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‘I’ll take you out of Senate’ – Drama as Akpabio clashes with Oshiomhole NATO

‘I’ll take you out of Senate’ – Drama as Akpabio clashes with Oshiomhole

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North) engaged in a heated confrontation on Wednesday, barely 24 hours after the Senate amended its standing rules to impose stricter eligibility criteria for key leadership positions.  The clash erupted during plenary when Akpabio began reading the Votes and Proceedings of…
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May 6, 2026
Chinese chamber of commerce puts a $432bn price tag on the EU’s cybersecurity overhaul China's Social Credit System

Chinese chamber of commerce puts a $432bn price tag on the EU’s cybersecurity overhaul

A KPMG-conducted study commissioned by the CCCEU estimates that phasing Chinese suppliers out of 18 critical EU sectors between 2026 and 2030 would cost €367.8bn. Reuters’ headline rounds that down. The actual figure is materially higher. China’s chamber of commerce in the EU has put a number on the cost…
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May 6, 2026
Headlines for May 6, 2026 Palestine

Headlines for May 6, 2026

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May 6, 2026
Ukraine Accuses Russia of Breaking Kyiv-Initiated Ceasefire with Overnight Strikes Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine Accuses Russia of Breaking Kyiv-Initiated Ceasefire with Overnight Strikes

Ukraine accused Russia of violating a ceasefire that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initiated at midnight on Tuesday, with officials reporting one person killed and three wounded across northern and eastern regions. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha made the accusation directly on X. “Russia violated the ceasefire initiated by Ukraine at midnight…
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May 6, 2026
Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power Hydrogen

Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable industrial chemicals and clean fuel, potentially creating a circular upcycling system that tackles multiple problematic waste streams at once, the researchers…
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May 6, 2026
Sweden sets new compliance charter on credit checks and real-time exclusion NSA

Sweden sets new compliance charter on credit checks and real-time exclusion

The period of May to August 2026 will see Sweden’s gambling industry enter a new era of compliance and regulatory control imposed by the Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, and the Ministry of Finance, Finansdepartementet. The update follows Spelinspektionen executing its first compliance directive of the “comprehensive ban on credit transactions” enforced…
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May 6, 2026
VENEZUELA: ‘The Credit Goes to Detainees’ Families, Human Rights Organisations and the International Community’ Maduro

VENEZUELA: ‘The Credit Goes to Detainees’ Families, Human Rights Organisations and the International Community’

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Labour, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations May 6 2026 (IPS) -   CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works…
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May 6, 2026