A policeman has been arrested after he was allegedly found with ganja, a SIM card and other contraband at the lock-up at the Whithorn police station in Westmoreland. The incident happened about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Gunmen shot and injured three persons at a grocery shop near the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens cemetery in Frazer's Content, St Catherine on Sunday. The incident happened 5:10 p.m. 

Nairobi (HOL) - Former Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad, criticized the Somali government for refusing to engage in talks with the Ethiopian government regarding Addis Ababa’s so-called Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the breakaway region of Somaliland.

An estimated 15,000 locals joined the protest that snaked through the capital Palma and headed for Weyler Square, where holidaymakers were out in force for dinner and drinks

TV's 'golden couple' have split after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together, declaring publicly they are to divorce after work commitments 'took their marriage in different directions'.

A leading Russian fishery increased exports of crab to China by 33% last year, export data suggests Read Full Article at RT.com

A group of concerned citizens has announced plans to inspect the National Registration Bureau (NRB) registration centers in Blantyre from May 27th to June 3rd, 2024. The inspection comes as the NRB extends the registration period for Phase 8 of the National ID Outreach and Community Death Registration exercises in Lilongwe City and Blantyre City […] The post Concerned Citizens to Inspect NRB Registration Centers appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Farmers under Mbalame dairy Cooperative in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkukula in Dowa district have received 69 dairy cows, thanks to Norwegian Church Aid/DanChurch Aid (NCA/DCA) Country Joint Programme, which has made the donation possible through The Sustainable Food Systems for Rural Agriculture Transformation and Resilience (TRANSFORM) program. NCA/DCA Malawi Joint Country Programme’s […] The post Dowa farmers receive 69 dairy cows from NCA/DCA appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Minister of Mining Monica Chang’anamuno has expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the implementation of policies under Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan. Chang’anamuno made the remarks on Monday during the official opening of the 2024 Malawi OGP Week in Lilongwe held under the theme: “Promoting Transparency, Accountability and Citizen Engagement.” She said […] The post Minister Chang’anamuno satisfied with progress in implementation of OGP National Action Plan appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

EU Member States have a shared responsibility to give protection to asylum-seekers, and to ensure they receive fair treatment and that their cases are examined in accordance with uniform standards. The common European asylum system (CEAS) establishes common standards for Member States in their procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection. A critical aspect of a common approach to international protection is application of the 'safe country of origin' concept. In the context of refugees, the term 'safe country of origin' (SCO) has been used to refer to countries whose citizens should not, in theory, be granted international protection, since those countries are widely regarded as safe. The concept can refer to the automatic exclusion from refugee status of nationals originating from SCOs, or it can raise a presumption of safety that those nationals must rebut. Several international and regional human rights bodies have either raised concerns about the use of the SCO concept or proposed appropriate safeguards to ensure that fundamental rights of persons in genuine need of international protection, but who originate from SCOs, are respected. At EU level, the concept has gradually developed as part of the CEAS, culminating in the adoption of the provisions on the common EU list of SCOs. Many Member States have already established national SCO lists. With the new asylum legislation, transposition of the SCO concept will be mandatory for all Member States, which will also be able to retain or introduce national SCO lists other than those designated at EU level. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met with Anders Hall, the State Secretary of the Swedish Ministry of Justice, in Mogadishu on Monday.

Somalia faces the challenge of balancing immediate humanitarian needs with long-term investments in human capital to achieve sustainable development. Managing the delicate balance between addressing immediate humanitarian needs and making long-term investments in human capital for sustainable development in Somalia is particularly complex due to its unique circumstances.

The man is understood to have received medical treatment after falling ill at Sunday's race before he was taken to hopsital, where he later died.

The horse riding world has paid tribute to Georgie Campbell after the British rider tragically died following a fall at the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon on Sunday.

Amie Gray, from nearby Poole, has been described as a 'beautiful person inside and out'.

Weir Wood Sailing Club has offered yachting and windsurfing on the same stretch of water in East Sussex since 1966. But it has been hit by a number of charges from their new landlord.

The event, which has taken place every year on Cooper's Hill since the 1820s, will go ahead today despite objections from Tewkesbury's safety advisory group.

