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EU announces US$1 billion aid to Lebanon to curb migration
EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced US$1 billion in aid to Lebanon over the next three years during a visit to Beirut aimed at curbing the number of irregular migrants travelling to Europe via boat. Von der Leyen said that the aid was aimed at bolstering social services such as education and...
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‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal?
As the green revolution revs up, the European Union has signed a deal with Rwanda that will ensure a supply of precious minerals needed to build clean tech like solar panels and electric vehicles. What’s not to like? As the European Commission described it, after inking a Memorandum of Understanding...
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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft ...
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation’s courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on...
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Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave
Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters to leave or face arrest, less than 24 hours after their encampment was attacked by a violent pro-Israel mob. But...
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Indonesia volcano eruptions force thousands to evacuate as airlines cancel flights
Renewed eruptions from a remote Indonesian volcano have triggered fresh evacuation orders and sparked flight cancellations and airport closures this week with smoke, lava and volcanic gasses spewing out of the fiery mountain. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North...
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Protests erupt in Georgia as parliament passes 'foreign influence' bill
Security forces in the former Soviet republic of Georgia intervened against demonstrators on Wednesday who were attempting to besiege parliament while protesting against a controversial "foreign influence" bill. Protests in the capital Tbilisi against the government's "transparency of foreign...
photo: AP / Zurab Tsertsvadze
US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies. In a statement on Wednesday, the US State Department said it had “made a determination … that Russia has used...
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Whistleblower Joshua Dean, ex-worker at Boeing supplier, dies
A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring defects in the production of the 737 MAX has died after a sudden illness, family members and his former employer have said. Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee who alleged he was fired in retaliation for flagging lax standards...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren, File
Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has revealed plans to retry United States film producer Harvey Weinstein on charges related to sexual assault, less than a week after a New York court overturned his conviction for rape. Prosecutors made the announcement at a court hearing on Wednesday....
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Palestinian envoy: Palestinian statehood could not subject to
NEW YORK, May 1 (KUNA) - The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Palestine's membership in the UN is long overdue and its right to self-determination could not hinge upon an Israeli veto. "We will never accept that the Palestinian people's right to...
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