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Poland’s president on Wednesday swore in Donald Tusk as the new pro-EU prime minister, putting an end to eight years of right-wing populist rule. The ministers of the new administration were successively sworn in by the conservative head of state, who is allied with the previous government of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. Tusk, who previously served as prime minister in 2007-2014, has pledged to restore Poland’s position in […]
Some fresh comments to bring you from the Vatican City as Pope Francis renewed his call for an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza. The Pope's remarks come hours after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution which also demands a ceasefire. During his audience, Pope Francis added: "May this great suffering for the Israelis and the Palestinians be over". He also urged the immediate release of all Israeli hostages and the […]
A 50-year-old Greek woman has died after she was attacked by three shepherd dogs in her garden in the village of Neochorouda, Greece, Sky News reports Monday. According to police sources, the dogs escaped through a hole in their owner’s fence about 80 metres away and ran to the woman’s garden where she was working. A man, who police said was deaf-mute, was helping the woman with the gardening but […]
Gao Yaojie, a renowned dissident doctor who exposed the Aids epidemic in rural China, has died aged 95. Dr Gao died of natural causes in New York, where she had been in exile since 2009, a friend of hers told the BBC. Her work uncovered how businesses selling blood led to the spread of HIV in the countryside. She was at the forefront of Aids activism in China and travelled […]
At least 11 people have been killed in a violent confrontation between suspected gang members and residents of a small farming town in central Mexico, authorities have said. Eight of those killed in the clash in Texcaltitlan, a town located about 65km from the state capital, were suspected to be tied to criminal activities and three were members of the community, the security ministry in the State of Mexico said […]
French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was “stunned” after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the COP28 conference. “I am stunned by these statements from OPEC. And I am angry,” she said from the climate conference in Dubai, adding that “OPEC’s position endangers the most vulnerable countries and the poorest populations who are the first victims of this situation”. […]
Caught in a culture war, South Africa's hottest music sensation Tyla is in the crossfire of an online debate over the word she uses to describe her racial identity - "coloured". Before her rise to fame, the 21-year-old made a video proudly talking about her mixed-raced heritage on TikTok. In it she slicks her coily hair into Bantu knots, while donning a traditional beaded necklace, with the words, "I am […]
Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, has been released from prison in the country's capital having spent more than 15 years incarcerated. Hundreds of supporters surrounded his car as he left Lima's Barbadillo prison. The nation's constitutional court reinstated a presidential pardon issued six years ago to the 85-year-old. He is a highly divisive figure having been jailed for corruption and human rights violations while in office. The former president had […]
Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) on Wednesday morning. Officers struck and killed the suspect, who remains unnamed, in a shootout. One other victim remains in a critical condition at a local hospital, police said in a statement. Law enforcement sources speaking to US broadcaster CBS described the gunman as a white former college professor in his […]
