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Friday, 20 June 2025 05:09
Australia: vital defence pact under threat
The critical Aukus defence pact, agreed by Australia in 2021 with the USA and UK, to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, faces uncertainty as Donald Trump’s administration reviews its alignment with the ‘America First’ agenda. Valued at over…
Friday, 20 June 2025 05:08
Rwanda and DR Congo reach draft peace agreement after decades of conflict
A draft peace agreement has been reached between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, aiming to end decades of deadly conflict in eastern DR Congo. Mediated by the US and Qatar, the deal outlines disengagement,…
Thursday, 12 June 2025 19:41
UN report says world fertility rates in unprecedented decline
In India, Namrata Nangia and her husband long to have another child, but are held back by financial and time pressures - a dilemma increasingly shared worldwide. According to a new UN report, a global decline…
Thursday, 12 June 2025 19:39
India: disastrous plane crash in Ahmedabad
In one of India’s worst aviation disasters in decades, at least 240 people were killed when a Boeing 787 owned by Air India crashed in Ahmedabad soon after takeoff. The sole survivor, Vishwashkumar Ramesh, is in…
Thursday, 12 June 2025 19:37
USA: California governor condemns Trump’s use of National Guard
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has condemned Donald Trump’s uninvited deployment of the National Guard to quell unrest in Los Angeles, calling it an illegal escalation and ‘brazen abuse of power’. The unrest followed protests…
Thursday, 12 June 2025 19:35
Gaza: Greta Thunberg deported after Israel seizes aid boat
Greta Thunberg, the climate-change inspiration for millions of young people world-wide, has condemned Israel’s seizure of a Gaza-bound aid boat she was aboard, calling it ‘an illegal act’. The British-flagged yacht Madleen had sailed from Sicily…