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UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in South Sudan 2024-04-30
China.dot.org

JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, following fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in Western Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria states. This came after armed Murle youth...

photo: UN / Gregorio Cunha

Donald Trump fined $9,000 for breaching hush money trial gag orders 2024-04-30
The Times/The Sunday Times

Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 by the judge overseeing his criminal trial over social media posts he made containing attacks on expected witnesses in the case. The former president...

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ICJ rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel 2024-04-30
Al Jazeera

The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency measures over German arms sales to Israel as requested by Nicaragua, which had argued that there was a serious risk of genocide in Gaza amid Israel’s...

photo: AP / Peter Dejong

North Carolina shootout that killed 4 law officers began as task force tried to serve a warrant 2024-04-30
WPTV

A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm, police said. Some of the officers who rushed to the Charlotte neighborhood Monday afternoon to rescue the...

photo: AP / Nell Redmond

EU launches disinformation probe against social media giant Meta 2024-04-30
Al Jazeera

The European Commission has launched a disinformation probe against social media giant Meta. The EU announced the investigation into the operator of Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday, saying suspects the US company of breaching the bloc’s online content rules. Brussels has raised its efforts to...

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EU’s future at stake in critical parliamentary election 2024-04-30
Arab News

From June 6 to 9, the most extraordinarily massive election will take place in Europe. It will involve more than 400 million voters in 27 states. In terms of electoral processes, few are more complex. In a single country election, voters normally determine their support based on a few key issues,...

photo: © European Union 2024 - Source : EP / © European Union 2024 - Source : EP

Elon Musk on collision course with China’s future 2024-04-30
Asiatimes

What a difference 11,000 kilometers make. Elon Musk may be thinking just that as Tesla shares surge on the power of the billionaire flying to Beijing from Austin, Texas. Sure, Musk claims to have cleared some regulatory hurdles to roll out his driver-assistance system in the globe’s biggest auto...

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TikTok ban in EU not excluded von der Leyen 2024-04-30
Beijing News

Last week, US President Joe Biden signed a law demanding that the platform's Chinese owner sell it or be barred from app stores The EU has not ruled out banning Chinese-owned TikTok, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated. The official, who is seeking another term in June,...

photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato

What Columbia's pro-Palestinian protesters are saying 2024-04-30
The New Arab

After midnight in the early hours of Tuesday morning, pro-Palestinian students at Columbia took over Hamilton Hall after the university's administration issued a new wave of suspensions over an encampment in protest of Israel's war on Gaza. In a press release sent at around 2 am, the student...

photo: UN / Evan Schneider

In Europe, they cheer passage of Ukraine aid but worry about possible Trump future 2024-04-30
Korea Times

Trudy Rubin BRUSSELS — On April 19, I watched an audience of European and American political officials and strategic experts pay rapt attention as U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told them Congress would enact a Ukraine aid package that weekend. Minutes later, the attendees at the German Marshall Fund's...

photo: AP / Yakiv Liashenko