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      1 May

      UN sending relief chief to Sudan over ‘unprecedented’ situation

      Martin Griffiths, travelling with immediate effect, says humanitarian crisis ‘rapidly deteriorating’ with people struggling to get food and water. Fighting has continued in Khartoum through successive ceasefire declarations by the two sides in Sudan. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending his Emergency Relief chief to Sudan amid the “unprecedented” situation there, as the country’s warring factions continue to fight despite saying they would extend a barely respected 72-hour ceasefire that was due to end at midnight on Sunday. “The scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented in the country,” Guterres wrote on Twitter as he announced his decision on Sunday. “In light of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis, I am sending @UNReliefChief [Martin Griffiths] to the…

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    • 1 May

      Erdogan says Turkey has killed suspected ISIL leader

      President Erdogan discloses intelligence operation took place in Jinderes in northwestern Syria on Saturday. The ISIL (ISIS) leader was apparently killed in Syria [File: Turkish Defence Ministry] Turkish intelligence forces have killed the suspected leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Erdogan said Turkish intelligence had been monitoring the alleged leader of the hardline group for a long time before launching their operation. “This individual was neutralised as part of an operation by the Turkish national intelligence organisation in Syria yesterday,” Erdogan said in an interview with TRT Turk broadcaster on Sunday. “We will continue our struggle with terrorist organisations without any discrimination,” the president added. Syrian local and security…

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    • 1 May

      Marcos Jr treads a fine line over military ties as he heads to US

      Philippines president has tilted towards US since taking office a year ago, but is keeping Beijing close. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (centre) waves after inspecting a HIMARS system at military exercises with US troops [Ted Aljibe] Manila, Philippines – When they heard Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was planning to meet United States President Joe Biden at the White House on May 1, Filipino progressive groups immediately made protest plans. The regular Labor Day rally had a new theme, Renato Reyes Jr, secretary general of the New Patriotic Alliance or Bayan, told prospective demonstrators — the US reaffirmation of the Philippines as its “military outpost” in Asia. Reyes promised a demonstration in front of the US embassy in Manila and that…

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    • 1 May

      Santiago Pena wins Paraguay election after hard-fought campaign

      Pena’s conservative Colorado Party was facing a tough challenge from the left over corruption, and poverty. Santiago Pena was running for the presidency for the first time [Agustin Marcari] Santiago Pena has won Paraguay’s election, returning the conservative Colorado Party to government after a tightly-contested campaign that had threatened to end its seven-decade hold on power. The 44-year-old economist and former finance minister had 42.7 percent of the vote with more than 99 percent of ballots counted, a more than 15-point lead over centre-left rival Efrain Alegrem a 60-year-old lawyer from the Concertacion coalition, according to the electoral body. Some 4.8 million of the South American country’s 7.5 million people were eligible to vote in the election for the president and…

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    • 1 May

      Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years

      Chinese authorities were preparing on Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospita Hong Kong: Chinese authorities were preparing on Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on the internet and social media, embarrassing Chinese officials who faced criticism for failing to control the outbreak. The last video Fang, a seller of traditional Chinese clothing, posted on Twitter was of a piece of paper reading, “All citizens resist, hand…

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    • 1 May

      Global markets turn cautious again amid concerns of banking crisis

      Global markets turned cautious once again amid renewed concerns of banking crisis looming for the second time Global markets turned cautious once again amid renewed concerns of banking crisis looming for the second time New Delhi: Global economy was once again beginning to stare at the possibility of economic slowdown as fears re-emerged over the possibility of economic recession in the US owing to another banking crisis, a research note by Jahnavi Prabhakar, Economist, Bank of Baroda, said. US officials are already in talks of providing a possible FDIC receivership to First Republic. A lot is at stake for Fed now, as it considers the next rate action given the stubbornly high inflation, elevated wage growth, credit crunch scenario and uncertainty in global…

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    • 1 May

      Hundreds of migrants turn violent to avoid deportation, Home Office figures show

      Hundreds of migrants due to be deported avoided being kicked out of the country… because they were too violent to be transported. In the past three years, 602 people assigned for deportation ended up staying behind after battling with officials trying to remove them, Home Office data shows. In 497 cases, there was violence when officials arrived to pick the person up. This could be at an immigration detention centre or their temporary home address. The other 105 became aggressive when they were in transit to the airport, at the airport, or in some rare cases even on the plane. A pilot can order a passenger to be “off-loaded” if there are fears for the safety of the flight. On some occasions,…

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    • 1 May

      Meghan Markle accused of breaking ‘Queen’s promise’ over royal title ahead of Coronation

      The Duchess of Sussex has done “exactly” what she and Prince Harry “promised the Queen they wouldn’t do” by profiting from her royal status, a royal biographer has controversially claimed. Former actress Meghan Markle is “very proud” that she joined the Royal Family as it will make her “even richer” and “more famous”, Angela Levin sensationally claimed. The royal commentator accused the 41-year-old of using her status for “capital gain”, which she reportedly promised the late Queen Elizabeth II she would “never do”. The royal biographer told GB News: “Meghan is very proud that she has joined an organisation that is going to make her even richer and more famous.” She later added: “There she is, doing exactly what the Queen they wouldn’t do, which is…

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    • 1 May

      US immigration body cracks down on fraud in H-1B lottery system, issues warning

      The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expressed concern over the increase in fraud associated with the H-1B visa lottery system. They noted that fraud in the H-1B registration system has gone up since the lottery system was implemented. The USCIS said that the computerised drawing of lots designed to choose H-1B applicants has resulted in abuse of the system. “We are working on an upcoming H-1B modernisation rule that will propose, among other improvements, bolstering the H-1B registration process to reduce the possibility of misuse and fraud in the H-1B registration system,” USCIS said. The US government agency also noted that the rise in fraud had prompted them to undertake fraud investigations, deny and revoke petitions and, in…

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    • 1 May

      Ukrainian refugee forced to drive car 1,500 miles back to warzone or pay thousands due on ‘ridiculous’ registration fees

      A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drive her car back to a warzone due to ‘bonkers’ UK road laws and eyewatering insurance premiums. Svitlana Yuryeva, 42, fled Putin’s missile attacks on Kyiv in February 2022, driving her daughter, 17, and son, 13, to relative safety in the Zhytomyr region before travelling across the Polish border in their Audi A6. Having left her husband in tears at the border, she travelled across Poland and Czech Republic to Austria where she stayed for two months before getting sponsored by a family in Wimbledon, South London, through the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Svitlana now works as a finance HR administrator and rents a home in Colliers Wood. But after a six month…

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