WHO REPORTS OVER A BILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH OBESITY WORLDWIDE

Tue 02 December 2025: Director-General Ghebreyesus mentioned that obesity, a chronic and recurring disease, leads to heart diseases, diabetes, and some types of cancer. He highlighted that in 2024, obesity was linked to 3.7 million deaths globally, placing significant pressure on health systems and economies. Ghebreyesus said, “In recent years, a class of drugs initially developed for diabetes […]

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SC, CENTRE UNDERMINING MINORITIES’: MAHMOOD MADANI’S REMARKS ON ‘JIHAD’, ‘GHAR WAPSI’ TRIGGER POLITICAL STORM

Tue 02 December 2025: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) president Maulana Mahmood Madani has sparked a nationwide debate with his sharp criticism of the Supreme Court, the central government, and what he described as a “systematic campaign” to target India’s Muslim community. Speaking at a JUH gathering in Bhopal, Madani accused constitutional institutions of failing minorities and […]

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OVER 1,140 DEAD AS DEVASTATING FLOODS SWEEP INDONESIA, SRI LANKA, AND THAILAND

Tue 02 December 2025: The death toll from the ongoing floods and landslides in four countries in South and Southeast Asia climbed to over 1,400, as hundreds are still missing amid continued search and rescue operations, according to data shared by local governments. Unprecedented floods, landslides, storms, and cyclones have wreaked havoc across Indonesia, Malaysia, […]

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VIOLENCE SPREADS IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE, FORCING NEARLY 100,000 TO FLEE, UN WARNS

Tue 02 December 2025: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that intensifying attacks in northern Mozambique have forced nearly 100,000 people to flee in just the last two weeks, with violence now spreading into areas previously untouched by the conflict. Speaking to reporters virtually in Geneva, UNHCR’s representative in Mozambique, Xavier Creach, said the […]

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GLOBAL ARMS SALES SOAR TO RECORD HIGH AMID MILITARY MODERNIZATION SURGE

Tue 02 December 2025: According to a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report released on Monday, international arms trade hit a record high in 2024, driven by governments’ rush to update military capabilities and ramp up weapons purchases in the face of persistent wars and escalating global rivalries. Revenues generated by the world’s 100 […]

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MEN’S DRINKING HARMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND THE IMPACT IS WORST IN POORER COUNTRIES

Tue 02 December 2025: Drinking alcohol is known to be harmful to people’s health. It’s also known to be harmful in other ways. For example, men experience more harm such as aggression, accidents, and injury, from their own drinking than do women. But when a man drinks, the women and children closest to him often pay a price too. […]

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NEARLY 9,300 GAZA CHILDREN UNDER 5 SUFFER FROM SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION: UN AGENCY

Sat 29 November 2025: Nearly 9,300 children under 5 in Gaza were diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition in October, UNICEF warned on Saturday, Anadolu reports. “High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather accelerating the spread of disease and increasing the […]

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ISRAEL MONITORS SOLDIERS’ SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER OCT. 7 EVENTS

Sat 29 November 2025: Israel’s military has decided to monitor the social media accounts of its soldiers and review everything they post, including text, images and videos, local media reported on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Army Radio said the move follows reports that Hamas obtained information about the army and its movements ahead of the Oct. 7, […]

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INTERNATIONAL FUNDING CUTS DISRUPTED GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV, UN REPORT SAYS

Sat 29 November 2025: UNAIDS says millions across the world lost access to treatment and preventive care due to financial shortfalls. The United Nations agency for combating AIDS has announced that global funding disruptions for treatment and prevention programmes are leaving millions of people without access to care. In a report released on Tuesday, UNAIDS […]

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