• Year: 2025

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    13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year: UN

    Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) – Sudan’s civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations reported Monday, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters a third year.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 20:35Modified: 14/04/2025 – 20:31

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    Sudanese who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under paramilitary control, queue for food rations in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila

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    Dhoni snaps Chennai's five

    Lucknow (India) (AFP) – Former India captain M.S. Dhoni rolled back the years with an unbeaten 26 as Chennai Super Kings bounced back from five losses to down Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in the IPL on Monday.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 20:31

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    MS Dhoni made a rapid 26 to help Chennai Super Kings to a five wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL

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    Mexican president opposes ban on songs glorifying drug cartels

    Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that she opposed a ban on songs glorifying drug traffickers, after violence erupted at a concert by an artist famous for singing “narcocorridos.”

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 20:29

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    Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government was opposed to censorship

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    Trump blames Zelensky for 'millions' of deaths in Russian invasion

    Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump resumed his attempts Monday to blame Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion, falsely accusing him of responsibility for “millions” of deaths.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 20:27

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    US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. Trump on Monday hosted El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who is now the US leader's key ally in a controversial push to deport illegal migrants to a notorious Salvadoran prison. The meeting comes as the White House faces pressure over the case of a father who was mistakenly deported to the jail in the Central American country -- whose return a US court has ordered the Trump adminstration to facilitate

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    Lebanon PM meets Syria's leader on trip seeking 'new page' in ties

    Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, inviting him to visit Beirut during a trip aimed at rebooting ties between the two neighbours.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:59Modified: 14/04/2025 – 19:57

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    A handout picture released by the Lebanese government shows Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (L) meeting Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday

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    PSG's Desire Doue: Talented by name and by nature

    Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain have the lowest average age of all sides in this season’s Champions League quarter-finals and no player embodies the youthful energy and dynamism of Luis Enrique’s team more than the thrilling Desire Doue.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:37Modified: 14/04/2025 – 19:35

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    Desire Doue is enjoying a fine debut season at Paris Saint-Germain and has broken into the full France squad at the age of 19

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    Death toll from Dominican nightclub disaster rises to 231: minister

    Santo Domingo (AFP) – The toll from a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic last week has risen to 231, the country’s interior minister said Monday, after five more people succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:25Modified: 14/04/2025 – 20:36

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    The scene in Santo Domingo resembled the aftermath of an earthquake, with a gaping hole where the roof of the Jet Set club had been

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    Phoenix Suns fire Budenholzer after missing playoffs

    Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – The Phoenix Suns fired head coach Mike Budenholzer on Monday after the team failed to reach the NBA playoffs despite having the largest payroll in the league.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:21Modified: 14/04/2025 – 19:19

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    Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer has been fired after a single season with the team

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    Goldman Sachs profits rise on strong equity trading results

    New York (AFP) – Goldman Sachs reported Monday higher first-quarter profits on strength in equity trading, offsetting a hit from losses in investments on public stock markets.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:07

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    Goldman Sachs CEO predicted a solid 2025 in terms of dealmaking, even if there has been something of a pause amid uncertainty over tariffs

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    Zverev shakes off recent funk to beat Muller in Munich

    Munich (Germany) (AFP) – World number three Alexander Zverev got his clay court season back on track with a 6-4, 6-1 over Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the first round of the ATP event in Munich on Monday.

    Issued on: 14/04/2025 – 19:03Modified: 14/04/2025 – 19:08

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    Alexander Zverev bounced back from an early exit in Monte Carlo with a first round victory over Alexandre Muller in Munich

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