Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians

Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians

The fighting has led to UN warnings that South Sudan is again on the brink of civil war. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to send to South Sudan a group of eight deportees from Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere who have been convicted in the US of serious crimes, sparking a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.

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New study: Paradox of ‘excess deaths’ in Western countries with high Covid vaccine rates, but low in Third World

New study: Paradox of ‘excess deaths’ in Western countries with high Covid vaccine rates, but low in Third World

Referring to South Korea, another “highly vaccinated” country where, as recently as last year, the excess death rate was over 20 per cent, Campbell said these are “horrific figures, which are simply not being talked about.”

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White House announces Israel has accepted US ceasefire proposal, Hamas’ response ambiguous

White House announces Israel has accepted US ceasefire proposal, Hamas’ response ambiguous

Hamas had previously said it had agreed with Witkoff on a “general framework” of an agreement that would lead to a lasting ceasefire, a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, an influx of aid and a transfer of power from the militant group to a politically independent committee of Palestinians.

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Lake Turkana fish: How corrupt Kenyan officials make a killing in world’s largest permanent desert lake, impoverish local communities

Lake Turkana fish: How corrupt Kenyan officials make a killing in world’s largest permanent desert lake, impoverish local communities

While data on quantities and earnings from legal fish exports is scanty, international investigators, Institute for Security Studies, estimate the 300 tonnes of fish valued at over $1.7 million from Lake Turkana is smuggled to DRC and Zambia.

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Parliamentary committee on climate change criticises Treasury for slashing budget by half

Parliamentary committee on climate change criticises Treasury for slashing budget by half

Kajwang, however, regretted that over the past nine years, the Climate Change Council established under the Act has never been reconstituted due to ongoing litigations. The senator said that Kenyan parliament has benefited from over Ksh100 million ($772,200) from the global green climate fund for capacity building purposes.

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WHO faces uncertain future as US accuses it of being ‘mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest’

WHO faces uncertain future as US accuses it of being ‘mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest’

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO capitulated to pressure from the Chinese government by promoting “the fiction that Covid originated from bats or pangolins, rather than from Chinese government-sponsored research at a biolab in Wuhan,” Kennedy said, in a reference to the lab-leak theory of Covid-19’s origin.

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Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement

Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement

The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.

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WHO promotes scientist being investigated in US for deceptions and fraud on origins of Covid

WHO promotes scientist being investigated in US for deceptions and fraud on origins of Covid

US was the biggest contributor to the WHO’s budget. US law requires one year’s notice and the payment of outstanding fees upon withdrawing from the WHO. That means the final full withdrawal will take effect in early 2026. Payment of those fees remains “outstanding,” Reuters reported.

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Chickens coming home to roost: Scientists and doctors behind Covid origins con face corruption invstigation, Fauci features as perpetrator

Chickens coming home to roost: Scientists and doctors behind Covid origins con face corruption invstigation, Fauci features as perpetrator

After the paper’s publication on March 17, 2020, Collins promoted the paper in the March 2020 edition of the NIH Director’s Blog. And on May 21, 2020, the NIH finalised a $1.88 million grant to Andersen and the Scripps Research Institute relating to pandemic preparedness in West Africa.

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Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy

Why Africa’s youngest leader is a hit: Traore articulates revolutionary message that appeals to youth frustrated by thievery of Western democracy

The latest Traore frenzy reached a new peak late April with a solidarity march in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou, following an alleged coup attempt and comments by Gen Michael Langley, the head of US military in Africa, accusing the Burkina Faso leader of misusing the country’s gold reserves.

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