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Migrants wait for a bus to return from the beach to their camp, at Calais train station, in Calais, after migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel, in France, April 23, 2024.

UK police charge two men with immigration offences after Channel migrant deaths

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have charged two men with immigration offences after five migrants, including a child, died when a small boat crossed the English Channel from France earlier this week . A 22-year-old from South Sudan has been ...

Kenya Airways planes are seen parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport near Nairobi, Kenya November 6, 2019.

Kenya Airways accuses Congo of harassment over detained staff

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Kenya Airways on Friday accused the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of harassment over the continued detention of two of the airline's staff for alleged customs violations despite a court ordering their ...

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Capsizing of Tuvalu boat carrying vaccines highlights climate change challenges, UNICEF says

Kirsty Needham |Updated 26 minutes ago |2 min read

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The capsizing of a boat carrying childhood vaccines and health workers in Tuvalu underscored the challenges of healthcare in remote Pacific Islands as they battle extreme weather caused by climate change, the ...

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Ireland says UK's Rwanda policy drives migrants over its border

Reuters |Updated 45 minutes ago |1 min read

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship ...

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Sri Lanka approves IMF-backed law to seize proceeds of crime

Uditha Jayasinghe |Updated 56 minutes ago |2 min read

By Uditha Jayasinghe (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has approved a new law backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) allowing the state to seize any proceeds from criminal activities, a cabinet spokesperson said on Friday. The new law was proposed ...

Patients wait for medical treatment at Incheon Medical Center in Incheon, South Korea, April 23, 2024.

Smaller towns in South Korea bear brunt of doctors’ shortage

Daewoung Kim, Hyunsu Yim |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Hyunsu Yim and Daewoung Kim INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Hospitals in South Korea's smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors enters its third month in protest against plans to ...

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Somalia detains U.S.-trained commandos over theft of rations

Abdi Sheikh |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's government said it had suspended and detained several members of an elite, U.S.-trained commando unit for stealing rations donated by the United States, adding that it was taking over responsibility ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks to the press as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium March 21, 2024.

Greece rules out air defence systems to Ukraine, prime minister says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece can not offer air defence systems like 'Patriots' or S-300 to Ukraine responding to pressure from EU and NATO allies to send more military aid to Kyiv. With Russia having stepped ...

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Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, El Pais reports

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will send a small number of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, El Pais newspaper reported on Friday, quoting unidentified sources. Spain ruled out delivering anti-aircraft launchers, but will give Kiev shells, the paper said.

People attend the Kilkilu Ana weekly comedy show, which loosely translates to "Tickle Me" in Arabic, at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba, South Sudan March 7, 2024.

South Sudanese comedians find laughs in painful past

Waakhe Simon Wudu |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) - When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers' quips about different ethnic groups were not always well received. "They had ...

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