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US student Gaza protesters vow to stay until demands met

Activists at the New York university want amnesty for disciplined students before ending their Gaza protest.

Russian oil facility burns after reported drone attack

Ukrainian sources said the drones hit two facilities in the Smolensk region.

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Seven teens arrested in Sydney counter-terror raids

Police say they belong to the same network as the 16-year-old boy who allegedly attacked a church last week.

Russia says Ukrainian drones sparked fires in several regions

Tevez 'satisfactory' in hospital after chest pains

Former West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez is admitted to hospital after suffering chest pains.

Japan's moon lander still going after 3 lunar nights

TOKYO — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another weekslong lunar night. Temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius during a lunar night and rise to around 100 Celsius during a lunar day.  The… Read Full Article

Australia and X’s Elon Musk clash over church stabbing video

sydney — Australia’s attempts to ban a graphic video of a stabbing in a church has turned into a global battle between the Canberra government and Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X. A service at an Assyrian Orthodox Church in Sydney was being live-streamed on April 15 when a bishop was repeatedly attacked at the altar.   Four people were stabbed, and a teenager arrested.   A 16-year-old boy was later charged with a terrorism offense.    Soon after the… Read Full Article

Botswana rejects controversial UK proposal on asylum-seekers

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says it has rejected a proposal to accept asylum-seekers from the United Kingdom, an arrangement similar to the one Rwanda has agreed to. The UK’s House of Lords on Monday passed a bill that will see migrants deported to Rwanda in a move condemned by human rights activists and the United Nations. In Botswana this week, an umbrella of civil society organizations urged the government to reject proposals from the U.K. to send thousands of migrants to the African… Read Full Article