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Thursday, 06 April 2023 22:05
USA: Trump indictment
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 election. He was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to hush money paid to a porn…
Thursday, 06 April 2023 21:56
Japan: G7 summit prayer watch
The annual G7 summit, in Japan, is from 19 to 21 May. The World Prayer Centre is calling people globally to join them on Zoom on 20 May at 10 am GMT +1, to pray for…
Thursday, 06 April 2023 21:44
Angola: landmines scourge
People are still dying or being maimed by one of the millions of landmines or unexploded ordnance left from the war that ended 20+ years ago. ‘I don't want my daughter to be the next landmine…
Thursday, 06 April 2023 21:41
Global: objections to COP28 president
Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, Adnoc, has been controversially appointed president of the UN’s COP28 summit in December; campaigners say this makes a mockery of the summit. Adnoc, the world’s…
Thursday, 06 April 2023 21:29
USA: many more tornadoes
Residents across a wide swath of the USA experienced destruction from fierce storms which spawned 52 tornadoes in 11 states, killing at least 32 people, between 2 and 3 April. Storms tore a path through the…
Thursday, 06 April 2023 21:26
Antarctic: seafloor holds clue to melting ice
Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could retreat much faster than previously thought. Withdrawing glaciers in Antarctica currently retreat by up to 30 metres a day. But if they sped up, the extra melt water would have big…