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South Africa’s ANC loses 30-year parliamentary majority after election

Posted by June 1, 2024

African National Congress vote share drops to 40 percent, forcing it to seek coalition partners to form government.The African National Congress (ANC) party has

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Gaza: The War on Hospitals

Posted by June 1, 2024

Israel is attacking Gaza’s hospitals in violation of international law, but is it part of a pattern going back to 1948?Hospitals are supposed to be immune fro

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Can South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa survive the ANC’s election setback?

Posted by June 1, 2024

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has lost its majority in the country’s election this week for the first time since the end of aparthei

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Photos: India votes in last phase of world’s largest electoral…

Posted by June 1, 2024

Voters in India have braved soaring temperatures to cast their ballots in the last phase of the country’s staggered elections to decide the fate of 904 candi

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Israel pounds Gaza, insists on ‘Hamas destruction’ as US presses…

Posted by June 1, 2024

Israeli tanks and artillery fire have continued pounding the shattered Gaza Strip and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on the destruction of Palestini

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The T20 World Cup has brought cricket to the US,…

Posted by June 1, 2024

Is cricket really coming to the United States? The game has long desired to conquer the land of dreams, and it won’t get a better shot at finally making it bi

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Close race as Iceland votes to elect new president

Posted by June 1, 2024

Vote looks set to be a close competition between three women: former PM Katrin Jakobsdottir; businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir; and Arctic scholar Halla Hrund Log

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We Need to talk about Zionism

Posted by June 1, 2024

The Listening Post cuts through the confusion about Zionism and anti-Zionism in Western media and politics.In the coverage of Israel-Palestine in the Western me

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Children among 20 dead in boat accident in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar

Posted by June 1, 2024

Boat carrying at least 25 people sinks while crossing a river in eastern Afghan province.At least 20 people, including children, have drowned when a boat sank d

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Why is Kenya investigating alleged abuse by UK soldiers?

Posted by June 1, 2024

Kenya this week kick-started public hearings into widespread allegations that United Kingdom soldiers stationed in the East African country have committed multi

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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele cements power as he begins…

Posted by June 1, 2024

After February landslide win, 42-year-old set to govern for another five years with near-total control of parliament and other state institutions.El Salvador’

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Russia pounds Ukrainian energy facilities with missile and drone barrage

Posted by June 1, 2024

Ukrainian officials say the attacks damaged infrastructure in five regions across the country.Russian forces have launched a barrage of missiles and drones acro

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