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Spain plans to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said on Thursday, making Spain the first EU country to do so. This is a “large-scale war that makes no distinction between civilian and military targets,” Albares said. The ‘risk of escalation increases […]

CAIRO (AP) — At least 100 people were killed and dozens were injured after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Sudan’s Gezira province on Wednesday, officials said. Women, children and the elderly were among those killed in the Rapid Support Forces attacks on the village of Wad al-Noura in Gezira, Mini Arko Minawi,

Activists from the German climate group Last Generation targeted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office in Berlin on Thursday, painting the message “Be fair!” on the building. Police said nine people were involved in the action at the Federal Chancellery, which Last Generation said was directly addressed to Scholz. In a statement, the group asked the chancellor

In 2021, before Mark Rozvozov was even ten, his mother and stepfather were taken by government authorities in the embattled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, leaving him alone with his older brother. Mark said he felt “very shaken” and cried every night. An acquaintance of the family soon began to care for the boys. The

Caribbean Groupe Antilles Glaces has become the majority shareholder of France-based dessert and savory snacks company Groupe Saint Aubin. Antilles Glaces, which produces dairy products, soft drinks, beer, jam and fresh produce in the French West Indies and Guyana, bought the group from European private investment company Capza. Financial details were not disclosed. Groupe Saint

If it wasn’t the maple leaf on the Canadian flag, it might as well be the canoe. This legendary mode of transportation is a symbol of the indigenous people’s millennia-old history and an enduring one, as this canoeist’s paradise of a country is home to more than 2 million lakes – or about one for

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – South African president Cyril Ramaphosa met with senior African National Congress officials on Thursday to decide how to form a government after the party lost his 30-year grip on power and caused a deadlock after the elections. The party’s National Executive Committee met in Johannesburg to process a split

Children of Russian elites address the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s low-profile daughters will speak at the event. Russia’s most important economic event attracted high-profile international visitors before the war in Ukraine. It’s that time of year for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum – or the ‘Russian Davos’, as it

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again, he told the Bundestag on Thursday. “Such criminals must be deported – even if they come from Syria and Afghanistan,” he said. “There is no place here for serious criminals and terrorist threats.” The chancellor did not explain

According to the latest service updates, long-distance rail services are back up and running in much of southern Germany following the recent floods. By Thursday, flood-related restrictions on the Ulm-Augsburg-Munich route in Bavaria had been lifted, while a previously restricted route between Augsburg and the city of Donauwörth no longer reported any disruptions or closures.