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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Wed 19 November 2025: Hundreds of career Israeli soldiers, including senior officers, have submitted requests for early retirement, deepening the military’s manpower crisis as the army struggles with shortages during its war on the Gaza Strip, local media said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. According to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, representatives from the army’s Personnel Administration told the […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: A UNSC resolution passed backing the creation of an international stabilisation force in Gaza. So what does that mean? On Monday, the UN Security Council passed a US-sponsored resolution which backs US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending Israel’s war on Gaza. Among the clauses was one that supported the creation and […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: A Sri Lankan influencer who boasts a lavish lifestyle on his social media claims to have made his fortune through racist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant posts aimed at British audiences. Sri Lankan influencer Geeth Sooriyapura has made hundreds of thousands of pounds by flooding British audiences with Facebook ads that push far […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: A US federal judge has ruled that tech giant Meta is not a monopoly in the social networking market, dismissing an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. Washington District Court Judge James Boasberg said the FTC failed to prove its […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades. Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly empty, and groundwater reserves have been depleted. Many cities have endured an entire autumn without a single drop of rain. In the capital, Tehran, and in Mashhad, the country’s second-largest city, in […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: The US Congress has passed a bill that could compel the Department of Justice (DoJ) to release all records related to the affair involving the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with the measure now heading to President Donald Trump’s desk. The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the bill with 427 votes in favour and just one against. […]
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