Chad Tightens Media Controls Ahead of Ballot
Chad’s online news sites voiced concern Monday over measures announced by authorities to tighten media controls just over two months…
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French Government Wants New Immigration Law in 2025
Bregeon’s announcement comes less than a year after France adopted an immigration law following months of wrangling, and the new proposals are spurring fresh tensions in the National Assembly lower house divided into three blocs.
India ‘Rejects’ Purported Canada Move to Investigate Envoy
The 2023 murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar crashed diplomatic relations with India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” linking Indian intelligence to the crime.
Iran Says ‘No Grounds’ for Indirect Talks With US
Iran said Monday it currently sees “no grounds” for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East.
Trio Wins Economics Nobel for Work on Wealth Inequality
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.
Briton Plunges to Death from Bridge in Spain Making Online Content
The unidentified man was with another Briton, aged 24, when he plunged to his death on Sunday morning from the cable-stayed bridge in Talavera de la Reina, 110 kilometres (70 miles) southwest of Madrid, the city council said.
Seven people shot dead in a home in S.Africa
Five family members, including a three-year-old boy, were killed at Mokokotlong, over 40 kilometres (24 miles) southwest of Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said. A neighbour and a family friend were also killed.
Hezbollah drone strike kills four, wounds dozens at Israeli base
The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, was the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel increased its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Emergency services reported more than 60 wounded.
Gaza rescuers say 15 killed in Israeli strike on school turned shelter
The vast majority of the besieged Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once by the war, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, with many seeking shelter in school buildings.
The World’s Three Biggest Nuclear Hotspots
Since invading neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has on several occasions brandished the threat of atomic weapons against Kyiv’s Western allies.
