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Netherlands remembers World War Two dead amid tight security due to Gaza war

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 6, 2024

By Reuters Published May 5, 2024 9:33am Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima lay a wreath while The Netherlands holds its annual World War II remembrance ceremony in Amsterdam with restricted public access and heightened security concerns amid tensions over the war in Gaza, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 4 2024. REMKO DE WAAL/Pool via REUTERS […]

Heavy rains in southern Brazil kill nearly 60, over 70 still missing

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 6, 2024

General view shows an area affected by the floods in Canoas, at the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 4, 2024. REUTERS/Renan Mattos SAO PAULO – Heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on Saturday evening, while dozens remain unaccounted […]

China is only country with will to ‘reshape global order’ –US Defense chief

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 5, 2024

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii —The United States government, under the Biden administration, views China as the only nation with will and military muscle to reshape the world order. “We still face real challenges in the region. Unfortunately, the People’s Republic of China continues to engage in increasingly coercive behavior,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said […]

UN agencies prepare for Rafah incursion, warn of ‘slaughter’

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 5, 2024

Palestinians break their fast amid the rubble of their destroyed home during Ramadan in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 13, 2024. REUTERS/ Mohammed Salem GENEVA – An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the aid operations of […]

Biden: Free speech and rule of law must be upheld in college protests

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 4, 2024

Published May 3, 2024 5:48am US President Joe Biden attends the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that freedom of speech and the rule of law must be respected in protests at college campuses over the war in Gaza. “We are not […]

France, Japan to start talks on reciprocal troops pact

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 4, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS, France – France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start formal talks on a reciprocal troop access deal, strengthening military cooperation in amid rising maritime tensions in […]

US appeals court says kids’ climate lawsuit must be dismissed

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 3, 2024

A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a five-page order that the case should have been dismissed after the court first weighed in on the matter in 2020, when it said courts could not mandate broad policy changes that are better left to Congress and the executive branch. Ethan […]

Kenya flood toll rises to 179 as homes and roads are destroyed

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 3, 2024

Kenya Red Cross members hold on to a safety rope as they wade through flood waters to assess and rescue residents trapped in their homes after a seasonal river burst its banks following heavy rainfall in Kitengela municipality of Kajiado County, near Nairobi, Kenya May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya NAIROBI — Floods and landslides across Kenya […]

Portugal arrests four people suspected of enslaving man for 17 years

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 2, 2024

LISBON — Portugal’s criminal police agency said on Wednesday it had arrested four people on suspicion of holding a man in slavery-like conditions for 17 years in the country’s northern region of Braganca. In a statement, the police said the 54-year-old man suffered physical and psychological abuse over that period, and was the victim of […]

Ukrainian official discusses taken children with Vatican envoy

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)May 2, 2024

Papal Special Envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi attends a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/ Handout via REUTERS/ File photo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff thanked a Vatican envoy on Tuesday for his efforts in trying to bring home thousands of children forcibly taken […]

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