April 2024
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Rains and floods in Kenya have claimed 66 more lives in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 169 since March 1, with 91 people still missing, officials said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Kenya’s government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said the deaths on Tuesday from a mudslide that swept away villages killing…
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A UN special rapporteur on human rights slammed reports that students at Columbia University in the US, who organized a demonstration in support of Palestine, would face “disciplinary action” if they did not end their protests. “I’m hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in Columbia University in…
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Nine soldiers lost their lives in a military helicopter crash in northern Colombia. One general and eight soldiers died in the crash in the rural area of Guaraperia village, under the Bolivar administrative region. In a statement on X, Colombian President Gustavo Petro expressed “great” sadness over the soldiers’ deaths. The military helicopter was reportedly…
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The Palestinian Civil Defense service on Tuesday said more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza on Oct. 7. “We estimate that there are over 10,000 missing people under the rubble of hundreds of destroyed homes since the start of…
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Russian officials have this morning threatened the West with a “severe” response if frozen Russian assets are confiscated. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova added Russia would never give up territories seized from Ukraine in exchange for the return of frozen assets. “Our motherland is not for sale,” Ms Zakharova wrote on the Telegram messaging…
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Russia’s Immortal Regiment March – which takes place on Victory Day to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany during the Second World War – has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Due to take place on 9 May, the march usually sees thousands take to the streets with photographs of veterans, the…
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Estimates by the UK’s minister for the armed forces say 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine. Leo Docherty told the UK Defence Journal that in addition to those killed, tens of thousands of people have deserted the Russian military since the start of the war in February 2022. He said he did…
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The bodies of two people have been discovered in the Tisa River near Ukraine’s border with Romania, Ukraine’s state border guard reported. “Despite the lowering of the water level in the Tisa, it is extremely dangerous to swim across it, especially at night,” a statement by the border guard said. “Sharp stones, roots, tree debris,…
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Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report. Military chiefs are under pressure to catch up with China, Russia and the US by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5 – five times the speed…
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A second man has died after taking an “unusually strong batch” of heroin in North Devon, police have said. The first man died as a result of taking the Class A drug on Friday and a second man, who had been admitted to hospital earlier, died on Saturday night. Devon and Cornwall Police said his…
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Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK. More than 80% of recent arrivals in the republic came via the land border with Northern Ireland, Irish justice minister Helen McEntee told a parliamentary committee last week. Rishi Sunak told Sky News it showed the UK’s Rwanda scheme was already…
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Rishi Sunak has failed to rule out holding a general election in July, as speculation remains rife over the timing of the national vote. The prime minister has repeatedly said his “working assumption” is the election would take place in the second half of this year – with the law stating January 2025 is the latest he…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.” According to SERAP, the suit followed the allegations documented in the recently published 2020 audited…
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to remain upright, and never to governor the state on bended knees no matter how much he is pushed politically. “I will not, I repeat, I will not govern our dear State on my knees (bending). If that was the purpose, I would not do that. I will…
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A massive, fiery carnage on the East-West Road in Rivers State has destroyed more than dozens of vehicles, scourged goods worth estimated billions, and claimed at least five lives. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, who visited the scene of the devastating tragedy on Saturday, confirmed five deaths and 120 burnt vehicles. It is expected that…
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Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League after a 5-1 humbling at Newcastle on Saturday. Chris Wilder’s side are 10 points from safety with just three games left following their 25th league defeat of a dismal season. The basement club, who have only three league wins, will return to the Championship just 12 months…
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