Category: The Guardian
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US sites in Middle East if tankers come under fire
Revolutionary Guards issue warning as Trump awaits Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for peace dealIran’s Revolutionary Guards have threatened to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported on…
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Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers
Thirty years after first person-to-person transmission was documented in Patagonia, scientists say global heating could increase world’s exposureAn outbreak in rural communities 30 years ago in the Patagonia area of Argentina led scientists, for the fi…
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Tehran, Taiwan, trade … what are the hazards facing Trump on Xi summit tightrope?
US leader enters talks with superpower rival from vulnerable position, but will be hoping for economic wins amid turbulent backdropIf all goes to plan over the next few days – and that is a big if – Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for …
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Neither US nor Iran can sustain strait of Hormuz standoff indefinitely
Simply hanging on could be a disaster for Iranians, while Trump needs to resolve this economic crisis he created Exchanges of fire between Iran and the US demonstrate the serious instability of the situation in the Middle East. Though the US strikes la…
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Indonesian rescuers retrieve body from Mount Dukono as search continues
Woman recovered after volcanic eruption on remote island, while operation to find two missing Singaporeans goes onRescuers have recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption on Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s remote island…
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‘Watching us is like watching a cousin’: the online creators reshaping Africa’s news ecosphere
Africa is leading a change in news consumption habits – and transforming the lives of current affairs enthusiastsLast year Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa posted a TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She explained…
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Guardian reporter and colleagues detained and beaten by Somali police
Mohamed Bulbul arrested in Mogadishu after covering case of woman allegedly being tortured in prisonA journalist who covered the case of a woman who said she was being tortured in prison was detained and beaten with pistols by Somali authorities, along…
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Four south Florida men convicted in Haitian president’s assassination
Men were convicted in Miami federal court for plotting to kill Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince home in 2021Four south Florida men were convicted on Friday of plotting to kill the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to as…
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Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela
US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by TehranDonald Trump has succeeded in removing a country’s stash of highly enriched uranium – although that country is not Iran.On Friday, the US …
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Canadian high school where deadly mass shooting occurred to be torn down
Tumbler Ridge secondary school was site of February mass shooting in which nine were killed and dozens injuredThe school that was the site of one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings will be torn down, officials have announced.The decision to demolish …