World News: 14 June 2023

Romanian authorities ramp up charges against Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate, and his brother Tristan along with two Romanian women, are under house arrest pending a criminal investigation for suspected human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

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100,000 evacuated as Biporjoy threatens India and Pakistan
Biporjoy, meaning "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday evening, government weather monitors said. Powerful winds, storm surges and lashing rains were forecast to hammer a 325-kilometre (200-mile) stretch of coast between Mandvi in India's Gujarat state and Karachi in Pakistan.

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Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons
Lukashenko, who has allowed his country to be used by Russian forces attacking Ukraine as part of what Moscow calls its "special military operation", says the nuclear deployment will act as a deterrent against potential aggressors. Belarus borders three NATO member countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.

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Kenya: Shakahola cult deaths climbs to 303 bodies
The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300.
Before his arrest in April, the pastor had been charged in connection with the disappearance of children but was released on bond. Kenyan President William Ruto has likened Mackenzie to a terrorist.

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Toyota shareholders reject proposal demanding better performance on climate change
Toyota investor proposal was initiated by AkademikerPension, a $20 billion Danish investment fund. It accused Toyota Motor Corp. of lobbying to weaken efforts by governments around the world to phase out the internal combustion engine. Shareholders applauded in rejecting the proposal, as expected, at the meeting in Toyota city, central Japan.

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110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN says
Last year alone, an additional 19 million people were forcibly displaced including more than 11 million who fled Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in what became the fastest and largest displacement of people since World War II.
Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Myanmar were also responsible for displacing more than 1 million people within each country in 2022.

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