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By Mirko Miorelli ROME, June 5 (Reuters) – Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been refusing food and water for four days. Israeli forces arrested 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters in May, to halt a flotilla of “Global Sumud Flotilla” volunteers trying to bring aid supplies to the Gaza […]

BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Friday it dispatched naval and air assets to track and monitor Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter transiting the Taiwan Strait and handled the situation “effectively.” Beijing last week said the same frigate illegally intruded into the Paracel Islands archipelago in the disputed South China Sea. The Netherlands said at the time the warship was ⁠sailing through the South China Sea for […]

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – Stresses in private credit are spilling into adjacent private equity markets. Swiss asset manager Partners Group capped redemptions this week, signalling the volatility in private credit, which typically issues the loans that finance private equity investments, is spreading. Partners Group, which oversees about $185 billion, flagged more withdrawal requests from its funds and reported being affected by industry-wide volatility from private credit. That stress had […]

(SRN NEWS)-According to CIC News, officials north of the border have made it easier to gay people in this country to apply for citizenship and there’s been an uptick in applications.  The average American would have to wait an average of one year to be cleared for Canadian citizenship, but CIC reports that homosexuals are being fast tracked and some are getting in after waiting only two weeks.  Canada says it wants […]

(SRN NEWS)-Lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow underage girls to get birth control without the approval of their parents.  Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker says he will sign it.  Pritzker is a vigorous promoter of abortion and with the help of a friendly legislature, he has worked hard to make Illinois one of the most pro-abortion states in the union — as well as a destination for women from […]

(SRN NEWS)-The bill, which is on its way to Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul for her signature, would remove the word “mother” from all New York statutes and replace it with “gestating parent”.  “Father” would also be dropped in favor of “non-gestating parent”.  State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar calls the measure “Woke culture run amok.  It’s an example of how out of tune the New York legislature is. It’s an unnecessary […]

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said. The victims, all Nigeriens, were returning home from a religious festival in Mali when the truck stopped running more than 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Assamaka, near the borders with Mali and Algeria, Niger’s Agadez region governorate said […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body Friday, accusing the central African nation of forcing deportees from the United States back to their home countries in violation of their rights. The filing asks the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the main human rights body of the African Union, to order Equatorial Guinea to immediately halt any further […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A maritime drone that is being used in the war in neighboring Ukraine exploded Friday at a Black Sea port in Romania but did not cause any casualties, the Defense Ministry said. It said the drone self-detonated in the port of Constanta at around 10:30 a.m., and that the area had already been secured and isolated by the Romanian Intelligence Service, coast guard and the Defense […]