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Thursday, 05 June 2025 21:04
Germany: WW2 bombs defused after mass evacuation
Authorities in Cologne have safely defused three large American World War 2 bombs after evacuating over 20,000 people in what officials described as the city’s largest operation since the war. Discovered in a shipyard, the bombs…
Thursday, 05 June 2025 21:01
Gaza ‘worse than hell on earth’, says ICRC president
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, has condemned the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, calling it ‘worse than hell on earth.’ In an interview, she declared that ‘humanity is…
Thursday, 05 June 2025 21:00
South Korea: new president faces immediate challenges
Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, has entered office immediately following the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who failed in an attempt to impose martial law. Lee’s decisive victory, with nearly 50% of the…
Thursday, 05 June 2025 20:58
India: devastating floods
Flooding and landslides caused by relentless rains have devastated northeastern India, with at least 44 people confirmed dead. Assam state has seen twelve deaths from flooding and five from landslides, with nearly 1,500 villages and over…
Thursday, 05 June 2025 20:53
USA: Musk calls Trump’s tax bill an abomination
Elon Musk has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending bill, calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’ and condemning the Republicans who supported it. Passed by the House in May, the bill includes expansive tax cuts,…
Thursday, 05 June 2025 20:51
El Salvador: three colonels convicted for 1982 murder of Dutch journalists
Three retired colonels have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for orchestrating the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during El Salvador’s civil war. They are former defence minister Jose Guillermo Garcia (91), Francisco Moran…