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5 Killed, 1,000 Homes Destroyed In Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake In Papua New Guinea

March 25, 2024 admin

Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea (Representational) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea, officials said Monday as disaster crews poured into the region. “So far, around 1,000 homes have been lost,” said…

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U.N. to vote on resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza during current Muslim holy month of Ramzan

March 25, 2024 admin

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on March 25 on a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan. The vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. Also read:…

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Japan PM Fumio Kishida Has Requested Summit With Kim Jong Un, Says North Korea

March 25, 2024 admin

Fumio Kishida has said he wants to change the relationship between Japan and North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit with her brother, adding any meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo. “Kishida recently conveyed his wish to…

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Hungary ‘projects’ new tales for children in old filmstrips

March 25, 2024 admin

Filmstrip is thriving in Hungary with a new wave of enthusiasts charmed by its slower-paced entertainment. | Photo Credit: AFP Tablets and mobile phones may have to be prised from the fingers of children elsewhere, but in Hungary storytime can be all about a 100-year-old piece of tech — filmstrip. Generations of kids there have…

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Paris museum takes visitors back 150 years to the birth of Impressionism

March 25, 2024 admin

Impression, Sunrise by French painter Claude Monet on display at the Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism show in Paris. | Photo Credit: AFP The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from March 26 with an unprecedented reassembling of the masterpieces that launched the movement, and a virtual reality experience that takes visitors…

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Kate Middleton Conspiracy Theories Linger Despite Cancer Revelation

March 25, 2024 admin

Many on X claimed Kate Middleton’s video message was an AI-enabled deepfake London: The revelation that Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social media speculation around her health, including by those positing she was secretly dead. But the somber news has not stopped the seemingly…

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Rescue efforts on as rain and storms kill 20 in Brazil

March 25, 2024 admin

Swiped off: Rubble of houses destroyed by landslips following heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23. | Photo Credit: AFP Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock on March 24 to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least 20 people. With more rain predicted…

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Israel Open To Civilian Return To North Gaza In Truce Talks

March 25, 2024 admin

Hamas has sought to parlay any deal into an end to the fighting (File) Israel signalled openness on Sunday to allowing the return of Palestinians displaced from the northern Gaza Strip as part of truce talks, an apparent accommodation of a core Hamas demand. The warring sides have stepped up negotiations, mediated by Qatar and…

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Israel Besieges 2 Gaza Hospitals, Demands Evacuations, Palestinians Say

March 25, 2024 admin

Al Shifa is one of the few healthcare facilities even partially operational in north Gaza (File) Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 Hamas operatives in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al Shifa hospital….

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Macron warns Israel over any Rafah forced population transfer

March 25, 2024 admin

French President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute “a war crime”. In a telephone call between the two leaders, Mr. Macron also “strongly condemned” Israel’s announcement Friday…

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