Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee camps

Timeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating toll

Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, NGOs and the UN have said, as the country’s civil war enters its third year.

The UK is hosting ministers from 20 countries in London on Tuesday in an attempt to restart stalled peace talks. However, diplomatic efforts have often been sidelined by other crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024

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European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record

The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest year on record.

Dramatic scenes of cars piled up on inundated streets and bridges being ripped away by raging torrents were seen around the continent in 2024, with “high” floods on 30% of the European river network and 12% crossing the “severe” flood threshold, according to the European State of the Climate report.

Republican supporters of Ukraine put pressure on Trump after missile strikes – The Guardian

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Exclusive | U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis – WSJ

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Exclusive | U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis WSJ
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Hundreds may have been killed in recent Darfur attacks, says UN

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The UN cites "credible sources" for the estimated death toll of recent attacks on refugee camps in Darfur.

More than 400 killed by rebel group in Sudan says UN – BBC

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EU plan to end Russian oil and gas imports due out in May – Reuters

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EU plan to end Russian oil and gas imports due out in May Reuters
Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma Reuters
EU mulls plan to let importers break Russian gas contracts without penalties The Guardian
German, French energy giants consider restoring gas supplies from Russia's Gazprom, Reuters reports The Kyiv Independent
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What Trump really wants from Canada

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Donald Trump's return to the White House has created flashpoints between the North American neighbours.

US begins inquiry into pharmaceutical and chip imports in bid to impose tariffs

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Notices show Trump administration setting stage for levies on both sectors on national security grounds

The Trump administration is kicking off investigations into imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors on national security grounds, notices posted to the Federal Register on Monday showed.

The filings scheduled to be published on Wednesday set a 21-day deadline from that date for the submission of public comment on the issue and indicate the administration intends to pursue the levies under authority granted by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Such inquiries need to be completed within 270 days after being announced.

JD Vance fumbles Ohio State’s national title trophy during White House visit

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Vice-president unable to hang on to trophy
Buckeyes were celebrating last season’s title win

JD Vance, the man entrusted as America’s back-up in times of emergency, may not be the safest pair of hands if Monday’s events are anything to go by. The vice-president ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House by fumbling the team’s national championship trophy.

After laudatory speeches by Donald Trump, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the Vance – an Ohio State graduate – tried to lift the trophy. He didn’t appear to realize that the top of the trophy is detachable from its base. After a moment of struggle, the vice-president lost his grip on the two pieces. OSU running back TreVeyon Henderson, standing behind Vance, grabbed the football-shaped top of the trophy, but the base fell to the ground, forcing Vance to grasp around as it rolled away from him.

UK riots led to deterioration in asylum seekers’ mental health, says report

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Mental Health Foundation says civil unrest last summer left many fearful of attacks by far-right protesters

Last summer’s riots, which took place after the murder of three girls at a Southport dance class, led to a deterioration in the mental health of asylum seekers, with many becoming fearful of walking down the street in case they were targeted by far-right protesters, according to a report.

The report from the Mental Health Foundation, published on Tuesday, identified a decline in the mental health of asylum seekers as a result of the civil unrest and attacks on hotels, compared with the state of their mental health when they published a similar report in February 2024.

‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average

The big American tech firms known as the “Silicon Six” have been accused of paying almost $278bn (£211bn) less corporate income tax in the past decade compared with the statutory rate for US companies making the same profits.

Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft generated $11tn of revenue and $2.5tn of profits over the past 10 years.

‘Welcome green shoots’: warm March weather gives 1.1% lift to UK retail sales

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

Spring sunshine boosted spending on gardening, DIY and food products, but households are still ‘prudently budgeting’ as bills rise

Warm weather in March helped give a lift to retailers despite a late Easter, with sales of gardening, DIY, food, and health and beauty products getting a boost from the spring sunshine.

Purchases for Mother’s Day also helped retail sales climb 1.1% last month, according to a British Retail Consortium-KPMG survey, keeping pace with February despite trading against a much stronger period a year before and a downturn in visitor numbers on high streets and in retail parks as more sales shifted online.

Palestinian student activist arrested at US citizenship interview

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Admin

The green card holder was held "in direct retaliation" for his role in campus protests, says his lawyer.

Trump officials step up defiance over man wrongly deported to El Salvador

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Administration advances new misrepresentations of US supreme court order in case of Kilmar Abrego García

The Trump administration on Monday misrepresented a US supreme court decision that compelled it to return a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, using tortured readings of the order to justify taking no actions to secure his release.

The supreme court last week unanimously ordered the administration to “facilitate” the release of Kilmar Abrego García, who was supposed to have been protected from deportation to El Salvador regardless of whether he was a member of the MS-13 gang.