[New Times] President Paul Kagame is expected to attend the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meeting, slated for May 27 to 31, that focuses on structural reforms to drive socioeconomic transformation on the continent.

[New Times] MPost, a Kenyan digital postal service, has launched its e-PO boxservice in Rwanda. This means over a million Rwandans can now use their phone numbers as postal addresses to receive mail and parcels, instead of revealing their physical address.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Prosecute Participants Fairly; Investigate Possible Summary Killings

Tanzanian Foreign Minister January Makamba has shared his insights on Africa’s international relations Read Full Article at RT.com

The NATO chief’s proposal to provide Ukraine with €100 billion in aid is “a bit confusing,” an Eastern European official has told Politico Read Full Article at RT.com

American arms set to arrive in Taiwan will be new ones, unlike those sent to Ukraine, Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Papua New Guinea authorities fear over 2,000 people are buried under rubble from Friday’s landslide, AP reports, citing a letter to the UN Read Full Article at RT.com

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned the Israeli attacks on Rafah, the latest of which was the targeting of tents of displaced Palestinians near the warehouses of UNRWA that killed at least 40 people, mostly children and women.  The foreign ministry, in a statement on social media X, also affirmed the Kingdom’s rejection of the blatant violations by the Israeli occupation forces of all international and humanitarian laws.  It also called on the international community to intervene immediately.

The former president has publicly waffled on the Israel-Gaza war. But he told wealthy donors he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror.”

From Barbie girls to brides, police officers to prisoners, clubbers took to the streets in an array of costumes to celebrate the start of the summer season.

As the Seychelles' government continues its work to raise funds for the construction of a proposed new hospital, several companies and individuals have made their contributions, and the latest donations of up to SCR750,000 ($52,000), were made on Monday. The donations were made to the New Hospital Fund in a short ceremony at State House and the cheques were handed over to Vice President Ahmed Afif in the absence of President Wavel Ramkalawan, who is on overseas missions. The cheques were from Amsa Healthcare, Marlu Seychelles and Amazon Betting Seychelles. Amsa Healthcare pledged SCR5 million, ($344,000) to the fund and made a first contribution of SCR500,000 ($34,000) as part of the pledge. The other donation from Marlu Seychelles,  a semi-industrial fishing company in the country, was for SCR150,000 ($10,000).   Amazon Betting Seychelles donated SCR100,000 ($8,000) to the fund. The Vice President said it was a pleasure to receive such donations from these companies. «This is a very kind gesture, which will go to building an infrastructure that will benefit everyone in Seychelles,» said Afif. He added that while a new building will be constructed, it is the hospital services that the government wants to bring to the highest standard. The New Hospital Fund was launched last year to raise funds for the construction of a new and modern Seychelles Hospital. It is expected to be built on part of the premises of the current Seychelles Hospital in the central district of Mont Fleuri. The estimated sum for the construction of the new hospital is SCR1 billion ($69 million). When he announced the setting up of the New Hospital Fund Last year, President Ramkalawan revealed that the new hospital will be built where the current one is and that details of the plan when finalised will be shared with the public.   A technical committee was set up in October 2023 to kickstart the project which is scheduled to commence in 2024.

SINGAPORE — A private-hire driver took a laptop that a passenger accidentally left behind and lied that he had not seen it. Riduan Chumadi, who was a Grab driver at the time, sent the laptop for a factory reset, causing all data in the device — including two years of work-related information — to be deleted. The victim, a 42-year-old bank employee, told investigators that her daily work would be impaired for the next six months to a year. Riduan, 46, was sentenced to a week in jail on May 24 after he pleaded guilty to one count of dishonestly misappropriating the device. The incident happened on Oct 18, 2023, when the victim left her office in Marina Boulevard at around 1.45pm and boarded Riduan's car. State Prosecuting Officer (SPO) Lam Peng Choy said the woman accidentally left her laptop worth $3,000 inside the vehicle when she alighted around 15 minutes later at Raffles Hospital in North Bridge Road.  Riduan picked up another passenger, who found the device and handed it to Riduan. SPO Lam told the court: "The accused decided to dishonestly misappropriate the laptop and… kept it in the boot of the car.

