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‘WORLD 11

_June M4, 2026


BELFAST: Thousands of, people gather foran anti-racism rally In the Horthemn Irish city of. Beltast on Saturday after unrest sparked by ‘a horrific | 2

stabbing. —AFP wirephoto.

| Trump to participate
in G7 working session
p         with Zelensky.

5   ;  WASHINGTON: US Presl- Wednesday evening, after the 7Oycarold billionaire Repub-
dent Donald Trump willtake summit wraps up.     ~ Bean was the “only” world
part in a G7 working session       The dinner isa way to ock-  leader capable of ending
¥| with Ukraine's Volodymyr ebrate the 250th anniversary the war between Russia and
Zelersky in France on Tues- of American independence in Ukraine, but did not elabo-
9| day, but no bilateral mecting a “landmark of Franco-Amer- rate.
PF | between the two is sched- ican friendship where the       whe statusof US Iran talks
S| uled, a senior administration treaty establishing the inde ainved at ending the Middle
official said, © - ~~ + “+ pendence ofthe United States East war will be a dominant
“On Tuesday moming, was signed in 1763," accord- concem at the G7 summit,
President Trump will partich ingto Macron'soffice. .. . One topic of discussion
pale na workirg session with ~ Trump has shifted his among attendees could be
G7 leaders and Preskient Zek attention away fromeffortsto the participation of France
ensky of Ukraine,” the official end the Russia-Utraine war and Britain in mine-clearing
told reporters Saturday on since the United States and operations in the Strait of
the customary condition of Israel launched attacks on Hormuz, according to the
anonymity.                “ "Tran in late February, igniting senior administration offi-
‘The G7 summit will take another conflict that hasbeen cial. -
place In Evian on June 15-17, under a fragie ceasefire since        The waterway  off Iran,
and Trump is scheduled to April                             a critical trade route for oil
hold bilateral meetings on ts. “Obviously, President Ze and fertilizer, has been largely
sidelines with French Presi- ensky is gonna be at the ses-  closed to shipping due to the
dent Emmanuel Macron, a3. sion that we're doing. They war.”
well as the leaders of Qatar, very well may meet witheach -        The US official ‘sought to
the United Arab Emirates, other on the sidelines,” the downplay tensions between
Ear and India, the official  official said, stressing that a. Trump and his allies regard-
formal bilateral meeting was ing the US commitment to
Frum is also scheduled not curently on Trump's G? NATO - an alliance whose
todine at the Versailles palace agen:                                            leaders will be well-repre-


Thousands turn out, | US police probe|

theft of England
for anti-racism rally ine ™

after Belfast unrest      equipment

BELFAST: Thousands of causing all the problems KANSAS. city: England's
people on Saturday gathered aren't speaking for us,” she } World Cup preparations have
for an anthracism rally inthe said at the rally organised | been hit by the theft of equip-
Northern Irish city of Belfast by the Unite Against Racism | ment ahead of the squad's
afer unrest sparked by ahor-  group,                 -       arrival at their Kansas City
rifestabbing. —            ™    Northem Ireland Secre- | training base on Saturday. -

Protesters carried plac: tary Hilary Bennon Thursday| Balls and boots are report-| Guyana has nominated its term as a non-permanent

atds with slogans such as said the rioting had created a | edly among items stolen after
"Hate is the only threat to our sense of fear with some peo- | vehicles transferring equip-
streets” and “Belfast stands ple being “intimidated” and | ment to the team's Swope
against racism”.              *bumed out of their houses by | Soccer Village base were

- The city saw two nights masked thugs on the basis of | broken into, according to the
of disorder after video of the colour of their skin’. -       BBC. The Football Associ-
Monday night's knife attack _ He said there had been | ation confirmed to Britain's

