International
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May- 2023 -31 May
NATO launches Arctic exercises, pledges protection of Finland
NATO aircraft and troops from Norway, the UK, US and Sweden are participating in arctic exercises A US soldier instructs a Finnish soldier in the operation of a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during the Northern Forest land force exercise in Rovajarvi, Finland on May 30, 2023 [Janis Laizans] NATO countries have kicked off Arctic military exercises with a pledge to defend their newest member, Finland, which is hosting its first joint training since becoming part of the Western alliance in April. Nearly 1,000 allied forces from Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States – as well as NATO applicant Sweden – joined approximately 6,500 Finnish troops and some 1,000 vehicles for exercises this week, which mark Finland’s biggest modern-time land-force drill…
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31 May
Saudi, US astronauts splash down on return from space station
Saudi Arabia’s Rayyanah Barnawi, a biomedical scientist in cancer research, has become the first Arab woman sent into orbit. In this image taken from a video broadcast by SpaceX, crew members wave after the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico on May 30, 2023 [SpaceX ] A private space flight carrying a team of two Saudi and two American astronauts – including the first Arab woman sent into orbit – has splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico after a research mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the team parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, on Tuesday night after a 12-hour re-entry…
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31 May
News|Humanitarian Crises
Sudanese doctor ‘abducted’ after smear campaigns, say family Dr Alaa Nogod, a prominent figure in Sudan’s protest movement, was taken amid continued fighting in the country. Sudanese protesters march towards the parliament building in Omdurman on April 6, 2022, during a rally against military rule [] In the early afternoon on Saturday, 10 armed men stormed the Khartoum home of Dr Alaa Nogod and took him, as his younger brother and mother watched on helplessly. According to his family, the men claimed to belong to Sudan’s military intelligence and confiscated Nogod’s laptop, notebooks, passport and mobile phone. They then drove away without saying where they were taking him. “They kicked Alaa between his shoulder and his neck,” Nogod’s mother, Alawia,…
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31 May
BJP misusing government agencies: Rahul Gandhi
Speaking at an event in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, Gandhi said the BJP and the RSS are controlling all the instruments of politics in India. San Francisco: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken a swipe at the ruling BJP government, saying it is “threatening” the people and “misusing” the country’s agencies as he addressed a gathering of the Indian diaspora here. Speaking at an event in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, Gandhi said the BJP and the RSS are controlling all the instruments of politics in India. He said before starting his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra‘, he realised that the normal tools that have historically been used in politics were not working anymore. “The BJP is threatening people and misusing government agencies.…
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31 May
Around 2,000 Amazon employees set for walkout against return-to-work, layoffs
Amazon mandated its return-to-office policy from May 1, with employees required to be back in offices at least three days per week. San Francisco: Around 2,000 Amazon employees were set to participate in a walk-out in front of Amazon’s Spheres building in the heart of its headquarters in Seattle protesting against layoffs and return-to-work mandate. Amazon mandated its return-to-office policy from May 1, with employees required to be back in offices at least three days per week. The e-commerce giant has also laid off 27,000 employees in two job cut announcements. “The walkout is on! About 1,816 employees have pledged to walk out around the world so far, with 873 in Seattle. Please join 1,816 of our coworkers (and counting) and pledge to walk…
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31 May
Imran Khan will be tried in military court, says Pakistan’s interior minister
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that Imran Khan will be tried in a military court as the former prime minister was the “architect” of the May 9 incidents in which military and state installations were attacked by his party workers following his arrest in a corruption case. Appearing on a Dawn News show, Sanaullah also accused the 70-year-old chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of personally carrying out the planning of the attacks on military installations before his arrest on the day. There was evidence to prove the claim as well, the minister added. When asked if Khan would be tried in the military court, he said: “Absolutely, why shouldn’t it? The programme that he made to…
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31 May
Indian sailors to finally return home after nine months of detention in Nigeria
Sixteen Indian seafarers who were detained for nine months in Nigeria will soon be returning to their home country. Their vessel, the MV Heroic Idun, was released on Sunday by the Nigerian authorities and is on its way to Cape Town, South Africa. The Indian sailors onboard the Norwegian vessel will travel to India from there and reach their home country on 7 June. On 12 August last year, the vessel was stopped by a naval ship off Equatorial Guinea in international waters. Reports said the MV Heroic Idun was on its way to pick up crude oil from Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. There are 26 sailors on the vessel and 16 of them are from India. The others are from the Philippines, Poland and Sri Lanka. Nigerian authorities had…
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31 May
UK PM Rishi Sunak’s Grandfather Trained Kenyan Fighters Against British Rule
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s paternal grandfather Ramdas Sunak was involved in training the Kenyan fighters against the British rulers. The Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s led to at least 25,000 deaths.The Mail on Sunday in a report said Ramdas Sunak moved from Punjab to Nairobi as a young man and taught fighters against the British government guerilla techniques.Sunak Sr. was on the payroll of the colonial government and worked as a clerk and then a senior administrator in the finance and justice departments in Kenya. He was also a trained accountant. The report also said that Ramdas Sunak was affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).The development was reported as the Sunak administration paid £20 million compensation to 5,000…
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31 May
What do we know about the Moscow drone attack?
Kyiv has denied responsibility for the assault but what can be learnt from the evidence online? Where did it happen? By verifying and locating videos posted to social media, Sky News has visually confirmed three apartment buildings in the Russian capital were damaged. It is unclear if this damage has been caused by a direct hit or by a drone that has been shot down by air defences. The Russian military has said eight drones were used in the attack and all of them were shot down. Sky News’ Data and Forensics team mapped these areas by identifying distinctive features in the videos, such as street signs or buildings, and comparing them to existing imagery on Google Maps. There was a sighting…
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31 May
Prince Harry ‘wishes to wreak severe reputational damage’ in ‘mission against royal system’
Prince Harry wishes to wreak as much reputational damage as possible during his civil cases against the tabloid media, a media analyst has claimed. Alice Enders said that the Duke of Sussex is on a mission against a system that exists between the Royal Household and the tabloid media. Prince Harry has made in the High Court claims against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun and defunct News of the World; Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday; and Mirror Group Newspapers, whose parent company is now known as Reach. Enders told the Financial Times: “Prince Harry is on a mission against what he regards to be a ‘system’ that exists…
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