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Cubans gather before US embassy in Havana to protest Raul Castro's indictment
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (230+ words) The pro-government demonstration, which began shortly after sunrise on Havana's waterfront, comes as Cuban officials rallied this week around the island's revolutionary hero amid spiraling tensions with the US. The 94-year-old elder statesman was not present. Cuban lawmaker Gerardo Hern'ndez,…...
US sanctions Tanzanian police over torture of activists
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (190+ words) Prominent campaigners Boniface Mwangi of Kenya and Agather Atuhaire of Uganda travelled to Tanzania in May 2025 in solidarity with detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who is facing a treason trial and a potential death sentence. However, Mwangi and Atuhaire were…...
France's youngest PM Attal to run for president
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (563+ words) MUR-DE-BARREZ: France's former prime minister Gabriel Attal said Friday he would run for president next year when Emmanuel Macron steps down, becoming the second prominent centrist to challenge the far right. "I can't take this kind of French politics anymore,…...
Windfall settlement, stock trades: Trump accused of "brazen" corruption
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (640+ words) Accusations of personal enrichment, influence peddling, and cronyism have dogged Trump since his first term in office, before which he famously stated: "A president can't have a conflict of interest." But outrage reached a fever pitch this week after the…...
MCMC cracks down on harmful content with 2 Online Safety Act codes
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (243+ words) The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said the Child Protection Code (CPC) and the Risk Mitigation Code (RMC), which take effect on June 1, set clear expectations for service providers to take greater responsibility in addressing harmful content on their platforms,…...
Iran condemns "illegal" US sanctions on Lebanon"s ambassador-designate
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (259+ words) The ministry "strongly condemned the illegal and unjustified action by the US treasury department in sanctioning Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani, Iran's designated ambassador to Beirut," the statement said. The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on Hezbollah-linked individuals as well as…...
Nato chief welcomes Trump's plan to send troops to Poland
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (301+ words) Of course, I welcome the announcement," the secretary general told reporters ahead of a meeting of the alliance's foreign ministers in Sweden, adding that Nato military commanders are working through all the details". In a social media post, the US…...
Anwar says country has sufficient fuel supply
10+ hour, 20+ min ago (154+ words) God willing, it is sufficient," he told reporters when asked about the government's plan to address the country's energy supply, which is currently expected to be sufficient until July. Earlier today, deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof said the government is…...
Trump postpones AI executive order, cites need to compete with China
11+ hour, 33+ min ago (437+ words) Trump had planned to sign the order at a ceremony on Thursday afternoon attended by CEOs of AI companies. US news website Semafor reported the administration's plans were put on hold following a push from x AI founder Elon Musk…...
Govt working to ensure energy supply until December
12+ hour, 17+ min ago (331+ words) Fadillah, who is also the minister of energy transition and water transformation, said the country's current energy supply is expected to last until July. He said efforts are being intensified to extend it, including by sourcing additional supplies from abroad....