The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington.
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BREAKING: Israel and Greece signed a 3 billion euro ($3.48 billion) defence deal under which Israel would build a "multi layered" defence system for Greece, according to a statement by Israel's defence ministry.
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Faith Cherotich 🇰🇪 wins the women's 3000mSc at the Zurich Diamond League in a time of 8:55.82, leading a Kenyan 1-2 with a brilliant Doris Lemngole 🇰🇪 who ran a PB of 8:55.94!
BREAKING: Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the bloody 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died.
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BREAKING: Canada has announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging from 15% to 50%, as the trade war between the two countries intensifies.
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Deepening our understanding of major historical events can help foster greater respect and tolerance.
Sunday’s #RememberSlavery Day is an opportunity to reflect on one of the darkest chapters in human history and learn from it.
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Finland deeply regrets the new sanctions imposed by the US against the President and a Trial Lawyer of the International Criminal Court. The ICC must be able to fulfill its judicial mandate without restrictions. We reiterate our strong support to @IntlCrimCourt and its officials
When humanitarian workers are attacked, communities lose access to the assistance they depend on.
We honour the people who show up every day to deliver food, water, healthcare and other life-saving support in the world's toughest crises.
Humanitarian workers are not a target. They must be protected. 💙
#WorldHumanitarianDay
I renew my appeal for an end to the ongoing violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and I urgently call on the international community to work toward advancing the two-state solution, for a just and lasting peace.
Even during the ceasefire, Palestinians in #Gaza continue to face daily threats from unexploded ordnance left behind by the fighting.
Overall, about 82% of the structures in Gaza – about 200,000 buildings – are damaged.
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Afghanistan is the only country where girls and women are banned from education beyond the primary level.
Five years since the Taliban takeover, 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education — holding back their communities & the country’s future.
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Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations says
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Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi has pledged that the country will be free of any foreign military presence on its soil and that weapons will be solely under state control by October 1.
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Kenya has submitted an official bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships as it seeks to become the first African nation to stage the sport's flagship event. https://t.co/UuRcSafE6l
The Russian Supreme Court has barred the country’s last remaining anti-war party from running in parliamentary elections next month amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent over Russia’s increasingly unpopular war against Ukraine. https://t.co/SwQzyJbURR