Thu 20 November 2025: US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitoring body warned in an AFP interview. Peter Thorne is the deputy chair of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a little-known but crucial UN-backed […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Belgium is set to ban all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco in a bid to stop youth nicotine addiction, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke announced on Wednesday. The move follows fresh recommendations from the country’s Superior Health Council. Vandenbroucke said flavored e-cigarettes are deliberately designed to appeal to children and mask the potential […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Israel’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its 1,000th aircraft in an ongoing Western airlift since the start of the Gaza genocide had landed in the country, bringing total military cargo delivered since Oct, 8, 2023 to more than 120,000 tons. The announcement comes as the US continues to support Tel Aviv […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: UN agency said an estimated 318 million people will face acute food insecurity in 2026. The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that funding cuts will worsen a deepening hunger crisis around the world, warning that more than 300 million people will face acute food insecurity next year. “Food insecurity is […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Beijing denies the claim, which comes weeks before the government must decide whether to approve a new Chinese embassy. Britain’s domestic intelligence agency is warning the country’s lawmakers and universities of espionage attempts by China using spies posing as headhunters, among other tactics. In a warning issued to lawmakers on Tuesday, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US warns South Africa: Tensions are simmering between South Africa and the United States (US) following a formal warning to Pretoria against pushing for a joint statement at the Group of 20 Summit (G20) Leaders Social Summit in Johannesburg. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/us-warns-south-africa-g20-joint-declaration-tensions-simmer/ ————- ◼️ Anti-HIV […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: The Department of Health’s National Essential Medicines List Committee (NEMLC) has approved the addition of the recently registered injectable lenacapavir to the Essential Medicines List (EML). The department said the decision aligns with the department’s mandate to ensure access to safe, effective, high-quality, and affordable medicines for all citizens in the […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Israeli public broadcaster sources reported on Monday evening that security negotiations between Israel and Syria have hit a dead end, with widening differences between Damascus’s demands and Tel Aviv’s conditions. According to the sources, Israel rejected Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa’s request to withdraw its forces from all areas it occupied following […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Ahead of the G20 summit set to take place in South Africa, pressure is building on authorities to act on allegations of severe human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir. Civil society groups argue that South Africa carries both a legal foundation and a moral responsibility to respond as Indian Prime Minister […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Cold weather health warnings have been activated across much of the UK as temperatures drop sharply in the year’s first major cold spell. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Monday placed the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber under an amber cold health alert from midday on […]
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