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Pope calls for ‘sufficient humanitarian aid’ into Gaza

Vatikanstadt (AFP) – Pope Leo XIV calls for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. “I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of sufficient humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities,” the pope says during his first weekly general audience in the Vatican.

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India resumes border ceremony with Pakistan

Attari (India) (AFP) – India has resumed its daily border ceremony with Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah crossing after a brief suspension due to deadly conflictearlier this month—the most serious clash between the two rivals in decades.

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UK PM Starmer calls Gaza situation ‘horrific’ as trade talks with Israel suspended

London (AFP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells MPs that the suffering in Gaza is “utterly intolerable” as he repeats demands for a ceasefire and states his opposition to West Bank settlements. The UK government has paused free trade negotiations with Israel and slapped new sanctions on West Bank settlers to protest against Israel’s actions.

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Lioness Kira tends to five newborn cubs in Norwegian zoo

Kristiansand (AFP) – Lioness Kira tends to her five cubs, which were born at Dyreparken zoo in southern Norway on Monday. Kira and the cubs’ father, Mufasa, both 6 years old, already had two litters of cubs since they arrived at the zoo in 2022. The mother and cubs are now resting away from visitors.

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UK farmers ‘praying’ for rain amid driest spring since 1852

Peterborough (AFP) – Farmer Luke Abblitt hasn’t seen any rain fall on his farm in the east of England since March, leaving his crops stunted as summer approaches and the climate is only set to get harsher. “I’m just hoping, I’m just praying at the minute. I keep looking at the weather, hope it’s going to rain,” he says as Britain suffers its driest spring in 173 years.

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Taiwan says it is ‘willing’ to talk to China

Taipeh (AFP) – Taiwan is ‘willing’ to talk to China as equals, the island’s President Lai Ching-te says as he marks his first year in office. “While we have ideals in our pursuit of peace, we cannot have illusions,” Lai tells journalists in Taipei.

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Deadly rains choke India’s tech capital Bengaluru

Bengaluru (India) (AFP) – Torrential rains have swamped parts of India’s tech capital Bengaluru, killing at least one person, an official said, and exposing long-standing infrastructure failures in a city that has expanded at breakneck speed.

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