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Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder, vows to fight on ahead of crucial court date
LONDON (Reuters) - In a week's time, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange could be on a flight to the United States at the end of his years-long legal battle to avoid extradition. Whatever happens, his wife Stella vows the fight for his freedom will go on. ...
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Israeli tanks push into Gaza’s Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again
Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war. Israel’s international allies and aid groups...
photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana, File
Melinda French Gates steps down as Gates Foundation co-chair
Melinda French Gates has said she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded more than 20 years ago. “This is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates posted on X on Monday. “I am immensely proud of the...
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The far-right threatens the migration policy of the EU
It took three years of negotiations between member states for the smoke to clear on the most thorny issue of European policy, that of immigration. The new Migration and Asylum Pact attempted to bridge the differences among member states, emphasizing solidarity and a more equitable distribution of...
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14 killed and dozens injured after Mumbai billboard collapse
A billboard has collapsed and killed 14 people and injured dozens in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported on Monday. MUMBAI, India, May 14: A sudden storm in Mumbai resulted in a catastrophic event as a massive billboard collapsed,...
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Number of internally displaced people hit new record in 2023: Report
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the globe hit a record 75.9 million in 2023, an NGO monitor has found. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said in a report released on Tuesday that 7.7 million people were displaced by disasters and 68.3 million by conflict and...
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Blinken in Ukraine to assure US support amid new Russian offensive
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed...
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Putin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and Ukraine. Putin will arrive in China just over a week...
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New Caledonia closes its airport, imposes curfew amid violence
New Caledonia mobilized security forces, closed its international airport, and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests turned violent and police were attacked, the French High Commission said on Tuesday. New Caledonia's government called for calm and condemned the destruction of property....
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India election: Will a 45C heatwave affect who voters choose?
New Delhi, IndiaMidway through his address to voters in the searing heat of central India late in April, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari fainted and collapsed on stage. When he was revived a few minutes later, Gadkari returned to the podium, blaming the oppressive weather...
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