Witness testimony to continue in Trump’s trial
Al Jazeera : Witness testim%ony is set to begin for a fourth day in former United States President Donald Trump’s New York trial related to hush-money payments made to an adult film star. Trump’s...
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Gaza baby saved from dead mother’s womb dies
Reuters : A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother’s womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who...
Students block Paris’ Sciences Po university over Gaza war
Reuters : Students blocked access to Paris’ prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday, demanding the institution condemn Israel’s actions, in a protest that echoed similar demonstrations on US campuses....
Mahathir faces anticorruption probe
Al Jazeera : Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is being investigated in connection with a corruption probe involving his sons, the country’s anticorruption agency has confirmed. Azam Baki, chief commissioner of the Malaysian...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand
News Desk : Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia sweltered through unusually hot weather on Thursday, as the Thai government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year. A...
Vaccines saved at least 154m lives in 50 years: WHO
AFP : Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants. That is...
Trump meets former Japanese PM
AFP : Donald Trump met with former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso in New York on Tuesday, part of the Republican’s shadow diplomacy as he campaigns to return to the White House in November’s...
Victims of China floods race to salvage property
AFP : Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters, as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come. Massive downpours have struck Guangdong province...
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
Reuters : UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that he was “horrified” by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds...
One dead after two Japan navy helicopters crash in Pacific
Al Jazeera : Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night-time training exercise after possibly colliding with each other, killing one person, the defence minister said...
Israel pounds Gaza as West Bank violence surges
AFP : Israel carried out deadly strikes in Gaza, first responders in the war-battered Palestinian territory said on Sunday (Apr 21), as violence flared in the occupied West Bank. The latest bombardments came as...
Moscow says US aid to Ukraine will ‘exacerbate global crises’
AFP : Moscow on Saturday slammed the approval by the US House of Representatives for an aid package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. “The allocation of US military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan...