Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation and rebuild their complicated traditional alliance, as Xi is on a rare visit to Pyongyang in a likely attempt to reassert Beijing’s unique influence over its socialist neighbor. It’s extremely difficult to independently verify reports released by state-controlled...
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Sweden Set To Ban Mobile Phones In Schools, Joining Trend Of Shelving Screens For Students
Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens in classrooms. Since 2023, the Scandinavian country’s center-right coalition government has pursued a policy prioritizing more...
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Pope Meets With 6 Clergy Abuse Survivors In Spain, Hopes To Improve Response
Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said. The meeting, which followed in the tradition of popes meeting with abuse survivors during their foreign trips, lasted about an...
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Netanyahu And Trump Are At Odds Over The War They Started Together
Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things. Trump had publicly warned Israel not to strike Beirut in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. When it did, on Sunday, Iran responded by firing...
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Kenya’s Former Chief Justice David Maraga Arrested At Protest Of National Park Construction
Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga said he was arrested Monday alongside other activists protesting planned construction inside Nairobi National Park. Police fired tear gas canisters at the protesters who were marching outside the park while carrying banners with messages denouncing land grabs. Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a...
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ICC Chief Prosecutor Suspended Pending Decision By Oversight Body On Sexual Misconduct Allegations
In an unprecedented move, the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late Monday, after the court’s oversight body referred British barrister Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings. The 56-year-old is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with a female aide, in a scandal that has dragged on for more than...
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Highly Effective Prevention Drug Arrives In South Africa, Which Has World’s Highest HIV Burden
Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam Plaatjie to start using preventive HIV medications three years ago. “Sometimes they’d lose weight, they would get sick and have to go to the clinic, and I didn’t want that for me,” she told The Associated Press....
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Sport Story: Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez Meets With Pope Leo XIV At The Bernabéu, Gifts Him The Club’s Jersey
Real Madrid Football Club Florentino Pérez welcomed Pope Leon XIV at the Bernabéu, where a gathering with the diocesan community of Madrid took place. The president of Real Madrid presented the pontiff with a personalized jersey of the FC featuring his first name (Robert F. Prevost) and the number 1, along with a replica of...
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Sport Story: U.S Denies Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan entries, FIFA Remain Silent
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has reportedly been denied entry into the United States despite being selected to officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. The Somali Embassy in Nairobi said on Friday it had facilitated Artan’s travel on a diplomatic passport. Artan is said to have been stopped by immigration officials...