Wed 05 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Declare gangsterism a crisis’: “The magnitude of this crisis is mountainous and it will take inter- and multidisciplinary holistic approaches from different public and private organisations. “We are not winning the war against gangsterism, and the responsible stakeholders are collectively failing to curb […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: A Sudanese medical group accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of piling up dozens of dead bodies inside homes in Bara city in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims’ families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Social media and lifestyle magazines have turned gluten – a protein in wheat, rye and barley – into a dietary villain. Athletes and celebrities have promoted gluten-free eating as the secret to better health and performance. But our review in The Lancet published today challenges that idea. By examining decades of research, we found that for […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: An investigation by several European media outlets revealed Tuesday that hundreds of millions of location data points from mobile phones in Belgium, including those belonging to employees of EU institutions, NATO headquarters, and military bases, are being sold by data brokers. The joint investigation by L’Echo, Le Monde, German public broadcasters […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Russia and China now carry out 99.1% of their trade settlements in national currencies, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Tuesday, underscoring the countries’ deepening financial integration amid Western sanctions. “If we talk about settlements, 99.1% are carried out in rubles and yuan,” Siluanov told the Rossiya-1 television channel, confirming a […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: The US has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling for the creation of an international security force in Gaza with a mandate lasting at least two years, the Axios news site reported Monday. According to a copy obtained by Axios, the draft resolution, which was […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: More than one million children in Gaza are still in urgent need of food and clean water, while 650,000 remain out of school despite the ongoing ceasefire, UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said on Sunday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ingram said that while the ceasefire agreement has stopped the daily bombardments that were […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Notorious sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein facilitated efforts to open a backchannel between Israel and the Kremlin during the Syrian civil war, newly leaked emails have revealed. The documents, obtained by hackers known as “Handala” and published by Drop Site News, include correspondence between Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: New York City stands on the precipice of electing its new mayor as Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani leads a trio of candidates seeking to become the next leader of America’s largest city. In a sign of how hotly-contested the race has become, over 735,000 ballots have been cast in early voting, […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Withdrawal of US aid has hurt SA’s HIV programme: Public health experts have accused the government of being in denial about the consequences of the withdrawal of US aid. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has responded defiantly. In May, he stated that a record […]
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