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Bill Gates blasts Musk, speeds up giving away fortune
AFP, Published on 09/05/2025
» NEW YORK — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday an accelerated timeframe for giving away his fortune as he touted artificial intelligence (AI) as a game-changer to boost public health and save lives globally.
First responders in Gaza run out of supplies
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» GAZA CITY - First responders in Gaza said on Thursday that their operations were at a near standstill, more than two months into a full Israeli blockade that has left food and fuel in severe shortage.
Second plane falls off US aircraft carrier in 10 days
AFP, Published on 07/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US warplane plummeted into the Red Sea when trying to land on the aircraft carrier Harry S Truman, a defence official said on Wednesday. It was the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week.
Gaza impunity: Israel and the Great Eviction
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/05/2025
» Israel may or may not have God on its side (opinions vary), but it certainly has the US government, and that seems to be enough. It has just attacked an unarmed civilian ship called Conscience with armed drones near Malta in the central Mediterranean, almost 2,000 kilometres from Israel -- and nobody has said "boo".
Israel pummels Yemen airport in reprisal against Huthis
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» SANAA - Israeli warplanes bombed the airport in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the latest retaliation for a missile strike by the Iran-backed Huthis that targeted Israel's main airport.
AFP Gaza photographers shortlisted for Pulitzer Prize
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Four Palestinian photographers from Agence France-Presse (AFP) were finalists for their Gaza coverage in the Breaking News Photography category of the Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious awards in US journalism.
Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's "hunger war" against Gaza.
Thaksin prophecy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2025
» Re: " '14th floor saga' paints a bad picture", (Opinion, May 5) & Thaksin probe welcome", (Editorial, May 1).
Huthis say US bombed Yemen after strike on Israel's main airport
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» SANAA - Yemen's Huthis on Monday accused the United States of carrying out strikes in and around Sanaa, after the Iran-backed rebels claimed a missile strike on Israel's main airport.
Israel cabinet approves plan including Gaza 'conquest'
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel's security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the "conquest" of the Palestinian territory, an official said Monday, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.