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      18 April

      Sudan”s generals battle for 3rd day; death toll soars to 185

      At least 185 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded since the fighting erupted People walk past shuttered shops in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudan’s embattled capital has awoken to a third day of heavy fighting between the army and a powerful rival force for control of the country. (Marwan Ali) Khartoum: As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for control of the country. At least 185 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded since the fighting erupted, U.N. envoy Volker Perthes told reporters. The two sides are using tanks, artillery and other…

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    • 18 April

      Sudan rival forces battle in capital as UN sees little prospect for mediation now

      Sudan’s battling factions both claimed to have made gains on Monday as continued violence cut power and water in the capital, and the U.N. envoy to Sudan said the two sides showed no signs of being willing to negotiate. The rupture between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 185 people and injured more than 1,800, said U.N. envoy Volker Perthes amid airstrikes and fighting in Khartoum and strife across Sudan. Their deadly power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a wider conflict. Smoke hung over the capital, and residents reported a clamour of airstrikes, artillery fire and shooting that shut hospitals in a city unused to violence.…

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    • 18 April

      Putin’s war in Ukraine sees violence erupt in Sudan as more than 100 dead

      Russian involvement has been blamed for worsening Sudan’s brutal internal conflict which has seen Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battling against the Sudanese Army for control of the capital city of Khartoum, leaving hundreds dead. Russian Wagner Group mercenaries have been linked to the paramilitary RSF, which was formed from the Janjaweed militias who gained international notoriety during the Darfur genocide. Writing in the Telegraph, retired British Army officer Richard Kremp claimed that Putin’s failed invasion of Ukraine has emboldened the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary organisation, to exploit African nations and exacerbate unrest. Mr Kremp wrote: “Vladimir Putin, either by accident or design, has helped to unleash a wave of violence that could have disastrous consequences not just for Sudan and…

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    • 18 April

      Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 Atlantic crash

      Air France and Airbus have been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the crash of Flight 447 in 2009 that killed 228 people. The Airbus A330 was travelling from the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm in June 2009, killing people from 33 countries. Both Air France and Airbus denied involuntary manslaughter. A French court delivered the ruling today following a two-month trial, concluding that there wasn’t sufficient evidence of a direct link between the companies’ decisions and the crash. Air France has compensated the families of those killed. France’s first ever corporate manslaughter ended in disappointment for the victims’ families. Claire Durousseau, who lost her niece in the…

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    • 18 April

      Parliament watchdog opens investigation into Rishi Sunak

      Rishi Sunak faces further questions over his family’s financial interests after a standards investigation was launched into a potential breach of transparency rules relating to his links to a childcare firm in which his wife is an investor. Opposition parties said the investigation by Daniel Greenberg, parliament’s commissioner for standards, was a sign sleaze had returned to No 10 – and it will be a third propriety investigation into Sunak, who has been fined by police for breaching Covid rules and for not wearing a seatbelt. While Downing Street has promised to cooperate with the investigation, Sunak plans to rely on a defence that he acted openly over his wife’s stake in Koru Kids by declaring it to a register of ministers’ interests…

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    • 18 April

      Israeli curbs on Orthodox Church crowds in Jerusalem for Easter draw ire

      Israeli police will curb the number of worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for safety reasons during Orthodox Easter ceremonies on Saturday, drawing anger from church leaders who said they would not cooperate. With huge crowds expected in the cramped alleyways of the Old City, the restrictions – which will slash the number of worshippers to one-fifth its size in recent years – are aimed at ensuring safety for thousands of Christian worshippers, as well as Muslims and Jews holding their own celebrations, police said. However, the decision to limit access on Saturday to the Holy Fire, the most important Easter celebration for the Eastern Orthodox Church, angered church leaders who saw it as part of…

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    • 17 April

      IMF wants Egypt to make reforms before bailout review: Report

      IMF wants Cairo to privatise state assets and allow flexibility in its currency, Bloomberg report says. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said the fund is preparing its first review of its $3bn rescue package for Egypt [File: Elizabeth Frantz] The International Monetary Fund wants Egypt to enact more of the reforms that Cairo has committed to before it conducts the first review of the country’s $3bn rescue package, Bloomberg News has reported. The Washington-based lender wants Cairo to privatise certain state assets and allow flexibility in the Egyptian pound to make sure the review is successful, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said last week that the…

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    • 17 April

      US warship sails through Taiwan Strait following China war games

      USS Milius conducted a ‘routine’ transit through the Taiwan Strait to demonstrate US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, navy says. USS Milius conducts operations at an undisclosed location in the South China Sea in this handout picture released on April 10, 2023 [File: US Navy/Handouts] A United States warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait in what the country’s navy described as a routine transit, just days after China ended its latest war games around the island. In a statement on Monday, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday. The warship conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” through waters “where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in…

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    • 17 April

      Climate Ambassadors host first batch of UAE’s university students

      This event is part of a series of CAP sessions held in Expo City Dubai. The students came from several UAE universities including the American University of Sharjah (AUS), the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Zayed University, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU), and Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. Representational Image/ANI Dubai [UAE]: The Climate Ambassadors Programme (CAP) hosted 30 university students from across the country on Saturday and discussed several climate-related issues, notably ways to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. This event is part of a series of CAP sessions held in Expo City Dubai. The students came from several UAE universities including the American University of Sharjah (AUS), the…

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    • 17 April

      Dozens killed as army, rivals battle for control of Sudan

      Smoke billows above residential buildings in Khartoum, as fighting in Sudan raged for a second day in battles between rival generals. Khartoum: The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day on Sunday, signalling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease fire. Heavy fighting involving armoured vehicles, truck-mounted machine guns and war planes raged in the capital of Khartoum, the adjoining city of Omdurman and in flashpoints across the country. The rival forces are believed to have tens of thousands of fighters each in the capital alone. At least 41 civilians were killed on Sunday, bringing the two-day death toll to 97, the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate…

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