Category: 2. World
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S Africans mark Quds Day in front of US embassy (+VIDEO)
The American embassy in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa witnessed a large demonstration attended by more than 10,000 demonstrators on Saturday. More than 20 non-governmental organizations and political parties had released a call for demonstration on Saturday afternoon. The following are the related photos and videos: Continue Reading News Source: en.mehrnews.com
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Qassam inflicts heavy losses on Israeli regime Saturday
The Qassam Brigades announced in a statement on Saturday that they killed three Zionist regime’s soldiers in Khan Younis, located in the south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of Israeli troops killed on Saturday to eight. The Hamas forces targeted three Israeli ‘Merkava’ tanks with ‘Al-Yassin 105’ shells and successfully hit rescue forces…
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OIC condemns Israeli assault on worshippers at al-Aqsa Mosque
The OIC made the remarks in a statement on Saturday, a day after Israeli troops fired tear gas and poison-gas bombs at Palestinians inside al-Aqsa courtyards, preventing thousands of worshipers from entering the holy site and attending Friday prayers, Press TV reported. The 57-member bloc further denounced Israel’s actions which resulted in numerous injuries and…
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Fears of spiralling debt as ‘buy now pay later’ credit quadruples in UK | Borrowing & debt
Ministers are being urged to intervene over a surge in unregulated “buy now, pay later” credit after the amount UK consumers spend online using such deals rose up to £1.7bn a month. Debt advisers warn that many people are routinely resorting to deferred payments to buy household essentials. Any consumer who then misses payments risks…
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‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster | Abortion
A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up policy briefings for politicians. The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary…
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Tens of thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orbán’s government | Hungary
Tens of thousands of people have turned out in downtown Budapest to protest against the government of Viktor Orbán. Protesters marched to parliament in the unusually warm spring weather, some of them shouting “We are not scared” and “Orbán, resign”. Many carried the Hungarian flag or wore clothing in its red, white and green colours,…
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UK churches keen to host heavy metal bands after duet with organist is a hit | Metal
It was a “bonkers gig”, pairing heavy metal with a pipe organ – a musical curiosity that the bands thought would surely seldom be repeated, if ever. But Pantheïst and Arð, the doom metals bands who performed the concert at Huddersfield town hall last year, have been inundated with requests to repeat the performance –…
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More than 4,000 people evacuated in Russia after dam bursts | Russia
Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst. Emergency services had been working through the night after the dam burst in the city of Orsk on Friday after torrential rain. The press service of the Orenburg governor said “4,208 people,…
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Two passenger planes clip wings on Heathrow runway | Heathrow airport
Two passenger planes clipped wings on the runway while one of the aircraft was being towed at Heathrow. Footage on social media shows the wing of a Virgin Atlantic plane overlapping the wing of a British Airways aircraft while emergency services surround the area at the UK’s busiest airport. The Virgin Boeing 787-9 plane had…
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Two dead and seven wounded in shooting at Florida shopping mall | Florida
Two people have died and seven have been wounded following a shooting at a popular shopping mall in Florida. A fight broke out at the Martini Bar located in the CityPlace Doral early on Saturday morning, according to Miami-Dade police. The altercation resulted in a security guard, who intervened in the dispute, being shot and…