Ex-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events
The long-time opposition leader died aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.
Ex-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events
The long-time opposition leader died aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.
Israeli strikes kill 42 in Gaza as both sides say the other breached truce
Hamas maintains it is abiding by ceasefire as Israel launches at least 20 air strikes on targets in southern Gaza.
Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding
Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime
The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed.
Continue reading...Trump ends aid to Colombia and calls country’s leader a ‘drug leader’
The move is the latest in a string of escalations from the US which has struck at least six ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks.
Iran may have ‘stoked’ Hamas to violate ceasefire – www.israelhayom.com
- Iran may have ‘stoked’ Hamas to violate ceasefire www.israelhayom.com
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Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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- Ukraine updates: Russian gas plant hit in long-range strike DW
Bangladesh garment exporters fear $1bn losses after huge airport fire
The fire gutted import cargo terminals areas at Dhaka airport, destroying an estimated $1bn of 'urgent air shipments'.
Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds
Triple-action therapy drug amivantamab could be given as an injection to help treat recurrent or metastatic cancers
Doctors have hailed “incredibly encouraging” trial results that show a triple-action smart jab can shrink tumours in head and neck cancer patients within six weeks.
Head and neck cancer is the world’s sixth most common form of the disease. If it spreads or comes back after standard treatment, patients may be offered immunotherapy and platinum chemotherapy. But if this fails, there is often little else doctors can do.
Continue reading...Police to look into claims Prince Andrew sought information on accuser
Media reports say he asked his police protection to find out personal details about Virginia Giuffre.
Trump calls Colombia’s Petro ‘a drug leader’, says US to cut aid to country
Petro calls Trump "rude and ignorant about Colombia" a day after he demanded answers about US strikes in Caribbean.
Gaza’s traumatised children urgently need the hope education offers
Restoring education in Gaza is as urgent as humanitarian provision. It can help children begin to recover from trauma.
Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga laid to rest
Final ceremony follows days of memorial events that left five people dead and hundreds injured during stampedes.
Houthi rebels detain 20 UN staff in Yemen
Five Yemenis and 15 foreign workers held as Iran-backed group steps up its campaign against international agencies
Houthi rebels have detained 20 employees at a UN facility in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.
They are holding five Yemenis and 15 international workers but released another 11 after questioning them on Sunday. It was the second raid on a UN building in Sana’a in 24 hours.
Continue reading...Taliban and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes
Both sides claim to have inflicted heavy casualties in cross-border clashes which began last week.
Taliban and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes
Both sides claim to have inflicted heavy casualties in cross-border clashes which began last week.
Suspected scam investment firms ‘exploiting Trustpilot review system’
Fake reviews, forged certificates and stolen corporate identities being used to lure victims, KwikChex finds
Suspected scam investment companies are exploiting Trustpilot’s review system by giving themselves five-star ratings to persuade would-be investors that they are legitimate businesses, a report has warned.
An investigation by the verification firm KwikChex found operators using fake reviews, forged certificates and stolen corporate identities to lure victims.
Continue reading...Top Bupa staff awarded $14m in bonuses despite insurer admitting to misleading thousands of Australians
Exclusive: Mandatory company disclosures show one bonus amounted to $2.5m, more than double their annual salary
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More than $14m in bonuses was awarded to senior Australian health insurance staff at Bupa little more than a year before the company admitted to unconscionably causing customers to cancel or delay medical procedures.
The bonuses, for more than 20 staff in 2023-24, came after the insurer had engaged in “misleading and deceptive conduct” between May 2018 and August 2023. This affected more than 7,500 customers, leaving many out of pocket for procedures they were entitled to claim.
Continue reading...NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says
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The New South Wales government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel before it attempted a failed reintroduction of koalas to a forest in the state’s south that resulted in the death of more than half the animals.
Internal documents show most members of a panel advising the state environment department on plans to relocate endangered koalas as part of a conservation strategy recommended against moving marsupials from forest near Wollongong to the South East Forest national park near Bega, a five-hour drive away.
Continue reading...Story of Indigenous activist’s murder takes top prize at London film festival
Jury says documentary about killing of Argentinian campaigner Javier Chocobar brings ‘a measure of the justice’ denied by the courts
A documentary about the murder of the Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar has taken the top prize at the London film festival, with the jury calling it “a measure of the justice” that has long been denied by the courts.
The Argentine film-maker Lucrecia Martel’s first documentary, Landmarks, won the best film award in the festival’s official competition, it was announced on Sunday.
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