The announcement marks the latest restriction imposed by the Trump administration on travellers from Africa. The United States has announced a pause on all routine visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe. The State Department said in a statement on Thursday that the US embassy in Zimbabwe would pause all routine visa services starting from Friday […]
The Story Behind a Famous Photo of a Starving Child in Gaza NPR Photos of a starving baby in Gaza shocked the world. Here’s how he’s doing now NPR Clear signs of systematic starvation in the Gaza Strip | Letters The Guardian Netanyahu threatens to sue New York Times for ‘clear defamation’ over misleading Gaza reporting Fox News Opinion
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The plane had taken off from the capital Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and was destined for Somaliland. An air ambulance has crashed into a residential area near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing at least six people and injuring two others, according to a local official. The mid-size jet took off from Wilson Airport at 2:17pm local
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PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide. The court said that the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations. The rest of the law — known as the “Duplomb law,” after the senator who proposed
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Mehdi Hasan debates ex-FM Diana Mondino on Milei’s fitness to lead and his radical ‘chainsaw’ economics. In 2024, Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei launched an economic overhaul that slashed public spending, gutted state institutions and triggered massive protests. The government dubbed it “chainsaw economics”. Critics say it’s deepening poverty and pushing the country into chaos,
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Two women and a man have been charged with showing support for proscribed terror group Palestine Action following a protest in central London. Jeremy Shippam, 71, of West Sussex, Judit Murray, 71, of Surrey, and Fiona Maclean, 53, of Hackney are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 September, the Metropolitan Police said.
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French political analyst Francois Burgat was charged with supporting terrorism over a social media post he shared, which included a statement by Hamas. He was later acquitted. Burgat joins Centre Stage to unpack the case, the politics behind it and what he believes it reveals about free speech and support for Palestine in the West.
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Russia, India, China and Brazil refuse to bend to US tariffs. Brazil, India, China and Russia remain firmly in Donald Trump’s sights as targets for his tariffs. Others, like the European Union, have caved and negotiated deals. But could the United States president’s confrontational stance forge new alliances, among those who have not, against Trump?
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Fort Stewart in Georgia locked down as active shooter reported, with casualties confirmed; situation remains ongoing. Five soldiers have been shot at the Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia, the base said in a social media post. Parts of Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia on Wednesday were locked down after an active shooter was reported on
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After a break of a decade, a passion play is to be performed again in Germany’s minority Sorbian language in the district of Crostwitz in the eastern state of Saxony, an event that has occurred every 10 years since 1995, with the first performance going back to 1936. Five performances of the play are planned for
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