+ which showed a man reports of people being| Press Association that an| Antonio Guterres of Portu- body, have demonstrated to
straddling another lying in stopped in their cars to be} incident had occurred but] gal will step down at the end the world that Guyana can

the street, slashing him with asked their nationality on
a knife — went viral across their way to work, describing
social media platforms, it as.  “completely unaccept-
- A Sudanese man on able’,
Wednesday           incourt ~ Local councillor Seamas
charged with the attempted de Faoite of the SDLP, the
murder of Stephen Ogilvie, main Northern Irish nation.
who remains in hospital,           alist party, said people had
Belfast mayor Rois-Maire tured out to show that they
Donnelly told the crowd a were “appalled” af the “rackst
small minority could not be violence.
allowed to “spread fear. and = He said  organisations      The BBC said it was
hatred”, adding that she had across the city had been [understood that two arrests
received death, threats this  working tirelessly to rehome | have been made in connec:
week,                        * people who were now “tool tionwiththeepkiede, =~
“You're the Belfast that I  Hightencd” to goback totheir      Thornas Tuchel's England
represent — resilient, compas- homes.                      are dueto train at Swope Soc-
sionate and welcoming. Our       Immigration fsa hot but  cer Village for the first time at
city is stronger because of its.  ton issue in both the UK and | &:00 pm (2200 GMT) on Sat-
diversity,”she sak © ~     ° Ireland, and has helped fuel | urday after transferring from
- Protester Hilary Hunter; the rise of the hard-right
63, told AFP she was there Reform UK purty, ied by Nigel
because she was “just dis- Farage.
gusted of whats golng on, Our -      Both countries have seen | Cup campaign against Croa-
beautiful country”,         .       . frequent anti-lmmigration | tha on Wednesday, before fur-
= “Everybody's here just protests in recent years, some | ther games in Group Lagainst
to show that those people... tuming violent. AFP           Ghana and Panama. AFP

was unable to provide further
information given it was now
apolice matter,

‘The Kansas City, Missouri
Police Department told the
Daily Mail: “We are investigat-
ing a possible theft of equip-
Tnent froma team vehicle that
arrived in Kansas City with
items missing this evening,
‘The investigation is ongoing,”

their pretoumament base in
Florida.
They open their World


North Korea protests Seoul-EU| Five killed in India

rebuke of Russia ties
SEOUL:    North Korea nym for North Korea's official tinent’™.
denounced on Saturchy ajoint name. -              ‘This was an apparent ref.
Statement by South Koreaand © North  Korea's  ‘foreign  erence to remarks by the top
the European Union that con- ministry said in response American military official in
demned Pyongyang’s military that cooperation with Russia South Korea, General Xavier
ties with Russia throughout was an “exercise of sovereig Brinson, who compared his
the Ukraine war,    o     rights", and the joint state- host nation Last month to “the
” . The statement, adopted ment a“clear infringement on dagger in the heart of Asia”. .
on Wednesday during South the sovereignty of our state . Both North Korea and
Korean President Lee Jae anda grave hostile act’.       its ally China have previ-
Myung’s visit to Brussels, _ The ministry's statement, ously denounced Brunson’s
decried the “illegal military  ‘carried by the official Korean. remarks, saying they reflected
cooperation” between Pyong:  Central News Agency, reit- Washington's strategy to con-
yangand Moscow. . .  ° erated that South Korea was tain Beging. ...
~ *We condemn support by the North's primary “enemy © North Korean keader Kira
third parties, in particular the state",                  Jong Un has boosted an alli-
DPRK, which enable Russia. It went on to describe ance with Russia’s Viadimir
fo sustain its war of aggres- Seoul as Washington's “favou- Putin by sending troops and
sion against Ukraine,” the rite dagger” in its alleged aim munitions to aid Moscow's
Statement said, using an acro- of “invading... the Asian con- war.-AFP =

ary SUViVOrs,

west of Paris with Macron on”   “othe ‘official soid the sented in France, —AFP .

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Guyana’s UN
‘ambassador
enters race for
secretary- “general

GEORGETOWN, ‘Guyana: during Guyana’s two-year

ambassador to the United member of the UN Security
Nations to run for secre- Council .      fo
tary-general of the global “Our successful elec-
body, the president of the tion to the United Nations
South American nation Security Council, and the
announced late Friday.        successful completion of
UN Secretary-General our 2024-2025 term on that

of the year from the post he provide beadership at various
has heldsinc