SINGAPORE — Ten power-assisted bicycles (PABs) and brakeless bicycles were seized during an islandwide enforcement operation by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on May 24. In response to The Straits Times' queries on May 27, LTA said operations were carried out at AMK Hub, Waterway Point and The Seletar Mall. LTA added that the offences by riders included riding their PABs on footpaths, riding and keeping an unregistered PAB, tampering the seal on a PAB, riding brakeless bicycles and failure to attach a registration number plate. «LTA conducts daily operations islandwide to enforce against errant active mobility users and to educate users on active mobility rules and guidelines,» LTA said, adding those who breach its regulations will be dealt with. 

All construction sites with a contract sum of $5 million and above will be required to install a Video Surveillance System (VSS) for employee safety from June 1, 2024. This system acts as a deterrent for unsafe workplace behaviours, provides valuable training resources for companies and offers insights for investigations of safety incidents and near-misses, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday (May 27). The VSS was demonstrated to AsiaOne during a media visit to the Serangoon Polyclinic construction site along Upper Serangoon Road on Monday. Charles Cruz, 51, an interface engineer from Zheng Keng Engineering and Construction, the project's main contractor, showed the media the surveillance system which monitors workers in high-risk locations and uses video analytics to see if they upheld safety practices. The system, which was installed last October, automatically detects safety breaches and sends an alert to supervisors.  It costs $25,000, which Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad said was a small proportion for a multi-million-dollar project.

Garowe (HOL) - The Ministry of Information of Puntland Regional State denied the federal government’s statement that Somali army forces and their international partners killed 20 al-Shabab militants in an operation in Puntland State.

«Ad hoc, short-term, voluntary announcements are good, but in the long term we need more predictable, stronger support for Ukraine,» Jens Stoltenberg emphasized

Jens Stoltenberg noted that 99% of weapons are supplied to Kiev by NATO countries

Replying to a question as to which subjects will be touched upon with the Taliban representatives at the forum, Zamir Kabulov said that there are many promising fields of cooperation

The floods forced over 581,000 people to leave their homes, while the rains and hurricanes affected more than 2.3 million people in the region, the authorities said

The programme includes more than 150 thematic sessions, which will be attended by over 1,000 moderators and speakers

On Saturday afternoon, Rooney was appointed as the new manager of Plymouth Argyle on a three-year deal - just four months after being sacked by Birmingham City .

Overcrowding, car parking issues and out of order public toilets are just some of the issues to plague local areas.

An estimated 500 followers gathered on St Martin's Lane to cheer on their 27-year-old idol as he made his way through the Duke of York's stage door for a new production of Romeo and Juliet last night.

From Barbie girls to brides, police officers to prisoners, clubbers took to the streets in an array of costumes to celebrate the start of the summer season.

Details of the operation were revealed in Government court papers relating to a legal battle over a decision to ban former Albanian president Sali Berisha from the UK.

Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change.

Experts say cognitive health is about much more than forgetting someone's name or where you put your phone. But studies have shown there are lots of things we can do to help our brains stay sharp — from exercise to sleep to social connections. 

The market is growing for marine collagen, which is promoted for joint health and youthful skin. But with overfishing and climate change already threatening global ocean wildlife, is this a sustainable place to turn for anti-aging hope?

A New Brunswick woman says her Facebook account was hijacked then used to swindle her friends out of thousands of dollars. All the while, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, did nothing to stop the crime in progress. A cybercrime expert says Canada needs regulations that force companies to respond quickly to urgent situations.

