Drought in southern Africa leaves 20 million facing hunger
Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. “I don’t want to lose a single drop,” she said. Her relief at the handout — paid for by the United...
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Japan confirms experts met to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water
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SL allowed free and fair probe into 2019 Easter bombings, says President Wickremesinghe
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Some Chinese workers planning to leave Pakistan over security reasons: Analyst
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7 killed as houses collapse due to torrential rains Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Turkiye local elections test of Erdogan’s popularity
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Two children among two killed by car bomb in Syria
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Pak PM Shehbaz bans red carpets at official events
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France to deliver armoured vehicles to Ukraine
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France is to deliver “hundreds” of armoured vehicles by the beginning of next year to Ukraine as part of a new package of military aid for the country that just entered its third year since the Russian invasion. In an interview with the French newspaper...
2 dead as Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy infra
Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another man died in an attack in the northeast officials said on Sunday. The attack in Lviv destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on social media app Telegram. He said that...
King Charles attends service in Windsor
A smiling King Charles III attended the Easter Sunday service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, marking the British monarch’s first major public appearance since his cancer diagnosis was made public last month.The 75-year-old royal was joined by wife Queen Camilla, 76, as the couple walked up waving to the...
Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over Easter Sunday mass
Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square and then delivered a...
Democrats hope Biden could get boost from down-ballot races
Wisconsin’s presidential primary Tuesday clears the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in recent state history. New legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the Wisconsin Assembly even as Democrats won 14 of the past...
In Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore lost piece of its cultural identity
Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose livelihoods depend on Baltimore’s port — watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River. The deadly collapse of the historic Francis Scott Key Bridge has shaken Baltimore to its...
Romania and Bulgaria partially join Europe’s Schengen travel zone
Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union. After years of negotiations to join the so-called Schengen area, there is now free access for travellers arriving by air or sea. Land border checks will...
