At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack by Sudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in al-Jazira state, activists said.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been at war with Sudan’s regular army since April 2023 but have in recent days intensified their violence against civilians in al-Jazira, south of …
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Rescuers in the Philippines raced Saturday to reach people still stranded in areas made inaccessible by flooding from Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed at least 97 people.Trami battered the main island of Luzon and forced nearly half a million people to flee their homes as heavy rain caused widespread floods and landslides.In the hardest-hit …
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Fossil fuel exploration is threatening an ever-expanding swath of the Coral Triangle, one of the most biodiverse marine areas in the world, a report said Saturday. Issued to coincide with the UN’s COP16 summit on biodiversity in Colombia, the report warned expansion in oil, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Indo-Pacific region was putting …
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Georgia’s ruling party is set to beat the pro-Western opposition in a closely watched legislative election Saturday, according to partial results that indicated a new setback to the Caucasus country’s bid to join the European Union.The election in Russia’s southern neighbour has been portrayed by political analysts as a fundamental choice between a European future …
The pro-Western opposition and the ruling party were both shown as victorious in rival exit polls after Georgia’s legislative closely-watched legislative election on Saturday seen as a fundamental choice between a European future or closer ties with Russia.Four pro-Western opposition groups which have agreed to form a coalition received 51.9 percent of the vote, according …
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Georgia’s opposition is tipped to win a narrow majority in Saturday’s elections, an exit poll showed after a vote seen by political analysts as a choice between a European future or closer ties with Russia.Four pro-Western opposition groups which have agreed to form a coalition received 51.9 percent of the vote, according to an exit …
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Erling Haaland fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League as the striker sealed a 1-0 win against Southampton, while third-placed Aston Villa were frustrated by Bournemouth’s last-gasp leveller on Saturday.Haaland had gone three league games without a goal but he ended that mini drought in the first half at the Etihad Stadium.That …
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump battled for holdout votes over the penultimate weekend of campaigning across US swing states, with Michelle Obama to join the Democrat onstage before the Republican nominee hosts an eyebrow-raising rally in New York.With just 10 days left in a bitterly contested presidential race, the rivals converged Saturday on Michigan, one …
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Israel bombed military targets in Iran on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, fulfilling a vow to avenge a missile barrage and stirring fears of a full-scale Middle East war.Israel warned Iran would “pay a heavy price” if it responded to the strikes, and the United States and Britain both demanded Tehran not escalate the …
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