An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves. «The severe Cyclone Remal has started crossing the Bangladesh coast,» Bangladesh Meteorological Department Director Azizur Rahman told AFP, adding the raging storm could continue hammering the coast until at least the early hours of Monday morning. «We have so far recorded maximum wind speeds of 90 kilometres (56 miles) per hour, but the wind speed may pick up more pace.» Forecasters predicted gusts of up to 130 kilometres (81 miles) per hour, with heavy rain and winds also lashing neighbouring India. Authorities have raised the danger signal to its highest level. Cyclones have killed hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh in recent decades, but the number of superstorms hitting its densely populated coast has increased sharply, from one a year to as many as three, due to the impact of climate change. «The cyclone could unleash a storm surge of up to 12 feet (four metres) above normal astronomical tide, which can be dangerous,» Bangladeshi senior weather official Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik told AFP. Most of Bangladesh's coastal areas are a metre or two above sea level and high storm surges can devastate villages. «We are terrified,» said 35-year-old fisherman Yusuf Fakir at Kuakata, a town on the very southern tip of Bangladesh in the predicted route of the storm, speaking just before its arrival. While he had sent his wife and children to a relative's home inland, he stayed put to guard their belongings. At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages, while more than 50,000 people in India also moved inland from the vast Sundarbans mangrove forest, where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet the sea, government ministers and disaster officials said. «We want to ensure that a single life is not lost,» said Bankim Chandra Hazra, a senior minister in India's West Bengal state. - Ferry sinks - As people fled, Bangladeshi police said that a heavily laden ferry carrying more than 50 passengers -- double its capacity -- was swamped and sank near Mongla, a port in the expected path of the storm. «At least 13 people were injured and were taken to a hospital,» local police chief Mushfiqur Rahman Tushar told AFP, adding that other boats plucked the passengers to safety. A young man drowned in rough seas at Kuakata on Sunday afternoon, district government administrator Nur Kutubul Alam told AFP. Bangladesh’s disaster management secretary Kamrul Hasan said people had been ordered to move from «unsafe and vulnerable» homes. «At least 800,000 people have been shifted to cyclone shelters,» Hasan said. The authorities have mobilised tens of thousands of volunteers to alert people to the danger, but local officials said many people stayed home as they feared their property would be stolen if they left. He said around 4,000 cyclone shelters have been readied along the country's lengthy coast on the Bay of Bengal. - Airports close - In addition to the villagers and fishermen, many of the multi-storey centres have space to shelter cattle, buffaloes and goats, as well as pets. On the low-lying island of Bhashan Char, home to 36,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, 57 cyclone centres were opened, deputy refugee commissioner Mohammad Rafiqul Haque told AFP. The country's three seaports and the airport in the second-largest city Chittagong were closed, officials said. India's Kolkata airport closed Sunday, while the Indian navy readied two ships with aid and medical supplies for «immediate deployment». While scientists say climate change is fuelling more storms, better forecasting and more effective evacuation planning have dramatically reduced the death toll. In the Great Bhola Cyclone in November 1970, an estimated half a million people died -- mostly drowned by the storm surge. In May last year, Cyclone Mocha became the most powerful storm to hit Bangladesh since Cyclone Sidr in November 2007. Sidr killed more than 3,000 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. Last October, at least two people were killed and nearly 300,000 fled their homes for storm shelters when Cyclone Hamoon hit the country's southeastern coast. © Agence France-Presse

The Palestinian Red Crescent said late Sunday an Israeli air strike killed and wounded a «large number» of people in a designated humanitarian area of Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah. «The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crews are transporting a large number of martyrs and injured individuals following the occupation's targeting of the displaced persons' tents near the United Nations headquarters northwest of Rafah,» the Red Crescent said in a post on X. It added that «this location was designated by the Israeli occupation as a humanitarian area». The Hamas-run ministry of health and the emergency committee of the Rafah Governorate reported a strike on a displacement centre near Rafah, saying it had killed and wounded dozens. Israel's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel launched a ground operation on Rafah in early May despite widespread opposition over concerns for civilians sheltering there. Earlier on Sunday, Israel's army said at least eight rockets were fired towards central areas of the country from Rafah. Hamas's armed wing said in a post on Telegram it had targeted Tel Aviv «with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians». Later Sunday the Israel' military said in a statement its air force had carried out strikes on Rafah in response. «The rocket launcher, which was situated near two mosques in the area of Rafah, was struck by the (Israeli Air Force) shortly after.» © Agence France-Presse

DOMINIC LAWSON: Across what is sometimes termed 'the civilised world', it has been understood that as education is a public good, it should not be subject to this form of taxation.

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