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Asero Jeanne, centre, a mother of five who lost two of her children to Ebola, was discharged from the hospital after testing negative in Mongbwalu, Congo, June 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed Saturday (June…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters British police said Saturday (June 6, 2026) that six more people have been charged with violent disorder at a protest over the stabbing death of a university student who was handcuffed by officers as he lay dying. Police were pelted with chairs, cans, rocks, and…
Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan said on Saturday (June 6, 2026) that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation to “provoke” Taiwan, in waters around strategically located islands in the South China Sea. The Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands, a national…
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The number of employees in Bill Pulte’s office had been “way too high for way too long,” says Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (June 5, 2026) he wants his incoming acting spy chief to start firing employees, deepening the controversy over the appointment of a man with…
Israeli troops killed a 7-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed on Friday (June 5, 2026) evening, and his parents were wounded while driving in the Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron City, according to the…
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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A hardline Republican lawmaker has introduced a draft legislation in the U.S. Congress seeking an overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, including ending its use as a pathway to permanent residency in the United States. Congressman Chip Roy introduced the American White-Collar Worker Jobs…
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Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful from the popemobile during his apostolic journey, in Madrid, Spain on June 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo XIV on Saturday (June 6, 2026) called for an end to “polarising narratives” and “sterile simplifications” on a visit to Spain expected to focus on the divisive issue…
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Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on June 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Residents of St Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia’s second-largest city…
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan government is denying legal and constitutional rights to the incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife and depriving the couple of proper healthcare, his party unit in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has alleged. Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
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“Henry Nowak died the same way a civilisation dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit,” says VC J.D. Vance on social media. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday (June 6, 2026) blamed Britain’s handling of the…
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