The United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”. The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. It comes amid huge cuts in […]
Continue ReadingThe annual food fight festival ”Els Enfarinats” has left the Spanish town of Ibi covered in flour and egg shells. Every year participants wear military-style costumes and stage a fake coup using eggs, flour and firecrackers. The eggers go around asking for “taxes” – donations to charity – from local people and if you don’t […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump will turn his focus to the Middle East on Monday, as he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida for talks that are expected to cover Gaza and a range of other pressing issues. Any decisions made could have a potentially momentous impact on questions that determine the future of […]
Continue ReadingGetty Images The Thai army said than more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side Thailand’s army has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly-signed ceasefire deal reached after weeks of deadly clashes that forced nearly one million people from their homes. In a statement, the Thai army said than […]
Continue ReadingThe man who disarmed one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish event at Bondi Beach has revealed his thoughts in the moments before his heroic actions. In verified footage, Ahmed al Ahmed – a Sydney shop owner born and raised in Syria – tackled one of the two shooters from behind, […]
Continue ReadingReuters Since 2022 Beijing has ramped up military drills in the Taiwan Strait China has announced it will hold military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island’s key areas, as a warning against “separatist forces”. The army, navy, air force and rocket force would be dispatched for the drills scheduled for […]
Continue ReadingWatch: Stranded passengers walk past derailed train as wounded are carried from carriages At least 13 people died and almost 100 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico’s south-western Oaxaca region, the Mexican navy said. The train, which was travelling between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, was carrying 241 passengers and […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky said progress had been made to end the Ukraine war during Florida talks but the US leader added “one or two very thorny issues” remained. While both the US and Ukrainian presidents described the talks as “great”, Trump reiterated that a key sticking point was the question of territory. Russia […]
Continue ReadingThe much-anticipated talks lasted two-and-a-half hours, and that’s an achievement in itself. Presidents Trump and Zelensky had never before spent this long in one room, negotiating. Afterwards, optimism was much on display at Mar-a-Lago. It was a “terrific meeting”, according to Donald Trump. Volodymyr Zelensky agreed, describing it as a “great meeting” with “great discussions […]
Continue ReadingThe Albanian nationalist Vetevendosje party has won a landslide victory in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results. With 90% of the votes counted, the party, whose name means “self determination”, was on 50.8%, meaning a third term in power for its leader, Albin Kurti. The two main opposition parties, the centre-right Democratic Party of […]
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