We have now entered the comforting world of delusions. Earlier this week, 14 members of the United Nations Security Council agreed on a resolution that called for an “immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas and the “unconditional release of all hostages”. The US delegation abstained, allowing the resolution to pass….
US says crackdown by Hong Kong officials includes new national security law targeting treason, espionage and other crimes. The United States has said it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials responsible for cracking down on “rights and freedoms”, days after a draconian national security…
The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be lifted. Meta has acknowledged that the term “shaheed” accounts for more content removals under the company’s…
In Mexico, pan de muerto (bread of the dead) is a special sweet bread made annually for the Day of the Dead in early November. Shaped like a roll and topped with a cross and a nub – meant to symbolise bones and teardrops or hearts – the pan de…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The hostages are are being held in a building in town of Ede, with ‘no indication of a terrorist motive’. Multiple people are being held hostage in a building in the town of Ede, in central Netherlands, police have said. On Saturday, heavily armed police cordoned off…
Cracks in the special US-Israel relationship cannot be hidden any longer – rifts are showing. Six months into Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, the United Nations Security Council has finally passed a resolution demanding a ceasefire. The United States’s abstention marks a pivotal moment in Israel’s increasing international isolation. In…
Government orders review of approval system for health products in response to supplement-related illnesses. Health officials in Japan have raided a factory belonging to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical after the drugmaker reported a fifth death possibly linked to its dietary supplements advertised as helping to lower cholesterol. On Saturday, officials from the…
Dozens of officers involved in operation to locate Rolex watches President Boluarte has reportedly not disclosed. The home of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has been raided as part of a continuing corruption investigation linked to undisclosed luxury watches, police said. About 40 officials were involved in the raid early on…
Dakar, Senegal – For the traditional, small-scale fishermen of Ouakam Beach in Senegal’s capital Dakar, inequality is just a glance away. Adama Gueye, a 58-year-old canoe captain, points towards the coast, where imposing villas of the upper-class, including politicians, sit tall and mighty a stone’s throw away from where he…
The United States has greenlighted the transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets to Israel, The Washington Post reported, even as it publicly expresses concerns about the long-threatened Israeli invasion of Gaza’s Rafah and the rising civilian casualties in the enclave. The new arms package includes…
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