Politics
Somaliland sits strategically along the Bab el Mandeb Strait near the Gulf of Aden, a chokepoint through which roughly one third of global maritime trade passes.
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The activists detained have now spent more than 12 months in custody awaiting trial, far beyond the UK’s six-month pre-trial detention limit.
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Algeria demands an apology, reparations and restitution from France.
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South African officials say it looks like “a broader agenda to remove Palestinians from Palestine.”
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South Africa buries a woman every 2.5 hours, and every day at least 15 women are murdered and 117 women report rape cases to the police.
Climate
Early drafts of the deal had included direct language about transitioning away from fossil fuels, but negotiators removed it in the final hours after strong opposition from major oil-exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, Oct. 30, that it had begun a formal process to remove the “style, titles and honors of Prince Andrew.”
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Israel claimed it launched the strikes after Hamas opened fire on its troops, an allegation Hamas later denied.
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Prince Andrew confirmed he’s no longer a working member of the royal family and said the “continued accusations” around him have become a distraction from the royal family’s work.
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At least 15 people were arrested, mostly young people, after the clashes.
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71-year-old Gisèle was drugged by her husband of 50 years, Dominique, and raped at least 92 times by 72 men he invited over between 2011 and 2020 without her knowledge.
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Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally was appointed as the Church’s highest-ranking cleric, in a first in its nearly 500 year history.