News24 | UN chiefs join in urging Gaza ceasefire, lament 'spiralling number of lives lost and torn apart'

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The heads of all major UN agencies issued a rare joint statement Sunday expressing outrage at the civilian death toll in Gaza and calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Hamas.

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News24 | Hamas walks away from Israel truce talks over ‘hunger war and extermination war’ in Gaza

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News24 | 2 killed in Kyiv as Russia and Ukraine strike at capital cities

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News24 | Ukraine targets Moscow with drones second straight night, officials say

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News24 | DEVELOPING | Israel plans broad Gaza attack, civilian relocation

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News24 | Israel strikes in Gaza kill 19 as military operations against Hamas escalate

Gaza's civil defence agency said two Israeli air strikes killed at least 19 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory's north....

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News24 | Russia shoots down Ukraine drones heading to Moscow, no nuclear weapons needed, says Putin

Russian authorities said defence forces had repelled four drones heading toward Moscow, days before foreign leaders are due to gather for a military parade on the capital's Red Square....

05/05/2025 08:00 News 24

News24 | 'We are increasing the pressure': Israel sets sights on Iran, Hamas in Gaza war expansion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet has approved a gradual expansion of the offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza....

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News24 | Zelensky says won't play Putin's 'games' with short truce

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire....

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Apple on Thursday reported first-quarter profit above expectations but warned that US tariffs could cost the company and were disrupting its supply chain....

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News24 | 'There is no debt in the deal': Zelensky hails Ukraine-US mineral deal as 'truly equal'

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News24 | 600 North Korea troops killed, among 4 700 casualties fighting for Russia - South Korea official

Around 600 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia against Ukraine have been killed and thousands more wounded, a Seoul lawmaker said....

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News24 | BRICS ministers fail to reach joint statement, Brazil warns against protectionism

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German sportswear giant Adidas on Tuesday warned that US President Donald Trump's tariffs will increase prices for its products in the United States, and the hardline trade policies could dent its ongoing recovery....

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News24 | Markets edge up as Trump softens tariff pain for car manufacturers

Stock markets advanced on Tuesday following news that Donald Trump plans to spare automakers from some of his wide-ranging tariffs, boosting hopes of a less combative approach to his trade war....

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News24 | 12-year-old killed in Russia drone attack on Ukraine, Zelensky calls for 'unconditional ceasefire'

Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said....

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News24 | Mark Carney pledges to beat Trump, US trade war as his Liberal Party wins Canada election

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29/04/2025 10:33 News 24

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News24 | 'Stop shooting, sit down': Trump wants Russia to stop war, says Ukraine ready to give up Crimea

US President Donald Trump said he believed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ready to concede Crimea to Russia as part of any ceasefire deal....

28/04/2025 07:10 News 24

News24 | Trump raises Putin doubts after Zelensky talks at pope's funeral

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly in the hush of St Peter's basilica before Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday in their first encounter since a noisy White House clash and the US president later cast doubt on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal....

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News24 | 'Vladimir, STOP!' Trump rebukes Russia over Ukraine strike which killed 12

Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 12 people, in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing a rare rebuke from US President Donald Trump....

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News24 | ICC judges ordered to review Israel's challenge of jurisdiction

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News24 | Ukraine open to unconditional ceasefire, Zelensky tells Ramaphosa during Pretoria talks

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