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Kim Jong-Un’s sister calls Joe Biden ‘old man with no future’ as tensions with US grows

Kim Yo-Jong, sister and aide of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, laid into US President Jo Biden as he announced a landmark agreement on protecting South Korea from potential nuclear attacks

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2023

Coming blitz on corporate greenwashing

Judging by the growing number of companies vowing to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to zero these days, it may seem like the corporate world is finally taking the climate crisis seriously. According to the Net Zero Tracker, more than one-third of the world's largest publicly traded companies have announced such…

Bangkok Post · Apr 30, 2023

Tim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid

Sen. Tim Scott says he’s nearly ready to reveal his decision on entering the 2024 presidential race

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023

Mass exodus from Sudan as deadly fighting enters third week

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

France 24 · Apr 30, 2023

UN aid agencies begin helping Sudanese arrivals in Egypt

UNHCR says it is working closely with the government days after reports surfaced there was a complete lack of response.

Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2023

Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast

Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one region

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023

India overtakes China to become world's most populous nation

An estimated 67,000 babies are born on the Indian sub-continent every day. The United Nations has announced that India, already home to more than 1.43 billion, one in every six humans on the planet, this week overtook China and now has more people than any other country.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 30, 2023

Sudan fighting in its 16th day: A list of key events

Fighting shakes Khartoum despite a ceasefire and satellite images show bus convoys at the Egyptian border.

Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2023

‘It’s hell’: vigilantes take to Haiti’s streets in bloody reprisals against gangs

Members of terrorised Port-au-Prince communities armed with rocks and machetes carry out wave of lynchings

The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2023

Sudan sides trade blame, fight on despite ceasefire

Sudan's rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire on Sunday as their deadly conflict rumbled on for a third week despite warnings of a slide towards civil war.

Reuters · Apr 30, 2023