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Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to close aid effort | CNN

The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) will officially close its operations in the besieged territory, according to the organization’s director and two Israeli sources, after suspending its work in Gaza last month at the beginning of the ceasefire.



“We are winding down our operations as we have succeeded in our mission of showing there’s a better way to deliver aid to Gazans,” John Acree, the GHF’s executive director, said in a statement....
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Fifty students reunited with families after mass kidnapping in Nigeria but more than 250 still held | CNN

Fifty students who were abducted from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria on Friday have returned to their families after they managed to escape, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday.



Armed bandits kidnapped 303 children and 12 teachers from the St. Mary’s Private Catholic school in the country’s north-central Niger State on Friday, according to CAN. The students are both male and female, some as young as ten.



“The pupils escap...
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UK police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault | CNN

UK police have charged British comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and other sexual offenses against four women.



Brand has been charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Friday.



The Met Police added that Brand, 49, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London early next month. It did not specify Brand’s curr...
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UK courts release new documents on Prince Andrew’s relationship to alleged Chinese spy | CNN

Prince Andrew’s links to an alleged Chinese spy were detailed in documents released Friday by British courts, which included a statement from a former close aide to the prince about the duke’s line of communication to China’s president Xi Jinping.



The 10-page statement from Dominique Hampshire in May of 2024 was part of a tranche of documents released by the courts following a request from numerous British media organizations regarding Prince Andrew’s relationship to the a...
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Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers | CNN

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities — namely White farmers — without compensation, as well as the country’s stance against Israel and its war in Gaza.



Trump said in the order the United States would no longer support South Africa with foreign aid if such policies, which he claims highlight a “shocking disregard for...
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Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting | CNN

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.



In a statement on Monday, the rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 armed group – said it had declared the truce, starting Tuesday, “in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Kinshasa regime...
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Worrying or welcome? What Greenland residents think of Trump’s bid to buy the island | CNN

Greenland’s public broadcaster has been canvassing residents’ opinions on US President-elect Donald Trump’s pitch to buy the autonomous Danish territory – and some of their responses might raise some eyebrows.



While some of those questioned described Trump’s interest as “dangerous” and “worrying,” others suggested they might “have more trust in Trump” and “choose the USA.”



The interviews by Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR) on Wednesday came a day after...
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Trump Sr. called for US ownership of Greenland. Now Trump Jr. is visiting | CNN

Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland on Tuesday, just weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, ruffled feathers by reiterating his desire to obtain control over the autonomous Danish territory.



“Greenland coming in hot… well, actually, really really cold!!!!” the president-elect’s eldest son posted on X on Tuesday, accompanied by a video seeming to capture a view of Greenland shot from a helicopter.



He later published to X two photos...
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Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls | CNN

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses.



The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire Service said on Facebook on Friday, adding that an investigation to determine the cause of the fire is underway.



“I was at home… when one of my...
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US-made 2,000-pound bombs likely used in strike that killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, CNN analysis shows | CNN

American-manufactured 2,000-pound bombs were likely used in the Israeli attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut on Friday night, according to a review of footage showing the operation and its aftermath by CNN and munitions experts.



A video published by the Israeli military on Saturday showed jets it said were used to carry out the attack carrying at least 15 2,000-pound bombs, including the US-made BLU-109, according to Trevor Ball, a former seni...