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Pacific 

UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians

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In a report released Monday, the mission concluded that killings by security forces “occurred on a massive scale in all provinces” of Iran, during the Government’s “violent crackdown” on mass protests that stretched from last year into this year.  The mission also reported that at least 221 children – some as young as two years old – were killed and… Read More
Africa 

DR Congo: WHO urges sustained efforts as Ebola cases top 10,000

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Latest data from the Congolese Ministry of Health indicates there were 10,141 cases and nearly 5,000 deaths as of Monday.  “Sustained efforts are essential to end the outbreak,” WHO said in a tweet.   “This requires continued scale-up of key control measures, greater access to affected areas, and community outreach that builds trust and encourages people to engage with the response.” … Read More
Africa 

Spain: Rescuers search mangled train wreckage near Toledo

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Last updated: 1 hour ago Footage released by Spain’s Military Emergency Unit shows rescue personnel searching the debris, while Civil Guard officers and firefighters assist at the scene. Around 100 UME personnel were deployed, with sniffer dogs and specialist units working through twisted metal. The injured were taken to hospitals in Toledo, where ambulances arrived throughout the morning and police… Read More
Human Rights 

UN rights chief: Legacy of slavery and colonialism is still fuelling racism

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Over 30 million people were violently uprooted from Africa and condemned to a life of slavery. Yet no country involved in enslavement or colonialism has fully confronted this past. Speaking at a high-level dialogue on reparatory Justice in Geneva, Mr. Türk said the transatlantic trade was an organised system of domination that treated tens of millions of African men, women… Read More
Europe 

United Kingdom announces action on disinformation and global AI standards

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Mr. Burnham said recent years have seen “an industrial-scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment” in both the UK and many of its allies.  He told world leaders that “Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people’s fears”, including through the use of bots, fake websites and falsified… Read More
Africa 

Whereabouts of Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate Bolsonaro unknown

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The whereabouts of Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro were unknown on Wednesday after reports that he fled the country. Bolsonaro lost the runoff election to incumbent Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday but has refused to concede defeat. Media outlets including CNN and the Washington Port reported that he had arrived in the United States. Without confirming Bolsonaro’s… Read More
Africa 

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery closes ‘historic’ IPO

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Africa’s largest ever initial public offering closed on Wednesday after raising funds from investors in 120 countries. The IPO for Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery was extended by two weeks to allow more Africans to participate. The initial target was to raise $1.6 billion but the company’s owner, Aliko Dangote, earlier this month said it has exceeded its goal by more… Read More
Africa 

Botanists comb Gabon’s rich rainforests with nature on the line

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Each year, Gabon’s lush rainforests yield the discovery of previously unknown plant species to botanists like Archange Boupoya, who believes that this exceptional yet largely mysterious natural wealth needs cataloguing to save. “We cannot preserve that which we do not understand,” said Boupoya, the director of the Sibang botanical garden, a sliver of tropical forest in the heart of the… Read More
Africa 

Iranian president says Middle East can solve its problems without United States

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the Middle East can solve its problems without the involvement of the United States. “I believe we are capable of resolving our problems in the region without relying on the United States,” Pezeshkian said. The two leaders held talks on the sidelines of a summit of the… Read More
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