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An attack on a village in central Sudan has killed “up to 100” people, a pro-democracy activist group said on Thursday. The Madani Resistance Committee said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the village of Wad al-Noura in the state of Gezira “in two waves.” The RSF began fighting with the Sudanese army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in April 2023 over a dispute regarding the planned integration of the paramilitary into the country’s regular armed forces. Thousands have died and almost 9 million have been displaced since the start of the conflict. Last month, the UN warned…

When a delegation of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government first visited the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2022, it was the topic of much talk — not just in Russia, but around the world. Now, two years later, another visit by Afghanistan’s delegation would have barely made the news if it hadn’t been for the proposal by Russia’s foreign and justice ministries to remove the Taliban from the list of banned terrorist organizations. While Russian President Vladimir Putin has not spoken on the matter directly, he has said the move was necessary to build ties with the Taliban and with the current leadership…

A large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through a South Carolina harbour prompting the closure of one of the busiest bridges in the state.Harbour pilots were able to help the nearly 1,000ft (300m) long ship, which was going almost 20 mph (32 kph), get under the Ravenel Bridge safely and eventually anchor several miles offshore. The US Coast Guard is now investigating the incident that happened on Wednesday.As the drama unfolded, police cleared traffic, cyclists and pedestrians from the eight-lane bridge before the ship arrived.It was kept evacuated for 10 minutes as the…

Antimicrobial resistant infections kill millions every year. They have the potential to take us back to the dark ages, when common infections like urinary tract infections (UTIs) or pneumonia were lethal and untreatable. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when the germs that cause infections — bacteria, viruses, or fungi — develop ways to evade the drugs used to treat them. Over-use of antibiotics in places like chicken farms and healthcare clinics has become a leading driver of AMR. The good news is that a major scientific push is making significant progress in the fight against AMR. “Antibiotic resistance is still far from solved, but…

Allan Arnera, 23, can count on two hands the number of people he has told about his voting intentions for this week’s European parliamentary elections. “Being from a family of five, that’s already half,” the French national, who lives and works in Brussels, told DW. Like 33% of his French compatriots, according to the latest polls, Arnera plans to vote for the far-right National Rally (RN), led by 28-year-old sitting member of European Parliament Jordan Bardella. “For me, it boils down to them having France’s best interests at heart,” Arnera told DW. He agrees with RN’s nationalist approach to EU integration, as he does with…

After six months in office, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his center-left coalition government have been able to implement few of the changes they promised Poland’s liberal and pro-European voters. Now, with just days to go until the European Parliament elections, the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party led by Tusk’s archrival Jaroslaw Kaczynski has overcome a poor start to its campaign and is ahead again in the polls. In an attempt to mobilize his supporters for Sunday’s election, Tusk opted for a tried-and-tested strategy: He called a rally in Warsaw on Tuesday.About 30,000 people came to the rally in…

As silence falls over the beaches of Normandy, the leaders gathered to mark this important anniversary will recognise the grim irony that hangs in the air.An occasion that recalls the horrors of war will take place as conflict rages in Europe and beyond. Its why words will be chosen carefully in public and why, along with the D-Day events, this will be an important diplomatic event. Leaders will meet in Caen this afternoon to hold talks, the sight of veterans, beaches and long lines of war graves fresh in their memory.And it’s also why Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, will…

Skip next section Will this election see a higher voter turnout?06/06/2024June 6, 2024Will this election see a higher voter turnout?The EU election is the world’s second-biggest democratic exercise after the election in India. Mobilizing the 350 million people eligible to cast ballots in the EU is not straightforward. Voter turnout was around just 50% in 2019. Higher voter turnout is projected for the 2024 vote, according to a poll conducted earlier this year in which 60% of voters said they were interested in the election. Higher turnout could prove decisive in a vote that members of both the left and…

McDonald’s lost a long-running European Union trademark battle over the Big Mac name as the result of a top EU court ruling on Wednesday. The fast food giant lost the exclusive right to the name Big Mac for poultry products in Europe after five straight years of not using it, the Luxembourg-based General Court said, in a win for its Irish rival Supermac’s. Big Day for Big Macs The dispute began in 2017 when Supermac’s sought to have McDonald’s Big Mac trademark revoked in the EU as it sought to expand into other EU countries. McDonald’s had contested the Supermac’s trademark, saying it would confuse…

An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza has killed dozens of people, including children, local officials say. Israel said it was targeting a “Hamas compound” when it struck the school-turned-shelter.Hamas-affiliated media said the airstrike killed at least 39 people, with local health officials saying that included at least five children.There is conflicting information about the strike in the Nuseirat area on Thursday morning.The Associated Press could not immediately independently confirm the details of what happened.The Israeli military said its fighter jets struck the school run by the United Nations agency providing aid to the Palestinians, known by the acronym…