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Manahel al-Otaibi: Saudi women's rights activist jailed for 11 years

May 2, 2024 4:00 pm

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Blinken says 'time is now' for Israel-Hamas deal in Gaza

US Secretary of state Antony Blinken has told Israel and Hamas that “the time is now” for a deal to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza and free the remaining hostages held there.

May 2, 2024 3:05 pm

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Solomon Islands lawmakers choose Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister

Solomon Islands lawmakers selected a new prime minister in a secret ballot on Thursday, choosing foreign minister Jeremiah Manele, who has pledged to continue the Pacific Island nation’s foreign policy that saw it grow close to China.

May 2, 2024 2:32 pm

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285 Dublin asylum seekers moved from Mount Street tents

Hundreds of asylum seekers who were living in tents in central Dublin have been moved to two accommodation sites, the Irish government has said.

May 2, 2024 2:01 pm

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 Rallies around the world in pictures

People around the world have taken to the streets this May Day to campaign for improved workers’ rights.

May 2, 2024 1:00 pm

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Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Arizona’s Senate has voted to repeal an 1864 law banning abortion, the last major push in the Democrat-led effort to erase the law from state books.

May 2, 2024 12:00 pm

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Georgia rocked by clashes over 'foreign agent' bill

Riot police in Georgia fired tear gas and water cannons into crowds protesting a bill seen by the opposition as targeting media freedoms.

May 2, 2024 11:00 am

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'Horrific' violence at UCLA after counter-protesters attack pro-Palestinian camp

Violence erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles after pro-Israeli counter-demonstrators attacked a pro-Palestinian campus encampment.

May 2, 2024 10:48 am

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Ukrainian woman, 98, walks six miles from occupied village to safety

For 98-year-old Lidiia Lomikovska, Russia’s invasion is worse than the Second World War, which she also lived through.

May 2, 2024 7:12 am

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NYC police enter Columbia University amid protests

New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night in an apparent effort to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over a campus building after a nearly two-week standoff with administrators of the Ivy League school.

May 1, 2024 5:28 pm

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Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order.

May 1, 2024 3:44 pm

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Israeli PM Netanyahu says Rafah attack will happen regardless of deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas.

May 1, 2024 7:50 am