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Syria: An eruption of violence and a misinformation crisis | Syria’s War

Just months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been rocked by an eruption of violence. Coastal towns have turned into killing fields, with forces aligned with the government accused of massacring hundreds of civilians from religious minorities. The Syrian online space is also littered with misinformation – part of an information war […]

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Cuba suffers nationwide power outage, plunging millions into darkness

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Havana CNN — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness. “At around 8:15 p.m. tonight, a failure at the Diezmero substation caused a significant loss of generation in the west of #Cuba and with it the failure of the National Electric

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G7 Foreign Ministers Agree on Ukraine Policy Amid Tensions Over Trump Tariffs

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Despite high tensions between the Trump administration and some of America’s closest allies over tariffs and Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies who were meeting this week in Canada forged common ground in a communiqué that glossed over many of their sharp differences. Top diplomats from Canada, the host of the

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Will Israel be held accountable for genocidal acts in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

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UN report finds systemic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians. A United Nations investigation concludes Israel has carried out genocidal acts by destroying Gaza’s main fertility clinic and maternity hospitals. Israel has rejected the report, which also alleges sexual violence. What are the implications? And will there be accountability? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Sari

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Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine

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Finnish court sentences Russian fighter to life imprisonment for war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers in 2014. A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The district court of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, ruled on Friday that Voislav Torden, then a commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary

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Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

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In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of thousands of civilians, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared at an International Criminal Court hearing via a video link on Friday. Mr. Duterte’s arrest this week on charges of crimes against humanity,

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Indian Premier League 2025: Axar Patel named Delhi Capitals captain

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India international Axar Patel is the last IPL 2025 captain to be named as Delhi Capitals make belated announcement. India’s spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has been named Delhi Capitals captain in the run-up to the new Indian Premier League season, the team said. The 31-year-old is the team’s longest-serving player, having joined in 2019. He

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Columbia University punishes pro-Palestine students who occupied building

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An unknown number of Columbia students were suspended from campus, expelled or had their degrees revoked. New York’s Columbia University said it has handed down punishments to pro-Palestine student protesters who occupied a university building last year during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Punishments range from multi-year suspensions to expulsions, and revocation of student degrees, the university

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Chinese restaurant Haidilao apologizes after video of diners urinating into hotpot broth goes viral

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Beijing Reuters — Chinese hotpot giant Haidilao said it would compensate over 4,000 diners who had visited one of its outlets in Shanghai after two diners urinated into their hotpot broth. A video showing two men urinating into the broth of their hotpot while dining in a private room at a Haidilao restaurant started circulating

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Could the Ukraine war be nearing an end? | Russia-Ukraine war

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President Trump’s diplomatic drive puts pressure on Kyiv and Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the front while Washington’s diplomatic drive to end the Ukraine war intensifies. US officials are in Moscow after winning Ukrainian backing for a 30-day ceasefire. Is the war nearing an end – and what are the obstacles? Presenter: Cyril Vanier

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