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People clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK.
Three arrested over Channel migrant deaths
LONDON — Three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the English Channel on Tuesday, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally.Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.The boat was carrying 112 people at the time of the tragedy.Police identified the men as two Sudanese nationals — aged 22 and 19 — and a South Sudanese citizen, aged 22.The statement, issued by officials on Wednesday, said the men were arrested in a Tuesday night raid by NCA and Immigration Enforcement officers.Officers have already conducted initial interviews with the men, and with further interrogations to...
April 24, 2024

Three arrested over Channel migrant deaths

Food is distributed to desperate Palestinians. — courtesy UNRWA
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
GENEVA — Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warned on Wednesday.According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, more than one in five people in 59 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2023, compared with around just one in 10 in 48 countries in 2016.“When we talk about acute food insecurity, we are talking about hunger so severe that it poses an immediate threat to people's livelihoods and lives. This is hunger that threatens to slide into famine and cause widespread death,” said Dominique Burgeon, director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...
April 24, 2024

Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond

The European Commission building in Brussels.
EU raids offices of Chinese security equipment maker in subsidy probe
LONDON — European Union officials have raided the offices of a Chinese company as part of a probe into subsidies, exposing rising tensions between the bloc and one of its biggest trading partners.The European Commission said Tuesday that it carried out “unannounced inspections” at the premises of a company making and selling security equipment in Europe, which it suspects may have benefited unduly from state subsidies. It did not name the company.“The commission has indications that the inspected company may have received foreign subsidies that could distort the (EU’s) internal market,” the EU’s executive body said in a statement on its website.The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU said Wednesday that it had been informed that a Chinese company was the target of the...
April 24, 2024

EU raids offices of Chinese security equipment maker in subsidy probe

Russia's deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov, left, alongside President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
Russian deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes
MOSCOW — A Russian deputy defense minister has been accused of taking bribes and remanded in custody by a court in Moscow.Timur Ivanov, who denies the charges, is accused of accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale".Appointed to the defense ministry in 2016, Ivanov, 47, has been responsible for Russia's military infrastructure projects.Activists have long criticized the levels of alleged corruption in Russia.However, such high-profile cases have been rare since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Ivanov is considered an ally of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and has worked with him for many years. He was previously deputy prime minister of the Moscow region, where Shoigu briefly served as governor.The Kremlin has rejected reports in some...
April 24, 2024

Russian deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes

AfD lawmaker Maximilian Krah
Far-right German MEP to remain top EU candidate despite aide's arrest 
BRUSSELS — A prominent German far-right lawmaker said on Wednesday that he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, but will remain his party's top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections.Maximilian Krah's assistant, Jian Guo, was arrested on Monday. Prosecutors accuse Guo – a German national who had worked for Krah since his election to the EU legislature in 2019 – of working for a Chinese intelligence service and repeatedly passing on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament.Prosecutors allege that he also snooped on Chinese dissidents in Germany. On Tuesday night, a judge ordered Guo held in custody pending a possible indictment.The arrest has cast an unflattering light on the Alternative...
April 24, 2024

Far-right German MEP to remain top EU candidate despite aide's arrest 

Police car in Brussels, Belgium
Belgian man whose body produces alcohol in rare condition acquitted of drunk driving
BRUSSELS — A Belgian man was acquitted of drunk driving on Monday because he suffers from auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a rare condition whereby the body produces alcohol, Reuters reported.The man's lawyer, Anse Ghesquiere, told Reuters that in “another unfortunate coincidence” her client works at a brewery, but three doctors who independently examined him confirmed he suffered from ABS.Belgian media said that in the verdict, the judge emphasized that the defendant, who was not named in line with local judicial custom, did not experience symptoms of intoxication.The Bruges police court, which acquitted the man, did not immediately reply to an email from Reuters.Lisa Florin, clinical biologist with Belgian hospital AZ Sint-Lucas, explained that people with the condition produce the...
April 24, 2024

Belgian man whose body produces alcohol in rare condition acquitted of drunk driving

A dust cloud from the Sahara Desert in Africa covers the Acropolis on April 23, 2024 in Athens
Greek meteorologist says Athens is like a ‘colony of Mars’ as dust storm shrouds city in orange haze
ATHENS — A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings.The Greek meteorological service said weather conditions on Tuesday had favored the movement of dust from Africa and this was showing up in “increased concentrations in the atmosphere,” particularly in the south of the country.The dust is expected to gradually decrease on Wednesday morning, the service predicted, and from midday onwards it would be “limited to the east.”Videos and images shared online showed people in Athens observing the yellow-orange fog from the hills near the Greek capital.Others took evening walks in the city and shared the bright orange scenes on social media. Greek Meteorologist Kostas...
April 24, 2024

Greek meteorologist says Athens is like a ‘colony of Mars’ as dust storm shrouds city in orange haze

UK royals at the Buckingham Palace June 2023. — courtesy PA Media
Camilla, William and Kate receive top royal honors
LONDON — Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales have all received senior royal honors from King Charles.Prince William becomes Great Master of the Order of the Bath, a position held by Charles when he was Prince of Wales.Catherine is now a Companion of Honor, which recognizes achievement in arts, medicine, sciences and public service.And the Queen becomes the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire, once held by the King's father, Prince Philip, and grandfather George VI.The appointments to these historic royal orders, traditionally announced on St George's Day, have rewarded those at the center of the Royal Family, at a time when both King Charles and Catherine are receiving treatment for cancer.And they will be seen as an acknowledgement of the pressure on...
April 23, 2024

Camilla, William and Kate receive top royal honors

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference ahead of a crunch vote on the Rwanda legislation on April 22, 2024
UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after two years of challenges
LONDON — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts had been stuck between opposition in the Houses of Parliament and challenges in the British courts, as lawmakers and activists have sought to scupper the legislation on human rights grounds.Sunak celebrated his success on Tuesday morning, saying: “We introduced the Rwanda Bill to deter vulnerable migrants from making perilous crossings and break the business model of the criminal gangs who exploit them. The passing of this legislation will allow us to do that and make it very clear that if you come here illegally, you will not be able to stay.”However, the...
April 23, 2024

UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after two years of challenges

Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at a Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024
Ukraine holds its breath as US set to approve $60bn of military aid
KYIV — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance.The Ukraine aid bill, passed in the United States’ House of Representatives on Saturday, is now due to go to the Senate on Tuesday. If passed in Congress’s upper chamber then President Joe Biden has said he will sign it into law immediately, so that “we can quickly send weapons and equipment to Ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs.”Ukraine’s wish list is no secret. At the top: artillery shells and air defense systems.For months, Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines have spoken of being badly outgunned by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelensky...
April 23, 2024

Ukraine holds its breath as US set to approve $60bn of military aid

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