkiv store strike
The European Council President Chares Michel has condemned Russia's "attrocious" airstrike on a DIY store in Kharkiv, Ukraine. "The Russian strike on a Kharkiv supermarket is atrocious," Michel said on X. While Michel mentions a supermarket, the site has been described as the "Epicentr hypermarket" in reporting, possibly leading to confusion. "Russia’s efforts to terrorize Ukrainian civilians as part of its war of aggression against Ukraine are criminal," he added. "Together, we can stop Russia’
1 min read - WorldSouth China Morning Post
Chinese funding keeps Cameroon's deep seaport expansion project afloat
A small fishing town in southwest Cameroon is counting on Chinese funding to transform itself into a major Central African sea hub. The Kribi Deep Seaport, on Africa's Atlantic coast, is being built by Chinese state-owned China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), and largely funded by China Eximbank which has provided around US$1.48 billion over the past decade. It is hoped the port will provide relief to Douala, Cameroon's main port around 150km (93 miles) to the north, and that it will serve a
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Germany's far-right AfD keeps second place in polls despite scandals
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has maintained its second place in polls ahead of June's European Parliament elections, despite a wave of recent scandals that has threatened to damage the party's hopes. An online survey carried out by the INSA polling institute for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper had the AfD at 17%, unchanged from April. Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance was top at 30%, with the governing Social Democratic Party (SDP) at 14% and its coalition partners The G
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Death toll reaches 12 in Russian hit on Kharkiv DIY store, fire out
Ukrainian authorities on Sunday reported that the death toll from the Russian bombing of a DIY store in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv has reached 12 people. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Kylmenko wrote on the social media platform Telegram that the number of injured in the attack has risen to 43, with 16 people still missing. The fire that broke out after the airstrike was finally put out early on Sunday, Klymenko said, after 16 hours of work by firefighters. Russia attacked the store wit
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Renewed flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 15 people in Afghanistan
Renewed heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including 10 members of the same family in the northeast, officials said Sunday. The floods Saturday night hit northeastern Badakhshan and northern Baghlan provinces, with the latter already having suffered the brunt of the rains earlier this month. The family — a set of parents and their eight children — was reported dead in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, said Mohammad Akram Akbari, director
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
The Israeli Air Force may have to think twice about taking on Hezbollah
The anti-aircraft missile suggests Israel's Air Force would face a much greater threat over southern Lebanon than it has in Gaza's skies.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Lithuanians return to the polls with incumbent president favored to win 2nd election round
Lithuanians return to the polls Sunday for the second round of the Baltic country's presidential election as incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda seeks to hold off Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and secure another five-year term. The 60-year-old Nauseda, a moderate conservative, has been a strong backer of Ukraine, a position shared across most of the political spectrum.
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