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Irish artists withdraw from Latitude festival over sponsor links to Israeli military
irish artists Pillow Queens and CMAT have become the first acts to withdraw from this summer's Latitude festival, due to sponsors Barclays investing in companies who supply weapons and...
Buenos Aires trains slow to crawl as protesting conductors demand wage hike
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Trains in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires slowed to a crawl on Thursday, doubling passengers' commute time, according to union rail workers who held an unusual...
Germany pledges new €500 million arms package to Ukraine
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package - including missiles, artillery, drones and spare parts - worth €500 million ($542 million) to support Ukraine during a...
Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it...
75 bullets fired in Columbia pool shooting that injured teen, sheriff says in new details
A 16-year-old was injured and two people have been arrested after at least 75 gunshots were fired in a northeast Columbia neighborhood Tuesday night, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott...
NATO chief pushes allies to commit to long-term Ukraine aid
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is asking the alliance's member states to make longer-tern commitments to Ukraine by guaranteeing to at least maintain - if not increase - their...
Estonia enacts law allowing use of Russian assets for Ukraine
Estonian President Alar Karis officially enacted a law on Thursday that allows Russian assets frozen under sanctions to be used for reparations payments to Ukraine.The measure was passed by...
Stockholm accuses Iran of using criminals in Sweden to target Israel or Jewish interests
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's domestic security agency on Thursday accused Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in...
South Africa election 2024: When will we know the result?
The votes are being counted in South Africa after Wednesday's general election. Ahead of the ballot, opinion polls had been suggesting that the governing African National Congress (ANC) could...
Kremlin: Ukraine must not use NATO weapons to hit Russian territory
The Kremlin once again warned Ukraine's allies against allowing Kiev to hit Russian territory using Western weapons, with President Vladimir Putin's spokesman promising "consequences" if such strikes were to...
