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With Trump’s Tariffs, the Chasm Between Allies and the U.S. Widens
Donnerstag, 3. April 2025 06:47 Uhr
President Trump announced sweeping levies on countries across the world. Washington’s partners have been bracing for the fallout. -
The Country Was Fake. But Its Land Grab in Bolivia Was Real.
Donnerstag, 3. April 2025 06:01 Uhr
Emissaries of the “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive holy man, were deported after negotiating 1,000-year deals with Indigenous groups. -
Hong Kong Surfers Turn ‘Nothing Into Something’
Donnerstag, 3. April 2025 06:01 Uhr
The scene in the Chinese territory is concentrated at a few beaches with inconsistent swell. One intrepid surfer says it’s all about “turning nothing into something.” -
Myanmar Military Declares Temporary Truce After Earthquake
Donnerstag, 3. April 2025 04:37 Uhr
It was unclear whether the cease-fire would be honored. It came a day after soldiers fired at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, and amid multiple airstrikes. -
Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe
Donnerstag, 3. April 2025 06:32 Uhr
The visit comes as the Israeli prime minister faces an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court. -
‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza
Mittwoch, 2. April 2025 17:57 Uhr
The Abu Teirs thought the Israel-Hamas cease-fire might mean they could start to rebuild their lives. But a new round of Israeli airstrikes dashed those dreams.
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Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Dienstag, 1. April 2025 19:32 Uhr
No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubt
Donald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way for the UK to cede sovereignty over its last African colony after a six-month standoff.
Under the terms of the deal, the UK will give up control of the Chagos archipelago while paying to maintain control of a joint US-UK military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a 99-year lease.
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People displaced by Uganda oil pipeline ‘received inadequate compensation’
Dienstag, 1. April 2025 11:04 Uhr
Many of the people displaced by Eacop project were inadequately rehoused or compensated, report says
People displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated.
When completed, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.
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Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force
Dienstag, 1. April 2025 09:12 Uhr
Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko Haram
Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west Africa’s Lake Chad area, cementing an acrimonious split from former allies in the region.
The decision to exit the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was announced in a bulletin on state television over the weekend. The move “reflects a stated intent to reinforce security for oil sites”, the bulletin stated, without providing further details.
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Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
Dienstag, 1. April 2025 07:00 Uhr
Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development
“Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different,” admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning.
But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side.
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New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
Montag, 31. März 2025 12:00 Uhr
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing
Videos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country’s antiquities.
Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent.
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Donors quit Prince Harry’s charity when he left UK, says Sentebale chair
Sonntag, 30. März 2025 17:48 Uhr
Sophie Chandauka claims there is ‘significant correlation’ with drop in funders and prince’s move to the US
Donors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row in which she accused the prince of trying to “eject” her through “bullying” and “harassment”.
Sophie Chandauka told Sky News’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme that there was a “significant correlation” between a drop in funders and the Duke of Sussex’s departure to the US after the controversy caused by his rift with the royal family.
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Un periodista que viajó a Milán para cubrir el Valencia-Atalanta, positivo por coronavirus
Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2020 16:13 Uhr
Se trata del segundo caso confirmado en la comunidad y el decimoquinto en España desde el lunes -
Mapa de la expansión y claves para entender el coronavirus de Wuhan
Sonntag, 1. März 2020 14:16 Uhr
Qué es, cómo se transmite, cuál es la población más vulnerable y dimensiones del contagio en el mundo -
El turismo italiano se resiente; España mira expectante
Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2020 14:26 Uhr
La patronal hotelera del área de Venecia describe un sector “al borde del colapso” -
“La magnitud del problema del coronavirus no será diferente a una gripe”
Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2020 18:26 Uhr
Ángel Gil de Miguel, catedrático de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, lanza un mensaje de tranquilidad -
Seis italianos encerrados por partida doble
Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2020 12:36 Uhr
Los compañeros de viaje de los cuatro positivos en Canarias están aislados del resto en el hotel en cuarentena -
Trump nombra al vicepresidente Pence a cargo de la crisis del coronavirus
Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2020 18:26 Uhr
El CDC confirma el primer caso de origen desconocido en Northern California. El infectado no ha viajado recientemente al extranjero ni ha tenido contacto con un caso confirmado