Asylum-seekers and refugees must be treated according to the standards laid down in human rights and refugee law. The 2015 migration crisis revealed wide divergences in the reception conditions in the EU Member States. While some encounter difficulties in ensuring adequate and dignified treatment of applicants, others offer more generous standards of reception. This has led to secondary movements of asylum-seekers and refugees, putting pressure on some Member States. The aim of the proposed recast Reception Conditions Directive, to replace the current one, is to ensure greater harmonisation of reception standards and more equal treatment of asylum-seekers across the entire EU, as well as to avoid 'asylum shopping', whereby asylum-seekers choose the Member State with the highest protection standards for their application. The Commission tabled its proposal on the recast directive in 2016. After reaching a partial provisional agreement on its text in 2018, the Parliament and the Council reached a final agreement on 15 December 2022. The Parliament adopted the agreed text at first reading at its plenary session of 10 April 2024, and Coreper approved the agreement on 8 February 2024. After the presidents of both institutions signed the directive on 14 May 2024, it was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 22 May 2024 and will enter into force in June 2024. Member States will then have 2 years to transpose the provisions of the directive into their national laws. Sixth edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

In September 2020, the European Commission submitted a proposal on asylum and migration management, to replace the 2013 Dublin Regulation that determines the EU Member State responsible for examining asylum applications. While the proposal 'essentially preserves' the current criteria for determining this responsibility, it would also make changes and additions to the regulation, especially on solidarity and responsibility-sharing for asylum-seekers among Member States. The proposal came after a failed attempt to reform EU asylum policy following the 2015 migration crisis. While the migratory context had since changed, the migration situation remained fragile. According to the Commission, addressing this situation required a relaunch of the reform of the common European asylum system. The new system would ensure international protection for those who need it and be effective and humane towards those who have to be returned. On 20 December 2023, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the proposal. The Parliament adopted the agreed text at first reading at its plenary session of 10 April 2024, and Coreper approved the agreement on 8 February 2024. After the presidents of both institutions signed the regulation on 14 May 2024, it was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 22 May 2024. The regulation enters into force in June 2024 and into application on 1 July 2026. Third edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Signs on Rangárvallavegur road at the scene of the bus accident on Saturday give certain clues as to what caused the accident. The driver and all 26 passengers of the bus were Icelanders, and each of them was taken to hospital with injuries.

A total of 80 earthquakes have been measured in the magma channel under Svartsengi in the last day. This is about the same number of earthquakes as were measured in the area before the weekend.

Libreville, le 27 mai 2024. Plusieurs arrestations de présumés trafiquants internationaux d'ivoire ont eu lieu il y a dix mois à Lambaréné et Makokou par les Antennes provinciales de la Police Judiciaire, les Directions provinciales des Eaux et Forêts compétentes et la Direction de la lutte contre le braconnage, avec l'appui de Conservation Justice. Les principaux instigateurs de ce réseau international qui ont pu être arrêtés sont Sieurs Ngangni Ibrahim Gaël, Evouna Guy Bertrand, Tonga (...) - JUSTICE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Rosatom subsidiary NovaWind has reportedly started building a $217 million photovoltaic solar power project in Mali Read Full Article at RT.com

Le 25 mai 2024, le Premier ministre de la Transition, Raymond Ndong Sima, a participé à la clôture de la Journée Nationale de la Femme Gabonaise. Cet événement, débuté le 17 avril 2024, a vu la présence de plusieurs membres du gouvernement, dont Nadine Natalie Awanang, ministre des Affaires Sociales, Murielle Minkue, ministre de la Réforme des Institutions, et Louise Boukandou, ministre de la Fonction Publique et des représentants des organismes internationaux tels que l'UNICEF. Dans (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Le dialogue national inclusif débuté le 02 avril 2023, s'est achevé le 30 du même mois, avec la cérémonie de remise du rapport final au Président de la Transition, Chef de l'État. Environ 1000 recommandations ont été formulées par les 580 commissaires retenus pour la validation du rapport de synthèse des 38000 contributions citoyennes. Parmi ces recommandations, figure en bonne place la suspension de l'activité des partis politiques jusqu'à droit connu sur les nouvelles conditions de (...) - POLITIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

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When countries invest in healthy living, the climate wins, the planet wins, the environment wins and diseases lose, said Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan in a special prerecorded address to the 36th annual health ministers of the Commonwealth meeting. The annual health ministers of the Commonwealth meeting took place from May 24 to 25 in Geneva, Switzerland, on the margins of the 77th World Health Assembly. According to State House, Ramkalawan made the address on Saturday, which centred on how Seychelles is adapting to and mitigating the vagaries of climate change to ward off its impact on the health sector.  «Our national campaign against obesity which I have the honour and privilege to lead is not only an effort to reduce non-communicable diseases but it must also be seen as part of Seychelles' conscious effort to phase out fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions by encouraging walking and cycling as more active and less polluting forms of travel,» he said. Ramkalawan highlighted how global warming is affecting Seychelles and said, «Each country must do its fair share. And fair share must continue to mean that those who have contributed the most and are still contributing the most to damage the climate must now also contribute the most to undo the damage.» Earlier, at the same meeting, Seychelles' Minister for Health, Peggy Vidot, stressed how climate change, resulting in sea-level rise and heavy rainfall, pose a significant threat to Seychelles' health infrastructure and continuity of essential health services. 

[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