HOW US FUNDING CUTS ARE THREATENING SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILIES LIVING WITH HIV

Sun 13 April 2025: Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled. Johannesburg, South Africa – Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade. Mary has lived with HIV since 2008. But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of […]

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ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CRIME ON RISE IN EUROPE SINCE OCTOBER 2023: EU ISLAMOPHOBIA CHIEF

Sun 13 April 2025: The European Commission’s coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred said on Saturday that racism and Islamophobia are seemingly on the rise in a number of member states. “We know that since the 7th of October (2023), in particular, anti-Muslim hate crime has increased, for instance, by 140% in Germany,” Marion Lalisse told […]

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CHINA ENGAGES WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND SOUTH AFRICA ON US TARIFFS; XI TO EMBARK ON THREE-NATION TOUR

Sat 12 April 2025: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States’ “reciprocal tariffs”, the Chinese ministry has said. The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation […]

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HUNGARY: ‘BIOLOGICAL ATTACK’ COULD BE SOURCE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH OUTBREAK

Sat 12 April 2025: Hungary on Thursday suggested a “biological attack” as a possible source of the country’s first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest. Hungary reported a first case of foot-and-mouth disease in over 50 years on […]

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TRUMP’S TARIFFS DESTABILIZE US BONDS’ SAFE-HAVEN STATUS

Sat 12 April 2025: President Donald Trump’s tariffs and fueling tensions with China brought economic uncertainties, destabilizing the safe-haven status of US bonds. Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, announced April 2 that ranged between a 10% base rate to 50%, gave rise to volatility in global markets and shook the US bond market of around $29 trillion. […]

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MORE THAN 50% OF AMERICANS HOLD UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF TRUMP: POLL

Sat 12 April 2025: A new poll revealed that the majority of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of US President Donald Trump, with support declining over economic concerns and his recent trade policies. “Americans view Trump much less favorably personally than they did at the start of his term. 54% of Americans have a very […]

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SAUDI ARABIA’S EMPTY QUARTER WAS ONCE COVERED BY A VAST LAKE, SAY RESEARCHERS

Sat 12 April 2025: A vast lake once covered part of Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ Al-Khali desert researchers have found, in a discovery that challenges conventional views of the Arabian Peninsula as eternally arid. The findings have been published in Communications Earth & Environment. They reveal that around 9,000 years ago, a 1,100km² lake — comparable in […]

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AI-BASED MALARIA DETECTION SYSTEM LAUNCHED BY INDONESIA

Sat 12 April 2025:  Indonesia has been developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based malaria detection system that will use data from various places around the country to recognize distinct malaria parasite species, according to the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). “This technology utilizes morpho-geometric feature extraction to identify the size and shape of infected blood […]

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ISRAELI SOLDIERS SIGN NEW PETITION DEMANDING PRISONER SWAP, END OF WAR IN GAZA

Sat 12 April 2025: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers signed a new petition Friday demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal and end the war on the Gaza Strip. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the soldiers who signed the letter are from different divisions and specialties in the army, including intelligence unit 8200, special forces […]

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