[New Times] The government of Rwanda has dismissed reports from that the U.S. Department of State claiming that the country was behind the bombing of IDP (internally displaced people) camps around Goma, a city in DR Congo.

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[allAfrica] South African actor Mpho Sebeng tragically passed away in a car accident on Sunday morning in Potchefstroom. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement later that evening.

Nicolas Cage's oldest child is wanted for questioning after an incident at his mother's house. The actor's son Weston, 33, has been named a suspect in a battery

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has asked officials in her department to look at how the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) could be reformed.

US officials shared their views on the origin of the virus in a call with other members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance - the UK, Canada , Australia and New Zealand.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian campaigners have been elected as councillors as the war in Gaza hit town halls across Britain.

Mothin Ali, newly elected to Leeds City Council for the Green party, punched his fist in the air and, to the delight of his supporters, yelled: 'We will raise the voice of Gaza!'

It is not for Ukraine’s leader to determine whose side God is on, the Russian Orthodox Church has said Read Full Article at RT.com

[The Conversation Africa] The debt situation in many African countries has escalated again to a critical juncture. Twenty are in, or at risk of, debt distress.

[The Conversation Africa] Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria's organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling for an upward review of the national minimum wage, currently N30,000 (US$24) a month. The Conversation's Adejuwon Soyinka asks economics professor Stephen Onyeiwu if Nigeria's minimum wage truly protects workers from poverty.

[UN News] Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise on the fragile Sahel region's «natural stopover point» to Europe on trafficking routes from South America, but authorities with help from the UN are taking down criminal networks and making a record number of seizures of illicit drugs.

The yuan rate remained unchanged, trading at 12.696 rubles

Another 11 servicemen were wounded

No injuries or damage were reported, the army’s press service said

He won the 2024 ATP Madrid Open on May 5

Civilians are being urged to move to an expanded humanitarian zone in the al-Mawasi and Khan Younis areas, the paper notes

C'est une belle histoire... Celle de Romain Giraud, 34 ans, luthier professionnel. Il s’est installé en Polynésie il y a deux ans et demi. Il est le créateur du ukulélé électrique utilisé par l’artiste Matthieu Chedid, lors de ses concerts au Fenua. L'artisan possède son propre atelier à Papeete. Rencontre.

Bilan mitigé pour les exposants de la 4e exposition artisanale de Rurutu. Les exposantes n’ont pas bien vendu, peu de locaux ont fait le déplacement. Leurs principaux clients étaient des touristes. La faute serait peut-être liée à un manque de publicité cette année...

Turkish officials in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ensure the delivery of aid to the families of injured soldiers from the Gorgor Unit, currently undergoing treatment at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital

Kismayo (HOL) - Jubbaland State Police forces have arrested four suspected pirates, reportedly planning attacks on ships in Somali waters following a security operation near Kismayo town.

Nairobi (HOL) - Somali and Kenyan officials are attending the Kenya-Somalia Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) meeting in Kenya, which will continue from May 3 to 6, 2024.

IMD forecasts wet spell, thunderstorms, gusty winds in east, south peninsula till May 9. Cyclonic circulation in northeast Assam, Bihar. Southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal. Rains in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal.

En 2023, il a couru plus de 5 500 km, 180 000 mètres de dénivelé positif et a terminé l’un des trails les plus difficiles au monde... Il s’appelle Delbi Villa Gongora, il a 36 ans et originaire du Pérou. Arrivé en Polynésie en 2010, le sportif débute en 2014, à l'âge de 26 ans, la course à pied. Dix ans plus tard, il fait partie de l’élite mondiale de l’ultratrail, de longue course en montagne d’environ 100 km de distance.

En escrime, en boxe et en taekwondo... C’est un problème dans plusieurs disciplines sportives polynésiennes : les fédérations concurrentes qui revendiquent les délégations de service public. Cela pose des problèmes pour envoyer les athlètes en compétition hors de Polynésie, mais surtout pour toucher des subventions. Illustration en taekwondo où une minime de 9 ans s’est vue refuser l’accès au tatami une fois à la Coupe de France, car elle n’avait pas la bonne affiliation.

Public Service Recognition Week honors federal workers amid increasing hostility from the right.

Regular listeners of the Radio 4 programme joked that they needed to be put under 'general anesthetic until tomorrow' while others said they were left 'wide awake' after the unnerving episode.

Israel has closed the key crossing into Gaza on Sunday Read Full Article at RT.com

The coriander powder, turmeric powder, and other spices in your kitchen may not be what you think they are. Delhi Police has seized a staggering 15 tonnes of spurious spices being manufactured at two factories in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar area and arrested three persons, including the owners of these processing units. Suspects Dilip Singh (46), Sarfaraj (32) - owners of the units - and Khurseed Malik (42) were supplying these adulterated spices to local markets and vendors in Delhi/NCR for the same price as the original products, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

From the banks of Ganga in Anupshahr to the bridge over Yamuna near Chhaprauli; the sugarcane fields of Baghpat and potato farms in Khandauli near Agra to the hing (asafoetida) shops of Hathras; the Dalit enclaves of Agra to the rural population of Gautam Budh Nagar, the rippling proModi wave that was pretty much visible in 2014 and 2019 is not that evident this time round in western Uttar Pradesh.

In sultry Goa, the battle lines are drawn for the state’s two Lok Sabha constituencies. On one side is the saffron front of BJP, while on the other is INDIA bloc led by Congress. There is a third player, too, in the dance of democracy: Revolutionary Goans (RG). The regional outfit, buoyed by its success in the 2022 assembly elections, has made a debut in the parliamentary elections.

Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members and honoured her late mother during separate ceremonies Sunday in Victoria as she wrapped up a three-day British Columbia West Coast royal visit.

India's Foreign Affairs Minister accused Canada of welcoming criminals from his country in response to the RCMP's recent arrests in a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries.

Pro-Palestinian activists have set up tents at universities in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal, following a wave of similar protests at campuses in the United States linked to the Israel-Hamas war.