A video recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza alongside other rescuers shows their final moments, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, with clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing as heavy gunfire…
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Video shows last moments for slain Gaza aid workers, Red Crescent says
A video recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza alongside other rescuers shows their final moments, according to the Palestine Red Crescent, with clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing as heavy gunfire…
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Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 | Music News
Bagayoko and his wife, the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, became one of Africa’s best-selling and beloved music industry performers.
Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds…
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Thousands hit the streets for South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon | Protests News
The country’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his bungled martial law declaration.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in South Korea to protest against the removal of former president Yoon…
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Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help | News
UN aid chief says the world ‘must rally behind the people of Myanmar’ after a magnitude 7.7 quake flattened buildings and destroyed infrastructure.
The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300 as the United Nations…
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The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights
“My daughter is being gang raped and sold to countless men.” These were the words, spoken by a heartbroken mother, that first alerted me to the organised rape and pimping gangs – now commonly referred to as “grooming gangs” –…
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India’s Modi visits Sri Lanka to shore up defence and energy ties | Narendra Modi News
The Indian leader is the first foreign dignitary to visit the island nation since the leftist Dissanayake swept elections last year.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Sri Lanka to strengthen historical defence and energy ties as Colombo…
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Trump’s 10 percent tariff takes effect, raising fears of global trade war | Donald Trump News
US President Donald Trump’s widest-ranging tariffs to date have come into effect – a move that may trigger retaliation and escalate trade tensions, upsetting the global economy.
The initial 10 percent “baseline” tariff took effect at…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,136 | Russia-Ukraine war News
These are the key events on day 1,136 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
These are the key events from Saturday, April 5:
Fighting
- A Russian missile attack has killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of the Ukrainian…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Reports say AI models from Microsoft were used as part of an Israeli military programme to select bombing targets in Gaza.
A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees has interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration, the latest…
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