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May
30
2024
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Israel says Gaza war likely to last another seven months as tanks probe Rafah

Israel says Gaza war likely to last another seven months as tanks probe Rafah

WORLD
ISRAEL sent tanks on raids into Rafah and predicted its war on Hamas in Gaza would continue all year, after Washington said the Rafah assault did not amount to a major ground operation that would trigger a change in U.S. policy. Israeli tanks moved into the heart of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday despite an order from the International Court of Justice to end its attacks on the city, where many Palestinians had taken refuge from bombardment elsewhere. The World Court said Israel had not explained how it would keep evacuees from Rafah safe and provide food, water and medicine.…
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May
30
2024
By ALVISE ARMELLINI
Vatican investigator urges bishops to report all suspected child abuse

Vatican investigator urges bishops to report all suspected child abuse

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THE head of the Vatican office that disciplines predator priests called on bishops across the world to report all suspected child abuse cases to him in order "to clean up this situation". The Roman Catholic Church has for decades been shaken by scandals across the world involving paedophile priests and the cover-up of their crimes, damaging its credibility and costing hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. "I want all cases brought to light so that the Church can be transparent," said Father John Joseph Kennedy, an Irish cleric and head of the disciplinary section of the Vatican's doctrinal office…
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May
29
2024
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah

Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah

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ISRAELI strikes on a tent camp in an evacuation area west of Rafah killed at least 21 on Tuesday, Gaza health authorities said, and tanks advanced to the centre of the southern Gaza city for the first time after a night of heavy bombardment. Two days after an Israeli airstrike on another camp stirred global condemnation, Gaza emergency services said four tank shells hit a cluster of tents in Al-Mawasi, a coastal area that Israel had advised civilians in Rafah to move to for safety. At least 12 of the dead were women, according to medical officials in the Hamas…
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May
29
2024
By JACK QUEEN, LUC COHEN and ANDY SULLIVAN
Prosecutor says Trump hush money payment undermined 2016 election as trial nears end

Prosecutor says Trump hush money payment undermined 2016 election as trial nears end

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A New York prosecutor told jurors that Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 election and then tried to cover it up, as lawyers made their closing arguments in the former U.S. president's criminal hush money trial. Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass told jurors they would need to assess whether Trump, 77, falsified business documents to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. But he said they also needed to consider broader political concerns, such as the possibility that Trump and allies like tabloid publisher David Pecker undermined…
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May
29
2024
By LEWIS JACKSON and RENJU JOSE
Papua New Guinea orders evacuations after landslide, thousands feared buried

Papua New Guinea orders evacuations after landslide, thousands feared buried

WORLD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide after parts of a mountain collapsed burying at least 2,000 people, according to government estimates. Officials said the odds of finding survivors were slim, even as relief teams have trickled into the difficult-to-access northern Enga region of the Pacific nation since Friday. Heavy equipment and aid have been slow to arrive because of the treacherous terrain and tribal unrest in the remote area, forcing the military to escort convoys of relief teams. Residents have been using shovels and their bare hands to search for…
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May
28
2024
By LEWIS JACKSON and RENJU JOSE
Papua New Guinea landslide buried more than 2,000 people, government says

Papua New Guinea landslide buried more than 2,000 people, government says

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said, as treacherous terrain impeded aid and lowered hopes of finding survivors. The National Disaster Centre gave the new number in a letter to the U.N., which had put possible deaths at more than 670. The variance reflects the remote site and the difficulty in getting an accurate population estimate. The Pacific island nation's last credible census was in 2000 and many people live in isolated mountain villages. Defence Minister Billy Joseph said 4,000 people had been living in the six remote villages in the Maip-Mulitaka…
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May
28
2024
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and DAN WILLIAMS
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry

WORLD
AN Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, officials said, prompting an outcry from global leaders who urged the implementation of a World Court order to halt Israel's assault. Palestinian families rushed to hospitals to prepare their dead for burial after a strike late on Sunday night set tents and rickety metal shelters ablaze. Israel's military, which is trying to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, said it was investigating reports that a strike it carried out against commanders of the Islamist militant group in Rafah had caused the fire. Survivors said families…
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May
28
2024
By JASPER WARD
Prosecutors ask judge to bar Trump from comments endangering law enforcement

Prosecutors ask judge to bar Trump from comments endangering law enforcement

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PROSECUTORS in former U.S. President Donald Trump's classified documents case asked a federal judge to prevent him from making statements that pose a "danger" to law enforcement, according to a court document. In a motion seeking to modify Trump's conditions of release, Special Counsel Jack Smith said the request was necessary because of "several intentionally false and inflammatory statements recently made by Trump that distort the circumstances under which the Federal Bureau of Investigation planned and executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago." In the filing to Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida, Smith described the comments as "grossly misleading" and…
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May
27
2024
By TIM REID
Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

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PRESIDENTIAL candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention, a marked change from the adulation he receives at rallies from his fervently loyal supporters. Libertarians, who believe in limited government and individual freedom, blame Trump, a Republican, for rushing through the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine when he was president and for not doing more to stop public health restrictions on the unvaccinated during the pandemic. When Trump took to the stage in Washington, there were loud boos and jeers. A smaller section of the crowd, Trump supporters, cheered him. Shortly before…
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May
27
2024
By The African Mirror
Hamas fires missiles at Tel Aviv for first time in months

Hamas fires missiles at Tel Aviv for first time in months

WORLD
HAMAS launched missiles at Tel Aviv, setting off sirens in Israel's financial centre for the first time in four months, as the Islamist Palestinian group sought to show military strength despite Israel's Gaza offensive. The Israeli military said eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of Rafah, the southern tip of the Gaza Strip where Israel kept up operations despite a ruling by the top U.N. court on Friday ordering it to stop attacking the city. A number of the projectiles were intercepted, it said. There were no reports of casualties. In a statement on its Telegram channel, the Hamas al-Qassam Brigades…
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