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UNRWA – the UN agency for Palestinian refugees – has said a member of their staff has been killed and 22 others injured after Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah.

Following a collapse at a gold mine in Australia, one man has lost his life while another remains critically injured. The incident occurred when falling rocks struck the pair 500 meters (1,640 feet) underground at the Ballarat site, near Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon local time.

Geet Wilders, the Dutch populist leader, has abandoned his bid to become prime minister, despite his party’s dramatic victory in the 2023 elections. “I can only become prime minister if ALL parties in the coalition support it. That was not the case,” he wrote on X. 

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is scheduled to stand trial on June 3rd on charges related to the illegal possession of a handgun, as stated by a judge.

The US House of Representatives has approved significant legislation that may lead to the banning of TikTok in the United States. Under this legislation, the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform, ByteDance, would have a six-month window to divest its controlling stake, failing which the app would be barred from operation in the US.

Google has confirmed it is implementing restrictions on the types of election-related questions users can pose to its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini. 

Norway gay bar gun attack video shown as trial starts Zaniar Matapour, 44, has pleaded not guilty to terror charges…

In a recent development regarding the ongoing South China Sea dispute, China has accused the Philippines of ignoring proposals aimed at managing the conflict. According to an unnamed senior Chinese official speaking to the Manila Times, the proposals were “met with inaction by the Marcos administration”.

Leonid Volkov, a long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania.  Volkov was attacked with a hammer and tear gas while in his car in Vilnius on Tuesday night. 

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said starvation is being used as a weapon of war in Gaza. He said the lack of aid entering the strip was a “manmade” disaster.