Giorno: 9 Maggio 2023

Israel bombs Gaza Strip, killing three Islamic Jihad leaders

Read More Israeli warplanes have bombed the Gaza Strip, killing three senior Islamic Jihad commanders, according to Palestinian officials. In total nine people were killed, the territory’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it targeted three Islamic Jihad leaders. Two Islamic Jihad sources confirmed the deaths, Reuters reported. Witnesses said an explosion hit the […]

Johnson ‘squared up’ to the King over Rwanda plan, claims former press chief

Read More Boris Johnson confronted King Charles, “essentially squaring up” to him for describing the Rwanda asylum policy as “appalling”, according to No 10’s former director of communications Guto Harri. The pair are said to have had a disagreement at a Commonwealth summit in the east African country in June 2022 after reports that the […]

About 700,000 UK households missed rent or mortgage payment last month

Read More An estimated 700,000 UK households missed or defaulted on a rent or mortgage payment last month, according to data issued days before another expected rise in the cost of borrowing. Missed housing payments were “particularly high” among renters, said Which?, the consumer body that issued the figures, affecting one in 20 tenants surveyed. […]

EU leaders set out hopes for post-Brexit relations with Britain

Read More EU leaders have signalled their desire to reset relations with the UK, seven turbulent years on from the seismic Brexit vote. Representatives from all 27 member states said on Monday that they wanted to “develop further ties between the EU and the UK” after a deal sealed on Brexit trade arrangements for Northern […]

Pharmacies in England to offer prescriptions for seven conditions amid surgery crisis

Read More Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus more blood pressure checks and the contraceptive pill, directly from pharmacies under proposals to tackle the crisis in GP surgeries. Those suffering from earache, a sore throat, sinusitis, impetigo, shingles, infected insect bites and uncomplicated urinary tract […]

Xi to lead pivotal Central Asia summit as China’s billions could reshape region

Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the C+C5 summit later this month as it looks to boost key issues like its Belt and Road Initiative in what its Ministry of Foreign Affairs described as an event of “milestone significance.” For the first time in over 30 years leaders from all six nations – China, Kazakhstan, […]

Cambodian regime’s sole credible challenger yet to receive ballot approval

Cambodia’s National Election Committee announced Monday that 20 political parties have registered for July’s general election but nine of them still have not been approved, including the Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s Party. About 9.7 million Cambodians are registered to vote in the July 23 election to select the […]

At least 20 bodies found in Congo mass grave, ISIS-linked rebels suspected

The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in Congo’s North Kivu province this weekend, according to local authorities and a military spokesperson. A team of forensic and security officers exhumed the bodies after residents of villages in Beni […]

Top Senegalese opposition politician gets 6-month suspended sentence in defamation case

Senegal’s main opposition leader on Monday was given a six-month suspended prison sentence by an appeals court in the West African nation over a defamation case brought against him by a government minister. The court ruling against Ousmane Sonko prevents President Macky Sall’s most prominent political rival from running in next year’s presidential election, but […]