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Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Meets With Former Wagner Deputy as Questions Linger
Saturday, 30. September 2023 00:08 o'clock
The Russian leader asked a founding member of the mercenary group to set up volunteer units of fighters to carry out combat missions in the war. -
U.A.E. Talks Peace in Sudan War, but Secretly Backs One Side
Friday, 29. September 2023 09:00 o'clock
From a remote air base in Chad, the Emirates is giving arms and medical treatment to fighters on one side in Sudan’s spiraling war, officials say. -
How Palantir Became a Front-Runner for the UK’s Multimillion-Dollar NHS Contract
Friday, 29. September 2023 23:18 o'clock
Palantir, the analytics company chaired by Peter Thiel, has courted N.H.S. England with pandemic help and assertive lobbying. Its big reward may be yet to come. -
In Izium, Ukraine, Fear Remains a Year After Russian Retreat
Friday, 29. September 2023 13:14 o'clock
In Izium, in eastern Ukraine, the buildings are in ruins and services are spotty. Barely recovered, its residents worry that more mayhem may lie ahead. -
Bombing Kills at Least 52 at a Religious Gathering in Pakistan
Friday, 29. September 2023 20:45 o'clock
The bombing, which officials believe was a suicide attack, was the latest sign of the country’s deteriorating security situation. -
Police Investigate About 100 Suicides Linked To Canadian Man
Friday, 29. September 2023 21:48 o'clock
Canadian police charged Kenneth Law with aiding 14 suicides, including that of Ashtyn Prosser. Another 88 deaths are being reviewed by Britain’s National Crime Agency.
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Weather tracker: South Africa floods kill at least 11 people
Friday, 29. September 2023 09:39 o'clock
Cape Town mayor declares major incident as roads closed and 80,000 people left without electricity
Extreme rain and strong winds across South Africa’s Western Cape province have caused flooding, torn off roofs, destroyed crops and damaged roads this week. It is estimated that the 48-hour rainfall totals between Sunday and Monday were between 100mm to 200mm (4-8in) in this region.
According to the Cape Town Disaster Risk Management Centre, 12,000 people were affected, but a further 80,000 people were left without electricity, according to the national power utility. The mayor of Cape Town signed a major incident declaration for additional resources and relief measures as 80 roads have been closed, 200 farm workers have been stranded and rail services have been suspended in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces.
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Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project
Thursday, 28. September 2023 18:58 o'clock
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes
The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions made by villagers living near the site of a proposed tourism project it is funding in Tanzania.
The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the Tanzanian government to make way for a $150m (£123m) project ministers say will protect the environment and attract more tourists to Ruaha national park.
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‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border
Thursday, 28. September 2023 06:00 o'clock
As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’
Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have spoken of their horror at being forcibly returned to remote desert regions where some have died of thirst as they attempt to cross the border into Tunisia.
As the European Union prepares to send money to Tunisia under a €1bn (£870m) migration deal, human rights groups are urging Brussels to take a tougher line on allegations that Tunisian authorities have been pushing people back to deserted border areas, often with fatal results.
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‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe
Thursday, 28. September 2023 06:00 o'clock
Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU
Pato Crepin had walked for three days through the desert and could not take it any more. Twice, he and his family tried to cross the border from Libya into Tunisia; twice, they had been pushed back. Crepin, who was recovering from an infection and had not had a drink for 24 hours, found he could not get up. In the blistering heat of the mid-July desert, his legs had given up.
His wife and six-year-old daughter, however, seemed stronger. Crepin, an asylum seeker from Cameroon, believed that if they left him behind they might yet make it to Tunisia and, from there, perhaps, on to Europe. He did not want to slow them down. “Go,” he told them. “I’ll catch up with you in Tunisia.”
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Zimbabwe opposition figures detained in crackdown after disputed election
Tuesday, 26. September 2023 09:30 o'clock
Opposition politicians and activists arrested since President Emmerson Mnangagwa won second term
Barely a week after being sworn in as an opposition MP following elections in Zimbabwe last month, Gift Siziba found himself in police custody facing several charges, including inciting violence at a football match and defacing posters of an opponent in Bulawayo.
While other legislators debate in parliament, Siziba, from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been in and out of court defending his innocence.
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South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls
Tuesday, 26. September 2023 07:30 o'clock
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners
An anti-migrant vigilante organisation in South Africa has registered as a political party and plans to contest seats in next year’s general elections.
Operation Dudula, whose name means “to force out” in Zulu, wants all foreign nationals who are in the country unofficially to be deported.
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Un periodista que viajó a Milán para cubrir el Valencia-Atalanta, positivo por coronavirus
Thursday, 27. February 2020 16:13 o'clock
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
Sunday, 1. March 2020 14:16 o'clock
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
Thursday, 27. February 2020 14:26 o'clock
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”
Thursday, 27. February 2020 18:26 o'clock
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
Thursday, 27. February 2020 12:36 o'clock
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
Thursday, 27. February 2020 18:26 o'clock
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