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U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected accusations against the Israeli leadership that it is committing genocide in its fight against Palestinian militant organisation, Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what’s happening is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said. On Monday, International Criminal Court…
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A lightning strike has injured ten people in the eastern German city of Dresden with four of whom sustained severe injuries. According to a fire service spokesman, two men, aged 27 and 30, were successfully resuscitated after experiencing cardiac arrest. Amid severe weather conditions and a passing thunderstorm in Dresden, lightning struck the group on…
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The Imo State Police Command has arrested a former Special Duties Adviser to the state governor, Hope Uzodimma. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Henry Okoye, announced that Nwaneri was arrested along with Emmanuel Ezeanochie, the president of the Imo State Amalgamated Markets and Traders Association (ISAMATA). An investigation is currently underway, and further…
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described as “despicable” Tuesday a push by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for warrants to arrest him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza. “The attempt made by the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, to turn things around will not succeed — the parallel he has drawn…
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More than 14,000 people have been displaced in recent days from Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, where Russia launched a ground offensive on May 10, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The assault has seen Russian forces achieve their largest territorial gains in Ukraine in the last 18 months. “Over the past two weeks, fighting in…
