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4 May
The EU's Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a €1 billion economic aid package for Lebanon in exchange for the country slowing migration to the EU. The move comes amid a sharp rise in Syrian refugees headed to Cyprus.
4 May
Manila is protesting the "harassment" of Philippine vessels en route to the contested Scarborough Shoal as tensions flare up in the South China Sea.
3 May
More than six months after the start of Israel's devastating offensive in response to the October 7 attacks, Palestinian journalists in Gaza continue to pay a heavy price.
3 May
According to a UNESCO report, a whopping 70 percent of environmental reporters regularly face threats, attacks and intimidation. Meanwhile, UNESCO awards its World Press Freedom Prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, who are paying a heavy price for their reporting.
3 May
Britain's opposition Labour Party won a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday and control of several councils, inflicting heavy losses on the governing Conservatives to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
3 May
Viral videos on social media claim to show US President Joe Biden either "shaking hands with a ghost" or with "thin air".
3 May
Investigators teamed up with colleagues from the Balkans and Lebanon in raids set up by months of intense surveillance. Authorities say the operation thwarted over €10 million in damages and led to 21 arrests.
3 May
Georgians continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against draft legislation that they say would infringe on their rights and lessen the chances of Georgia being able to join the EU.
2 May
The number of births and weddings in Germany has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, especially in the eastern part of the country.
2 May
A team of experts commissioned by the French president warned against screen and social media use for children. Children under three years old should not have any screen time and up to age six it should be “strongly limited,” according to an expert panel commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron.
2 May
Georgia's Interior Ministry said 63 people were detained and six police officers injured in the latest night of protests against a controversial draft law.
2 May
Legislators have been scrambling to repeal the law, which predates Arizona's statehood, since a 2022 Supreme Court ruling paved the way for its return. The vote was 16-14 and the state's governor will likely sign off.
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It goes down the wire this weekend as the Premier League title race will climax on match week 38 of the divisions. Ayomide Sotubo and James Agberebi preview the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Manchester City F.C. game on this week's edition of The Nutmeg.
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Our guest is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors of her generation. More than 20 years after bursting onto the literary scene with her debut novel "White Teeth", Zadie Smith's sixth book "The Fraud" is out in French – based on real events in Victorian England. The British author speaks to Eve Jackson about her fascination with the Victorians, her experience of writing head-on about slavery for the first time and why she has always been interested in the sex life of the English.
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The awards are given out to those who have worked in some of the world’s hotspots like Gaza and Ukraine, but also to some of those who have taken pictures of lesser known stories around the world.
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Lawyers take to the streets of Tunisia's capital, protesting the arrest of lawyer and TV pundit Sonia Dahmani, a known critic of President Kais Saied. Also, thousands of families have been displaced in Burundi after recent flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Finally we look at the upcoming South African elections where the uncompromising Patriotic Alliance party is looking to make a dent as it gains ground in Western Cape.