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Iowa prepares for first-in-the-nation vote

It's decision time in the United States with the Iowa Caucus just hours away. Republican voters in the midwest state are the first-in-the-nation to have their say on which candidate they want representing the party to challenge President Joe Biden in November's election. Recent polling suggests a landslide victory for former president Donald Trump in Monday night's vote. Nick Harper is at a caucus venue in Des Moines, Iowa.  

today15 January, 2024

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Opinion Pieces

More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?

Shutterstock Nicholas Reece, The University of Melbourne 2024 is going to be democracy’s biggest year ever. In a remarkable milestone in human history, over four billion people – more than half of the world’s population across more than 40 countries – will go to the polls. National elections will be held in the United States, India, Indonesia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Mexico, and South Africa to name […]

today15 January, 2024

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UN wants $4.2 billion for Ukraine aid in 2024

  By Robin MILLARD Geneva, Jan 15, 2024 (AFP) - The United Nations said Monday it will need $4.2 billion to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine in 2024, and to help millions of refugees who have fled the war-torn country. While the Gaza war has dominated headlines in recent months, Russia's war in Ukraine is set to enter its third year in February. The UN hopes to reach 8.5 million […]

today15 January, 2024

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China’s condemned the United States and other foreign countries that congratulated William Lai

China's condemned the United States and other foreign countries that congratulated William Lai for winning the Taiwan presidential election at the weekend. Beijing has never ruled the democratic island of 24 million people but says it is part of Communist China and refuses to rule out a military attack to unite it with the mainland. Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong.  

today15 January, 2024

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South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against Israel has won praise. Who are they?

  By Narnia Bohler-Muller, Human Sciences Research Council South African justice minister Ronald Lamola led a top legal team to argue the country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 11 January. South Africa argues that Israel’s indiscriminate retaliatory bombing and siege of Gaza contravenes the Genocide Convention. More than 23,000 Palestinians, including at least 10,000 children, have been killed. Narnia Bohler-Muller, an international law […]

today15 January, 2024

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N Korea says it successfully launched solid-fueled ICBM

North Korea says a projectile it launched on Sunday was carrying a hypersonic warhead. It’s claiming it successfully launched a solid-fueled intermediate range intercontinental ballistic missile, which fell into the Sea of Japan. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.  

today15 January, 2024

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EU to debate sending naval mission to Red Sea

EU countries will discuss next week a plan to set up a naval mission to help protect Red Sea shipping following attacks from Yemen's Huthi rebels, diplomats said Friday. The proposal -- in the pipeline in Brussels for several weeks -- was mooted before US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on Friday. Any EU effort would seek to complement a US-led coalition, which includes numerous countries from the […]

today12 January, 2024