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Spanish minister calls Israel’s sport participation a ‘double standard’
Spanish Sports Minister Pilar Alegria has said Israeli teams should be banned from sport in the same way that Russian sides broadly were in 2022 after the country invaded...
Video from Indonesia falsely linked to Nepal protests
After deadly demonstrations ousted Nepal's veteran prime minister and set parliament ablaze, social media users shared a video falsely claiming it depicts the protesters having a showdown with the...
South African court rules that men can take wife’s surname
South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so.In a victory for two couples...
German foreign policy expert: Russia testing NATO cohesion in Poland
German foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen has said he believes the intrusion by Russian drones into Polish airspace was designed to test NATO and try and intimidate the Western...
UAE bars Israeli defense firms from Dubai expo following strike in Qatar
UAE Formation performs during the Dubai Airshow, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 14, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/RULA ROUHANA )UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed sharply condemned Israel’s strike,...
Israel again intercepts rocket from Yemen
The Israeli military on Thursday said a rocket was fired from Yemen, triggering alarm sirens in several areas of the country.The military later gave the all-clear, saying that Israel's...
Ukraine’s strikingly cost-efficient drones are getting the $7 billion boost they need for mass production
Europe says it's investing $7 billion into Ukraine's increasingly famed drone industry.It comes after Ukraine's defense minister estimated that Kyiv needs $6 billion to cover drone costs.It's paid by...
Investigation underway into deadly gas tanker explosion in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican investigators were working to determine the cause of a crash in which a tanker truck carrying more than 13,000 gallons (49,500 liters) of gas...
‘We are still waiting, still suffering’: The legacy of a deadly Nigerian dam collapse
The threat of flooding once again looms over the city of Maiduguri, in north-eastern Nigeria, a year after torrential rains and the collapse of a dam left entire neighbourhoods...
South Korea Lifts Ban on VC Funding for Crypto Companies
South Korean cryptoasset-related companies can now apply for venture capital (VC) funding after Seoul abolished a seven-year-old ban. The South Korea newspaper Seoul Kyungjae reported that the Ministry of...
