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What does the increasing recognition of Palestinian statehood mean?
Norway, Ireland and Spain announce they will recognise an independent Palestinian state.Until now, most Western countries have maintained they will formally rec
Uvalde settles for $2m with school shooting victims’ families
Announcement comes two days before the two-year anniversary of the massacre at the elementary school in the Texas city.The city of Uvalde has reached a $2m sett
Biden cancels $7.7bn more in student debt for 160,000 borrowers
The move brings the total number of students benefitting from the president’s debt relief push to 4.75 million.United States President Joe Biden has announced
Mapping which countries recognise Palestine in 2024
Norway, Ireland and Spain have announced they will formally recognise Palestine as a state on Tuesday. Wednesday’s announcement has prompted Israel to immedia
Russia returns six children to Ukraine in Qatar-brokered deal
Boys aged between six and 17 latest to be handed over since start of Qatari mediation efforts last year.Russia has returned six children displaced by the war in
Chad Prime Minister Masra resigns after disputed vote winner confirmed
The military government chief’s victory in the presidential polls prompts Succes Masra to resign from the transitional post.Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masr
UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens…
Legal experts are voicing hope and caution after London’s High Court ruling this week allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to th
Why is Biden ratcheting up the trade war with China?
US slaps tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing launches an anti-dumping inquiry in response.Chinese imports have helped push down the cost of products like vide
Germany’s AfD bans top candidate from EU poll events over…
Maximilian Krah recently said Nazi SS members ‘not all criminals’, prompting French far-right allies to shun party.The far-right Alternative for Germany (Af
Russia launches ‘space weapon’ in path of US satellite: Pentagon
US believes Russia’s recently launched satellite can inspect and attack other satellites in low Earth orbit.The United States says Russia has launched a satel
Photos: Mourners in Tehran for Iran President Raisi’s funeral procession
Massive crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital, Tehran, for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a h
Vietnam’s security chief To Lam becomes new president
Lam’s appointment comes after a major anticorruption drive that analysts say he has weaponised for his benefit.Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament has approve
